Shariff Abdallah (Babs)
The name “Jack- Rich” is at the fore front and a force to be reckoned across the country in both Business and of course the political spectrum.
Many Nigerians continue to ask questions , who is this young man with vision, who’s philanthropic activities has touched the lives of average and the less privileged across length and breath of this great nation?
According to my findings, Jack-Rich was born on the 28th of January 1975, to the family of Elder and Mrs. Teinbo Saturday Seliyefubara Jack-Rich, in Rivers State, South-South Nigeria.
His trajectory to greatness started at the age of ten when the responsibility to become a man was bestowed on him by his creator.
Jack lost his parents at a tender age and at the time he needed them the most but as the almighty has designed, Jack would turn that grief and agony to become his strength instead of weakness.
Furthermore, Jack-Rich has had a solid academic background. He studied Petroleum Production Technology in Panola College Cartage, (Texas) USA, Business Administration at the University of Wales, and Business Management at Usam University, with several Fellowship and Doctorate which resulted to several awards within and outside the shores of Nigeria.
After over a decade of hard work and resilience, Jack-Rich founded J+G Global Gas & Oilfield Limited in 1998 and other subsidiaries to provide oil and gas-related services.
As at today, he is the President/Founder of Belema oil Producing Limited, the first indigenous oil Exploration and Production Company in Nigeria to surface from an oil Producing Community in the heart of Niger Delta.
As part of his efforts to give back to the society that contributed immensely to his growth, the Jack-Rich Foundation was established and through the foundation, 3, 000 Nigerian youth cut across North, South, East and West of the country were direct beneficiaries.
Furthermore, the expansion to at least 12,000 beneficiaries is in the pipeline.
From Kano to Jigawa, Kebbi to Sokoto, Katsina to Zamfara, Oyo to Ogun , Imo to Abia, Rivers to Bayelsa and etc, the Jack-Rich Foundation through its founder has established at least one project or the other ranging from providing portable water supply to communities, to building schools and hospitals basically to improve the lives of inhabitants living in
urban and rural areas.
Mr. Jack-Rich’s benevolence didn’t go unnoticed as he was confered with Sarkin Ruwan Hausa “The Water Provider” by one of the most revered traditional institutions in Northern- Nigeria, the Daura Emirate under the leadership of his Royal Highness, Alh. Umar Farouk Umar.
An excellent young man with great leadership qualities and personality, a business mogul with vast experience in corporate world, a detribalised Nigerian with taste for excellence, Jack-Rich perfectly fits into the bill as Nigerians clamour for an experienced, sound, young, trusted and intelligent leader to pilot their affairs for a more prosperous nation.
Sharif Abdallah.(Babs)
babsabdallah@gmail.com
