Lucky Abuah: Real Estate Guru and Uncommon Philanthropist

By: Ike Philip Abiagom

[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ucky Blessing Odiakachukwu Abuah,the Chairman of Hen-Ric Empire Garden Ltd,a real estate development company, has not just carved a niche for himself as one of the biggest players in real estate business in Delta State and Nigeria, but also a philanthropist per excellence.

The secret to living is giving. In essence, by contributing to the well-being of others, you are unarguably creating a better society. This is an ethos Lucky Blessing Odiakachukwu Abuah,the Chairman of Hen-Ric Empire Garden Ltd, a real estate development company, lives by.

Abuah demonstrates the exact meaning of philanthropy by making a positive impact on the causes that matter to the people. Not only has he donated a substantial chunk of his wealth for the betterment of the society, he has also put in place a charge for other ultra-rich individuals to do the same in his state Delta and beyond.

Bullet Empire as he is fondly called by friends, has donated immensely through the Lucky Abuah Foundation, a charity organisation he established purposely to give scholarship to the indigent students from primary to university level. The widows are not left out.

Records show that Abuah has successfully financed the graduation of many youths through skill acquisition and other professionals through the Lucky Abuah Foundation. He is one of the pillars of youth empowerments in Ibusa Community located at Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State and he has shown commitment and dedication to curb illiteracy and poverty in the town through his foundation.

For him, the three major purpose of existence on earth is to live a life of divine abundance; worship and love God as well as love our neighbours as ourselves.

Some of the Bible passages he lives by are; ‘and God blessed them, and said unto them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth,’ taken from Genesis 1:28.

Also Matthew 22:37-39 establishes the fact that the two greatest commandments are: (1) “Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind” and (2) “Thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself”.

Despite his love for philanthropy, he doesn’t like to make headlines for his charitable donations and other achievements, rather, he has registered his name in the heart of his people through his educational and poverty alleviation initiatives. Recently his foundation supplied school uniforms to all the primary schools in Ibusa and its environs.

Aside that, he has also been able to actualize a whole lot in the real estate industry especially in Delta. His company Hen-Ric Empire Garden Ltd is an indigenous and one of Nigeria’s leading Real Estate firms offering services in civil construction and property development.

Hen-Ric Empire Garden Ltd can boost of an impressive portfolio of historical real estate landmarks in Nigeria. In order to provide various flexible plans on all its properties, Hen-Ric Empire Garden Ltd finishes to taste to meet both medium and high Income earners as the company intends to bridge the gap in housing deficit across Nigeria.

Since the birth of the company, Hen-Ric Empire Garden Ltd’s strategy is to build trusting relationships by keeping to promises and even exceeding clients expectations with its properties spread across Delta State.

Abuah even while growing up, apart from having a big dream, has always loved to be unique and outstanding in whatever he does. As someone that has the people at heart, he knew he could never achieve his big dream with a white collar job, thus, he established himself to be able to participate and contribute to the development of his immediate community. Thus, he ventured into the real estate which was eventually how the birth of Hen-Ric Empire Garden Ltd came about.

Obviously, the philanthropist has been doing so well as he has become a big player in the real estate industry. As an outstanding real estate developer who can boost of quality and functional estates in prime locations at affordable prices, he has become someone to be reckoned with.

Having houses and estates scattered across Ibusa, Asaba and environs, Abuah’s company has grown to be classified among the first class and leading real estate companies in Delta and beyond.
Abuah’s entrepreneurial achievements, works of charity and philanthropy as well as community development have in the past few years earned him several honours and awards which includes the Nigerian Entrepreneurs Award of Excellence; the Africa Prize for Leadership Excellence as The Property Development Personality of the year; The Award of Outstanding Leadership Recognition & Inspirational Leadership.

The big one coming up this month of November at Asaba is the recognition by Association Community Newspaper Publishers of Nigeria(ACNPN), following Abuah’s outstanding contribution to the real estate industry in Delta State. He is to be honoured and decorated with the Award of Real Estate Person of the Year.