Eno made the disclosure while speaking at the state’s monthly covenant prayer service, where he reflected on his entrepreneurial journey and how he started with a small food business.
The governor said he began by selling akara and bread, which he packaged together and marketed as an “Akara Burger.”
“We still have that shop there. I started selling Akara and bread. Back then, I was doing Akara Burger. We open the bread and put it inside for you. People going to Exxon Mobil will buy it in the morning, take coffee.”
He said the business later expanded into a coffee shop, attracting workers, particularly those heading to ExxonMobil in the mornings.
“We started coffee shop and then they will take it. Every month, that Akara business used to give me nothing less than ₦10 million in a month.”
Eno said the experience taught him valuable lessons about entrepreneurship and the importance of starting small before expanding a business.
His revelation comes months after First Lady Oluremi Tinubu encouraged Nigerians to explore small-scale businesses such as akara and kuli-kuli as a way of improving their livelihoods.
The First Lady had said such businesses could be started with relatively little capital and announced grants for petty traders under the Renewed Hope Initiative.
Eno’s account has since renewed discussion about the potential of small businesses in Nigeria, although some Nigerians have questioned whether his N10 million figure referred to profit, turnover or income from the wider food and hospitality business.
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