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THE NIGERIAN ELITE OF 1900s part 1
<p>Lagos in the Year 1920 where they Were no boreholes in the whole of Lagos, during this time the major source of water was the river and lake around Lagos, even the colonial masters had no source of tap water.</p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">But there was a man called Candido Darocha who saw the opportunity and made a name for himself, there is a house in Kakawa street in Lagos Island called the water house, this was where Candido Darocha lived, the house was called the water house because after his father died around 1891 Darocha took charge of the family house, it was in this house he dug a well and from the well he supplied water to most areas in Lagos, this was how the house got the name the "water house" and considering the fact that it was the first house in Lagos to have a water fountain, the name water house became a perfect name for the building.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Candido Darocha's father was a slave who was captured and sold in 1840 and was taken to Brazil but he was originally from ilesha, it was in Brazil that his wife angelica gave birth to Candido until they where able to return back to Nigeria few years after Candido was born. As a former slave who has been exposed to the Brazilian and American culture, it was easier to get into trade and discover the best possible ways to make money. Candido made a lot of fortune from the water business, he is considered as the first Nigerian to become a millionaire, </span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">His wealth and influence was so profound that many years later he came up with some of his friends to set up a bank to lend money to business owners who needed loans, they called the bank "the Lagos native bank", Candido who later abandon the banking business to go further into the business of leading money, he set up a company and called it "the Lagos finance company" he is also the founder of former bonanza hotel in Lagos.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">According to report Candido Darocha was so wealthy that he sent his expensive clothes to London for laundry. His granddaughter was the founder of the famous school in Victoria Island called A.D.R.A.O international school. A.D.R.A.O simple means Abimbola Darocha afodu omololu.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">This was how Candido became wealthy. When I saw this, I decided to share it with you guys so you would know that Nigeria has been producing rich and wealthy men</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> for a long time.</span></p>
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