By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
From the start of the show, the tide has always favoured White Money whose birth name is Hazel Oyeze Onou.
Online and offline, he leads the popularity contest for the crown of the BBNaija show. Whenever he was nominated for evictions, he comes out strong, in most cases with nearly half of the votes in his favour.
Why White Money for the BBNaija crown? For many fans, he represents decency, and a win for him is a win for decency.
For others, he mirrors the reality of the Nigerian youth, a hustler to the core who fights his way to the top in the Naija style by sumounting natural and artificial obstacles.
Whitemoney is a Lagos based businessman whose first brush with fame was when he came into the BBNaija season six ‘Shine Ya Eye.‘ house.
Born on July 6, 1992, the Enugu born housemate who resides in Lagos, never had it easy growing up. Some media reports claim he worked all kinds of menial jobs growing up, ranging from the block industry to bakery to selling puff-puff on the street of Lagos, to hair cut and all sorts.
White Money, which implies good money as against black money which a
is ill gotten money, is now a corporate businessman who deals in car sales, clothing, footwear and jewelry.
White Money has excel in business even without a big curriculum vitae, as his highest educational qualification is believed to be a school certificate.
He has also proven by his accomplishment that education cannot only be acquired in a formal setting, because nothing in his personae shows any limitation as a result of not having a degree.
White money describes himself as an open-minded “jolly good fellow” who likes to have fun, and indeed he had fun
with his cooking skills which he used for all the housemates.
The 29-year-old has a lot of swag. He once told his fellow housemates during a quarrel in the house that:”You know what I do outside, I settle quarrel.”