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Companies

Transport & LogisticsTransport & Logistics·military·Founded 1965 (Lagos / Aba)

The Young Shall Grow Motors

Status: Operating.

Ownership

Indigenous Nigerian ownership

Why it is on record

Among the earliest indigenous inter-state road-transport firms; founded by Chief Vincent Maduka Onyeukwu — the company name is itself one of the most recognised slogans of Nigerian small-business iconography.

Founders

Chief Vincent Maduka Onyeukwu (1929–2018, Mbaise, Imo State).

Headquarters

Mile 2, Lagos.

Deep dive

The Young Shall Grow Motors, founded in 1965 by Chief Vincent Maduka Ojeih, is the oldest continuously operating major luxury-bus operator in Nigeria. The name — taken from the Christian Bible's Psalms — and the company's longevity make it the most institutionally enduring private intercity transport brand in the country.

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.