Cubana Chief Priest Fires Back At Cosmas Maduka Over ‘Money Na Water’ Criticism

Nigerian socialite Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, has responded to billionaire businessman and Coscharis Group Chairman, Cosmas Maduka, following his criticism of the popular saying “Money Na Water.”

Cosmas Maduka, during a recent speech, criticized Cubana Chief Priest over his usage of the popular phrase “Money na water.”

He also condemned the excessive spending habits of the younger generation, saying he avoids gatherings where people “throw money around.”

Reacting via his Instagram stories on Wednesday, Cubana defended the phrase, insisting it represents a mindset of abundance and positive energy, not recklessness.

He explained that while older generations built wealth through factories and real estate, today’s youth operate in a digital world where attention and visibility have become the most valuable assets.

Cubana added that in the digital economy, “obscurity is bankruptcy,” arguing that relevance, influence, and attention now hold the same power that physical assets once did.

The celebrity barman also argued that content creation is not “noise” but a new form of digital wealth, comparing it to the industrial era when factories were the foundation of prosperity.

He advised the businessman to “remove his name” from the list of modern billionaires like Tony Elumelu and Femi Otedola, figures he praised for using their wealth to promote Africa’s image globally.

Cubana Chief Priest wrote, “With all due respect to the motivational speaking older generation who built wealth quietly, the world you thrived in is not the one we live in today.

“In your time, capital was factories, fleets, and real estate. In our time, attention is the main capital. These capitals listed cannot sell in today’s market without the major capital Attention (visibility)

“Visibility has become the new currency. In a digital economy, obscurity is bankruptcy. What you don’t show doesn’t sell. What you don’t amplify dissolves into silence.

“We are the noise that’s why you know us to the extent you had to use us to make references in your dry speech because you want to use us to trend without paying us, na why you dey run when you see us, you no wan show us real love.

“Tell me, Why must a billionaire pretend to use the toilet just to run away from an event, that’s a lot of stress for a real billionaire.

“When i say “money na water,” it’s not vanity – it’s a revelation of excess liquidity, abundance, and flow. Water moves So does relevance, visibility, and influence.

“The ability to attract attention and sustain engagement is the new oil field. A man with massive attention today has more leverage than one with quiet billions but no presence.

“Content is not noise. Content is digital equity. The same way factories produced wealth in the 80s, attention produces wealth today. We’ve moved from industrial capitalism to introducing attention capitalism thanks to Zuckerberg.

“While your generation built fences to protect their wealth because the don’t want to help, our generation builds platforms to project it. Silence once symbolized power, today presence does.

“You mentioned Elumelu that’s my mentor on the corporate sector, he doesn’t just say money na water Papa Lives it, likewise the overall Don Otedola, these are people who used their wealth to give Africa proper visibility that’s why you can publicly identify with them because they are not the only billionaires you know, why didn’t you use our nnewi billionaires ?

“You go dey mention the ones wey sabi chop their money, why you no use the ones wey sabi hoard money like you, dem plenty for main market. well you did so because you know they do more for Africa with their money by the way the spend it which commands respect for Africa.

“Remove your name from that Otedola & Elumelu list you don’t belong there sir, your name dey nnewi billionaires list .

“And like I said at my last interview on Channels TV. “Money na water” is a prophecy that connotes wealth overload. This is my story Perhaps some may choose to go with “lack na water”

“but over here… MONEYS NA WATER? na my business be this, Na My Lamba make nobody try spoil am as e dey go, wetin from here enter Venezuelas the peace anthem will drop this Friday midnight”

KanyiDaily recalls that Cubana Chief Priest recently took legal action against Helen Atti, the Kenyan woman who claimed he fathered her child.