Awoist pays tribute to Offa industrialist

Date: 2018-01-24

AN Awoist and former deputy Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Ayodele Shittu has said that contributions of the foremost industrialist from Offa, in Offa local government area of the state, Chief Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye, in manufacturing and industry have impacted positively in personal and nation's economy.

Speaking with Tribune Online in Ilorin on Tuesday, Hon. Shittu described the late philanthropist as a patriot who made many people millionaires through the distribution of Okin Biscuit that he manufactured in 1980.

"Okin biscuit was a staple for school-going children and homes. Okin biscuit was served in marriages, naming, burial ceremonies, in offices and for entertaining guests. Distributors of this brand became millionaires and the personal economy of millions was positively impacted. This contributed to the GDP of this sector, saved forex and provided numerous indirect jobs," he said.

Hon. Shittu, who said that the leadership qualities of late Adesoye had helped to put the ancient Offa town on the map of Nigeria, added that he was a man of many parts as a pioneer Quantity Surveyor, businessman, philanthropist, industrialist, community leader and educationist.

The former Kwara lawmaker, who commiserated with children, family members and people of Offa as the late industrialist was committed to mother earth, said that the Adesoye International College, Offa, founded by the renowned educationist had impacted on the educational advancement of the country.

"Chief Adesoye, fondly called 'Expee' (Experience) by his peers and fans during his teenage days because of his dexterity on the football field, exceptional brilliance in the classroom, leadership qualities at that tender age, rose to become a colossus whose inimitable activities conspicuously put Offa in the map of this country", he said.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

MATTA Girls Foundation     Kola Adesina     08001000100     Local Government Pension Board     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Adisa Logun     Ajeigbe     Hijaab     Smart School     Summit University     Adegoke Bamidele     Abubakar Aliagan     Amusement Park     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Aliyu Muyideen     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Kaiama     Zulu Gambari     CT Ayeni     Aso Ofi     Alfa Belgore     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Gbenga Awoyale     Mike Omotosho     Obayomi Azeez     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Saliu Mustapha     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Olokoba Sulyman     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Agboola Abdulraheem     Wasiu Onidugbe     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Dorcas Afeniforo     Doyin Awoyale     Ado Bayero     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Yusuf Aiyedun     Awodun     Elese Of Igbaja     Pilgrims Board     Bashir Badawi     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     ASMAU PLAZA     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Kayode Oyin Zubair     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     NIPR     Bukola Ajikobi     Adedipe     Oyawoye     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Tsaragi/Share     Akorede     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Abegunde Goke     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Abiodun Oyedepo     Jumoke F. Ajao     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Saheed Akinwumi     Kolade Solagberu     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Sebastine Obasi     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     All Peoples Party     COVID     Offa     Ilorin Like-Minds     David Oyedepo     NSCIA    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Kannike     Femi Oladiji     Yetunde Balogun     ASMAU PLAZA     Senate     TESCOM 2025     Galadima     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Sodiya     Zara Umar     Mogaji Aare     Ileloke     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Moses Afolayan     Olosi Of Osi     Nigerian Medical Association     Curfew     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Harafat E. Mukadam     Oniwa     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Mubarak Oladosu     Farouk Salim     Amos Bajeh     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Maja     Lai Gobir     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Offa Metropolitan Club     Lithium     Pius Abioje     Joseph Offorjama     Transition Implementation Committee     Raji AbdulRasaq     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Michael Ologundea     Aliyu Salihu     Anilelerin     Balogun-Ojomu     Bashiru Makama     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Ibrahim Bio     Bello Oyedepo     Valsolar     Balogun Fulani     Harmony Holdings     Yaru     Offa Poly     Public Holiday     Jawondo     Kehinde Boyede     Muritala Olarewaju     KWSUED     Eruku     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Folorunsho Alao     AbdulGafar Tosho     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Oba Abdulraheem     Jalala     Moshood Mustapha     Lanre Jimoh     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Share/Tsaragi     Ayinde Oyepitan     Innocent Okoye     NURTW     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Sarakite