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H.R Engr. Otis Anyaeji, KtSGG, FAEng Obi Ubahu-Okija

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ENGR. OTIS ANYAEJI, a mechanical, automotive, plastic, cost and valuation Engineer, and strategic planner, was born on 4th March, 1951 in Onitsha, Anambra State. He entered the Holy Ghost Juniorate Ihiala, in 1962 with the aim of becoming a priest but had to withdraw at the end of that year. Between 1964 and 1971 (excluding the civil war years), he attended Christ the King College (CKC), Onitsha – primus inter pares, where the authorities record him as possessing an outstanding ability in mathematics. In June 1971, he obtained the West African School Certificate.

Proceeding for the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in September 1971, he studied for and bagged the degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in June 1976.

From August 1976 to September 1977, Engr. Anyaeji served as NYSC Pupil Engineer with the Nigerian Railways at the Central Mechanical Workshops Ebute-Metta. At the end of the national service period in 1977, he joined the consulting engineering firm of Alecon Associates as Design Engineer, later becoming Resident Engineer of the Kaduna office. In August 1978, he joined Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Ltd as Production Engineer for the Body Shop, and then the Paint Shop, subsequently working as Methods Engineer for the whole factory.

The next experience station was Nigerian Airports Authority where he worked briefly in 1980 as Senior Mechanical Engineer for Maintenance, first in the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, and later the Maiduguri International Airport. It was from here he moved over to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in November 1980 as Mechanical Engineer 1.

He became NNPC Site Representative on the Petrochemicals Phase 1 Projects Ekpan/Warri (comprising Polypropylene, Carbon Black, and HF Alkylation plants with associated infrastructures) in December 1980. Following the re-organization of the site with the return of the NNPC project teams from the overseas offices of the engineering contractors in 1984, Engr. Anyaeji assumed responsibility for the Carbon Black Plant as Field Project Engineer, a position he held until he voluntarily left the services of the Corporation in May 1987.

As NNPC Site Representative, he was responsible for the supervision of the successful implementation of the following activities: liaison for land acquisition, boundary and topographic surveys, geo-technical surveys, fencing, hydraulic sand filling, pilling, process and utilities tie-ins, general civil works, erection works, and liaison with third parties and statutory authorities. This entailed at a time overseeing up to 4,500 personnel on site working for NNPC, the Managing Consultant (BEICIP of France), the Engineering Contractors (TECNIMONT of Italy, and LUMMUS of UK and France), the Civil Works Contractor (DAEWOO of South Korea) etc. Though a Mechanical Engineer by training, in 1982 he designed the 3-km long 7.3m wide asphalt covered access road to the site and supervised its construction. The road is still functional for the public till date, after taking all the materials of the Petrochemicals and subsequently the Nigerian Gas Co. HQ and Escravos Warri Phase III Tank Farm Project.

Engr. Anyaeji left NNPC to found the Consulting Engineering and Management Consulting outfit – OTIS CONSULT LTD/OTIS ENGINEERING, which renders a range of services including, Feasibility Studies, Market Surveys, Basic & Detailed Engineering, Procurement and Contracting Engineering, Inspection and Expediting, Project Management, Training, Cost Engineering, Engineering Economy Studies, Valuations, Strategic Planning etc. He has led the firm since 1987 to perform these services in various sectors like Oil & Gas, Pulp and Paper, Electric Power Supply, Petrochemicals, Fertilizer, Automotive Manufacture, Housing and Infrastructure, Food and Agriculture, Water etc.

In the oil and gas sector, he has been a technical training Consultant to the Petroleum Training Institute, NNPC and its subsidiaries, CHEVRON, ASHLAND, SHELL, etc. Between 1993-1994, he performed as Lecturer on Feasibility Studies, NNPC Chief Officers’ Course. In June 1997, he made proposals to the Honourable Minister of Petroleum on the restructuring and re-organization of the public petroleum sector, which was acknowledged in writing as well received and worthy of implementation. He was (2005 – 2014) Project Director on 12No. gas supply projects for various power plant projects under the NIPP. In 2010 he successfully completed a project management assignment on the Front End Engineering Design of Ajakuota-Abuja-Kano gas pipeline.  Since 2014, his firm has provided experts to operate and maintain the Gas Metering Station at the NIPP Power Plant in Calabar.

While performing as Chief Project Consultant on the AJAOKUTA STEEL PROJECT between February 1993 and June 1994 (the first time a Nigerian played that role), he prepared at the request of the management of Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited, a Technical Management Proposal, which was well received by the Honourable Minister of Power & Steel, and the Department of Steel. As a testimony of the ministry’s satisfaction with the proposal, the Hon. Minister set up a committee on Strategic Management for the Steel Sector to widen the work Engr. Anyaeji had started on ASCL for general application to the steel sector as a whole. He served as Member/Consultant on this Ministerial Committee. In the capacity of Consultant to this committee, he drafted a strategic plan for the Nigerian Public Steel Sector. This plan was adopted by the committee, but was overtaken by a new privatization policy. His firm Otis Consult Ltd/Otis Engineering, has been consultant in various fields to Delta Steel Company Limited since 1989, and prepared in 1994 under his leadership, a strategic plan for establishment of profit centers in DSC business portfolio. In 2003, he was Chief Technical Adviser to BPE on the Privatization of DSC. He had earlier performed in the same capacity on the privatization of the MINT.

From March 1990 – July 1993, Engr. Anyaeji served as Deputy Chairman of the Standing Technical Committee on the Nigerian Automotive Industry (STC), with the Hon. Minister of Industry as Chairman. During this period, he midwifed the establishment of the Center for Automotive Design and Development, Zaira, acting in the capacity of Chairman, Low Cost Vehicle Project Committee. The National Automotive Policy approved by the Federal Executive Council in 1993 was drafted under his Chairmanship. Subsequently, Mr. President appointed him on merit as founding Chairman of the National Automotive Council (NAC) which the policy created to replace STC. During his brief tenure as Chairman NAC (up until August 1994 when all Federal Boards were dissolved), he established the magazine – AUTO NIGERIA, gazetted a Federal Government Circular directing all Federal, State and Local Governments and Agencies to buy only Made-in-Nigeria vehicles, oversaw the establishment of the Council Secretariat, and initiated the commencement of the implementation of the National Automotive Policy. He is a UNIDO expert on Automotives and has served as Chairman of UNIDO sponsored Nigerian Low Cost Vehicle Foundation. In November 2015, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) invited him as a Resource Person on the Workshop on the Development of the Automotive Industry in West Africa (Lagos, December 2015) with the mandates to prepare and present the documentary review of all national import policies as well as regulations, and preparation of plan for establishment of an integrated automotive industry in West Africa, amongst others.

In 1988 he was Management Consultant to the Technical Committee on Completion Proposals for Pulp and Paper Mill Project Iwopin, in the Federal Ministry of Industry. In 1989 he was Consultant on Cost and Engineering Evaluation to the Technical Committee on the Re-negotiation of NAFCON II Project. On both assignments he successfully produced the reports which formed the working bases of the committees.

As the Chairman of the Technical Committee of the Board of the Center for Automotive Design and Development, Engr. Anyaeji supervised the R&D activities of the Center up to the completion of the design work on the CADD Mark I Low Cost Vehicle Model. Before this assignment, he was a member of the National Committee on Engineering Infrastructures working with the Engineering Materials Sub-committee, and the marketing of the committee’s report with Various Publics. In 1996, he served as Chairman of the Raw Material Research and Development Council’s Multi-disciplinary Task Force for the Techno-Economic Survey on Motor Vehicles and Miscellaneous Sector which successfully updated the 1989 Report on the same subject. He produced in 1997 as an invited Resource Person, a strategic plan for the Review of the 1986 National Policy on Science and Technology.

In 1989 he initiated and was Course Director of the Nigerian Society of Engineers Certification Course in Engineering Valuation. He has worked as Valuation Engineer/Consultant for Delta Steel Company, National Electric Power Authority (Egbin Thermal Power Plant), NICON, and Warri Refining & Petrochemical Company, Electricity Meter Manufacturing Company, Zaria etc. 5. Engr. Anyaeji was consulting Engineer on the rehabilitation of NEPA Power Stations at Afam and Jebba – the first time ever Nigerians performed such role. His firm was commissioned by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to value the assets of Afam Power Plc and the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, preparatory to privatization.

Engr. Anyaeji served as Commissioner, in the Presidential Commission for the Review of Higher Education in Nigeria (Longe Commission) between December 1990 and November 1991. During his tenure in this Commission he made significant contributions in the areas of Polytechnics, Universities of Technology, and vocational education. He was in the Commission’s 3-man delegation that visited UK, West Germany, and USA for a comparative study of their higher education systems, encompassing visitations to 30 universities and other higher education institutions.

A 13-time recipient of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (1988, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2011×2, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018) Merit Award, and Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (1997) Service Award. Engr. Anyaeji is a member of several learned professional societies associated with advancement of engineering. They include, the Automotive & Locomotive Engineers Institute (Auto EI), the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), the Nigerian Society of Engineers NSE), the Institute of Appraisers and Cost Engineers (IA&CE) and the Energy Institute (UK). He founded IA&CE (2001) and Auto EI (2006) both Divisions of the Nigerian Society of Engineers.

He was elected Secretary General of the Nigerian Society of Engineers in December 1988 and was subsequently re-elected for two more terms. Engr. Anyaeji was Chairman, Institute of Appraisers & Cost Engineers (2003-2010) and Chairman, Automotive Engineers’ Institute (2006 – 2011). Engr. Anyaeji was elected Vice-President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers in 2010, 2011 and 2012. In 2013, he was elected Deputy President/President-Elect of NSE. Engr. Anyaeji assumed the Presidency of NSE on 1st January, 2016. He served as Vice President of West African Federation of Engineering Organisations (WAFEO) from 2012-2017. Engr. Anyaeji became President of WAFEO in November 2017, concurrently serving as Vice President of Federation of African Engineering Organisations (FAEO). A member of the Governing Council of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), he was the pioneer Chairman of COREN’s Regulation and Control Committee (1990-1992), and later became Vice President of COREN (2015 – 16). He is currently a ranking member of the COREN Governing Council, being in his 3rd term of service in the Council.

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Engr. Anyaeji has numerous publications to his credit in various areas of engineering policy and socio-economic development. During his tenure as Secretary General NSE he affected public policy positively in the following areas: Engineering Practice; Building Code; Intellectual Property Rights; Public Utility Regulation; Commercial Law Practice; Assets Valuation; Statutory Inspection of Pressure Vessels and Lifting Devices etc. On Assets Valuation, his initiative led to the amendment of the Decree No.1 of 1990 with Decree No.46 of 1991 to include engineer in the definition of ‘Valuer’, while on Company law reform his struggles resulted in the concession of a seat to the engineering profession in the Corporate Affairs Commission, vide the same Decree No.46. As member of COREN Governing Board, and Chairman of COREN’s Regulation & Control Committee, Engr. Anyaeji established the Regulations & Control Committee (1991), prepared the schedule of Man-day/ Man-week/ and Man-month remuneration rates (2015); prepared the draft regulations for licensing of firms (2015), draft construction industry regulations (2016), draft engineering appraisal/valuation regulations (2017), draft engineering economy regulations (2017), and draft cost engineering regulations (2017). These regulations have been passed by the Hon. Minister with responsibility for Engineering in Nigeria since 2018. These are the first regulations to emerge from COREN since 1970.

As President of NSE, he was one of the four persons that prepared the draft Presidential Executive Order No.5

For several years, he was Editor-in-Chief of the “Appraiser & Cost Engineer”, the official journal of the Institute of Appraisers & Cost Engineers.

A member of the Association of Consulting Engineers of Nigeria (ACEN), Engr. Anyaeji’s firm, O. T. OTIS ENGINEERING from June 2005 till 2014 jointly with a German firm, Lahmeyer International performed as Design & Management Consultants on Nigeria’s National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) – a project encompassing 10No. Power Stations, 110No. Transmission Lines/Substations, 1230No. Distribution Projects, and 12No. Gas Transmission Lines. He functioned as Joint Project Director in that Joint Venture and acted as Chairman of the Forum of Consultants, Manufacturers & Contractors on the NIPP. He is also Chairman of Electric Power Foundation, an NGO for advancement and orderly development of electricity supply industry in Nigeria. Since 2010 his firm has performed as Project Management Consultant, on the 10MW Wind Farm Power Plant Project in Katsina, and had prepared the Feasibility Study on Small Hydro Power Plant on the Zobe Dam in Katsina State, Ivo Dam in Ebonyi State, and Adada Dam in Enugu State.

In philanthropy, Engr. Anyaeji in 2014, donated a fully-equipped metrology laboratory to the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti State. The official commissioning was held in May 2015. Subsequently that year, Engr. Anyaeji and his amiable and supportive wife endowed a Research Chair in the University of Port Harcourt, which in their honour has been christened ‘Nkechi & Otis Anyaeji “Distinguished Professorial Chair” in Engineering Valuation, Engineering Economy and Cost Engineering’. They are in the process of establishing the Centre for Engineering Valuation, Cost Engineering and Engineering Economy in the University of Port Harcourt.

In 2014, the University of Port Harcourt appointed Engr. Anyaeji as Expert-in-Residence in Engineering in recognition of his contributions and accomplishments in the Engineering Profession in Nigeria and beyond. In 2015, The Department of Electrical Engineering of his Alma Mater, the University of Nigeria Nsukka, bestowed on him the award of the Distinguished Engineer in National Development.  The Nigerian Society of Engineers Maitama Branch instituted in 2015, the annual legacy Distinguished Lecture series in honour of Engr. Otis Anyaeji.

In 2010, the Guardian Newspaper recognized Engr. Anyaeji as one of the 30 most exceptional students of the University of Nigeria. Earlier in the same year, the ThisDay Newspaper had identified him as one of the most outstanding Professionals in Nigeria. In 2012, TheNews Magazine recognized Engr. Anyaeji as “a Man of Substance Who Had Made His Mark in the Area of Engineering Services”. The Nation Newspaper the same year recognized him as “One of 50 Distinguished Professionals in National Development”. The next year (2013) The News Magazine again recognized Engr. Anyaeji as “One of 50 Nigerians of Honour & Dignity”, as Vanguard Newspaper honoured him twice, first as “One of 50 Result-Driven Professionals of Inspiration”, and then as “One of 50 Engineering Icons in Nigeria! In the same year, the Guardian hailed him as “One of 40 Most Outstanding CEOs in Corporate Nigeria”.

Engr. Anyaeji is

  • Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Engineering;
  • Fellow, Nigerian Society of Engineers;
  • Fellow, Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers;
  • Fellow, Automotive Engineers’ Institute;
  • Fellow in Valuation, Institute of Appraisers & Cost Engineers;
  • Fellow in Cost Engineering, Institute of Appraisers & Cost Engineers;
  • Fellow, Solar Energy Society of Nigeria;
  • Fellow, Institute of Management Consultants;
  • Honorary Fellow, Nigerian Society of Engineering Technicians
  • Distinguished Fellow, Professional Excellence Foundation of Nigeria (DFPEFON)
  • Fellow in Engineering Economy, Institute of Appraisers & Cost Engineers
  • Fellow, Nigerian Institution of Safety Engineers
  • Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Polymer Engineers,
  • Fellow, Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria
  • Fellow, Energy Institute (UK), and
  • Paul Harris Fellow

His Royalty, Engr. Anyaeji is presently Obi Ubahu – Okija, the traditional head of Ubahu Clan.

Engr. Anyaeji, who was knighted by Pope Francis in December 2015 as Knight of St. Gregory the Great, is a Knight of St. Mulumba. He is happily married to Dame Nkechi (nee Chukwuemeka, an Administrator) also a Dame of St. Gregory the Great, and they are blessed with four children and two grand-children.

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Aremo Olusiji Balogun

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Aremo Olusiji Balogun

A Phenomenon at 50

Hitting the age of 50 is a landmark and a milestone to be celebrated. Fifty years and still counting, Aremo Olusiji Balogun, is a phenomenon and a case study in humanity.

He is an Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management in Nigeria among others. He is the Founder of Ase Youth Association and several other organisations.

His company Promec Innovative Concepts was a child of necessity when his attempt to register Prince Royal Media Concept (Promec) at the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) met a brick wall.

Olusiji Balogun is a media guru and an organizational growth and business development expert with adaptable skills. He is able to use own initiative or work as part of a team. An efficient and effective Human Resources Manager, community worker, excellent communicator at all levels within and outside organizations; he has good problem solving and analytical skills with pioneering spirit.

Olusij’s specific interests include teaching and learning for new product development, business development, participatory social activities, keen insight into the needs of others and with high energy, initiative and focus, proven leadership skills including managing and motivating others to achieve objectives.

An effective community and social worker, he is fluent with information technology and capable of handling executive assignments and leadership. His other qualities include being positive with potential ideas, he has the ability to work with anyone under any condition or situation and contribute greatly to achieving the best goals of the establishment.

Oluwasijibomi Gideon Balogun was born on the 8th September, 1972 in Ondo town to the family of Samuel Olusegun Balogun and Mrs Grace Remilekun Balogun of Ase Akoko in Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State. Both parents are retired Civil Servants. Olusiji was raised up with strong Christian virtue.

He had his early education at St. Luke’s Primary School, Akure but finished at Muslim Primary School, Ikaram Akoko, all in Ondo State, where he obtained the First School Leaving Certificate. He subsequently earned his West African Senior School Certificate in 1990 after attending Omoluorogbo Grammar School, Akure before proceeding to Ala Community Comprehensive High School, Ala-Elefosan, Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State.

He also attended the Institute of Journalism and Nigerian Institute of Journalism, (NIJ), Akure Campus for his Diploma in Journalism and Public Relations, after a sojourn at Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) briefly in the Institute of Science Laboratory Technology. He also went to Akwa-Ibom State Polytechnic, for his Higher National Diploma in Business Administration.

He later proceeded to the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State for his Bachelor of Science Degree in Public Administration.

He is a Member of various professional bodies.

After leaving school, Olusiji started working as a freelance Journalist and Printer. He started Eminent Leaders Magazine in 1996 and registered Prince Royal Media Concepts with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), in 1999 which he upgraded to Eminent Leaders World Communications Limited publisher of Eminent Leaders magazine.

He worked with several organisations where he left indelible footprints of punctuality, hard work and professionalism. He worked with Mentors Communications, Abuja in different capacities. At Mentors Communications, he was the pioneer Editor of Rootswatch Magazine. He was Technical Assistant to the Managing Director of Quarry Managers Company in Abuja, headed by the late Abdulhakeem Amao. He was Special Event Manager with ITAD/MotMacdonald/PWC in Calabar and Water Supply and Sanitation Reform Programme (WSSRP) in Abuja. Both projects under the Integrated Water Resource Management European Commission.
He also had a stint with Hatlab Delight as a Business Development Manager and Head of Administration, O.T. Otis Engineering Limited. He resigned his appointment with Successory Nigeria Limited, Abuja, as Head of Project Management, in year 2019 to move his outfit forward.

Olusiji Balogun experience in politics is vast. His team helped installed Olusegun Agagu and Olusegun Mimiko as Ondo State Governors. He was the nucleus of Olusegun Mimiko Campaign Organisation for his second term when he was Editor of Grassroots Vanguard Newspaper of Grassroots Network.

He attempted to contest for the coveted seat of Ondo State Governor in 2020.

His experience in administration is versed as he is an Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM), Full Member Institute of Professional Administrators and Managers (IPMA) and many other professional bodies. He is a partner in many companies and Chief Executive Officer of Promec Innovative Entrepreneurship and Science Academy (PIESA) and several other firms.

He currently has his hand in farming as he started Ase Farms Nigeria Limited, asefarms.com.ng.

His hobby includes travelling, reading, surfing the internet and adventures.

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Nigerian Attains American Diplomatic Status In Brazil

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Ambassador Bayo Lawal Appointed American Diplomatic Representative in Brazil Ambassador Bayo Lawal, is truly a chip off the block. Born in Osogbo, Osun State of Nigeria, into the royal house of Olumodi Oyipiloye and Asuni Compound (Maternal) Osogbo. Bayo Lawal has become the first Nigerian to receive an American diplomatic status in Brazil. At a diplomatic ceremony held on the 17th of December, 2021 in the executive auditorium of the State Legislative Council, Saopaulo , Brazil, the American Government, through its Diplomatic Mission of International Relations (ADMIR) sworn In Ambassador Bayo Lukman Lawal as one of its appointed diplomatic representatives of the American diplomatic mission in Brazil. The humanitarian and diplomatic mission , which for the first time, included a Nigerian living in Brazil, inaugurated other important personalties in Brazil as members of its humanitarian project scheduled for Africa and Europe in the year 2022. Bayo Lawal is from a royal and polygamous house where hardwork is the hallmark. Though born by a successful business man popularly known as “Were Nise Oluwa”, Bayo Lawal has been a focused, hard-working and persevering youngman. His stint with the Osun State Board of Internal Revenue after his days at The Federal Polytechnic, Offa, set him in a progress pedestal. At the Board of Internal Revenue, his hardworking nature, made him a darling of all. Ambassador Bayo Lawal, before leaving the shores of Nigeria, originated the idea of honouring women in Nigerian society in 1999, tagged “Women Entrepreneur Merit Award” organised by Spotlight Media Ventures. He was then the PRO and Reporter for the firm. Ambassador Bayo Lawal and other personalities like the notable former Brazilian football captain, Capitão Cafu , the Saopaulo State First Lady, Mrs. Bia Doria, the Director of Federal Police, the Honorable speaker of the House of Assembly in Saopaulo , Representatives from several African and European countries witnessed the event. According to the President of the mission in Brazil, Dr. Fernando Navarro, the principal function of the American diplomatic mission of International relations is simple, it is humanitarian, it is helping to make the world a better place to live, he said the mission is to combat hunger and help the needy. Ambassador Bayo Lawal, who has lived in Brazil for over twenty years has worked in different functions in the international relations, he is an administrator who has led his team of excellent professionals within and outside Brazil. He is the presently the CEO of Mab Consulting Services, an International Trade and Business Development company with spread in the South America, Africa, China, USA, Europe and UAE. Bayo Lawal, who served as a Business Consultant at Grupo Empresarial Costa Negocios, taught courses in several English Schools in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was Business English Teacher For Executives between 1999 – 2014. He worked at the Costa Negocios Group, FGV Projetos, Bimex Comercial Ltda., and many others. In his interview with Heritage news, Ambassador Lawal said “I am dedicating my achievements in Brazil to the Almighty God and also to my late parents, Prince Yekeen Lawal and Mrs. Bolanle Lawal. I also owe this success to my family in Brazil , my friends and colleagues who are always by me.” Ambassador Bayo Lawal said he is ready to work with all humanitarian organizations in Nigeria and overseas, using his office as an ambassador to help better the standards of every Nigerian, African immigrants in Brazil and around the world. He promised to lead projects of housing estates to Osogbo and other necessary locals in Nigeria.Ambassador Bayo Lawal is married to an Italian descendant Brazilian, Mrs. Sara Guerino Lawal and blessed with three children; Nathalie Mariam Oyenike Lawal, Derick Afeez Oyewale Lawal and Allan Khalil Babatunde Lawal.

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DR TOLULOLA OLAJIBIKE BAYODE OPENS THE BIGGEST HOME FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN AFRICA

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Iyalaje Tolulola Olajibike Bayode was born in Akure and hails from Oba-Ile. She’s the daughter of Chief Joseph Bayode and Pastor Mrs Bayode.

Tolulola Olajibike Bayode, RN, BSN, MD, is a trained medical professional but with an unusual passion for the well-being of the less privileged. Having travelled far and wide,Tolulola share an uncanny obsession of giving abandoned children and widows another shot at life,employing both her professional training and God given resources in assisting the less privileged at will leading her to initiating Dorian Home for Displaced Children & Mothers Initiative.

Vice President of Nigeria and Iyalaje Tolulola Olajibike Bayode

The African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council appointed this Akure born philanthropist Dr. Tolulola Bayode as Head, Social Affairs and Health Cluster Committee. The job description entails implementing the overall goals of the Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development portfolio in line with the AU Agenda 2063, Sets annual performance targets for the Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development portfolio and report on annual progress to Specialized Technical Committees and AU Policy Organs.

In 2009, Dr.Bayode established Dorian Home for Charity and Social Development as a Non-governmental Organization (NGO). She’s the CEO/ President. Her personal encounter and experience in the course of discharging her professional duties, most especially in the Internally Displaced People’s (IDP) Camps, Community/Rural Medical Outreach programs, just to mention a few, afforded her a first-hand and comprehensive understanding of the plethora of unsavoury plights of women and children in our society.

Governor of Ondo state with Iyalaje Tolulola Olajibike Bayode

Dorian Home is the biggest orphanage home in Africa, consisting of 700 homes for children,500-capacity skill acquisition centre for women, large hall for events, modern clinic and a worship centre. Dorian Home for Charity and Social Development is situated at Akure, the Ondo State capital.

Described as the biggest orphanage home in Africa, the ultramodern facility worth $5million and was finally commissioned on the 14th of October 2021.

Dorian Home is not limited to taking care of just abandoned babies and widows but also focused on research, training, empowerment and mobilize women towards self-emancipation. A glamorous persona imbued with the philosophy of giving hope to the hopeless, creating a better living condition for the abandoned, Tolulola is in the forefront of Safe Haven Law in Nigeria – the leaving of unharmed infants with statutorily designated private persons so that the child becomes a ward of the state with proper upbringing.

At the commissioning of the home, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the Vice-President of Nigeria, called for the provision of adequate welfare for vulnerable children and women in the society. The vice president commended Bayode for making provision of the basic needs of homeless children and women her passion. He said that about nine per cent of Nigerian children were homeless; a figure Osinbajo said seems to be growing rapidly. The vice president, however, called on well meaning Nigerians to join hands with the government to provide adequate care for the homeless children, saying that government alone could not do it. Osinbajo described the laudable project as one that would stand the test of time for the less privileged and empowerment for women in society.

During her speech, the Founder and President of Dorian Home, Dr Tolulola Bayode, said that vision of the project was about leaving a legacy of hope for the orphaned children, widows and less privileged women in the society. According to Bayode, reality dawned on her after the shocking demise of her elder brother, the purpose of man on earth is to touch life and uplift humanity. Bayode said the covenant she had with God to have the home was based on her love for humanity, widow, indigent and displaced children to live a better life. She also appealed to the government to provide adequate security checkpoints along Akure/Idanre Road, adding that the future of any child should not be toiled with. She emphasised that not that she has the resources but has a heart of giving.

Represented at the ocassion, was the governor of Ondo State represented by his Deputy, Mr Lucky Ayadatiwa, who said that the project compliment the administration’s REDEEM agenda of Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. He commended the Founder of the home for her initiative. Akeredolu described the project as unique because it focus on the neglected section of the society. Akeredolu said the project would receive the support and patronage of the state government. He said the state government would continue to support the social initiative programmes of the Dorian Home.

Also, speaking at the ocassion, Senator Tayo Alasoadura, the Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, urged people to emulate the kind gesture that counts for the good of humanity by trying to make the society a better place for humanity. Alasoadura said that Nigeria would be a better place, if everyone tried to provide a home like heaven on Earth, especially for the displaced and indigent children, just as the orphanage.

Tolulola Olajibike Bayode, as a natural social and talented care giver has continually provided training, education and health consultations in the non-profit entrepreneurial sector to youths in different parts of the world and has successfully maneuvered the delicate balance between dedication to mission in a wide range of settings. Aside her passion for the creating a better living for commoners, she has years of extensive managerial experience in the non-profit sector, with outstanding records in getting initiatives off the ground and flourishing.

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