*Awards will spur me to do more – Ajadi
Ayo Ola
It was honours galore last Wednesday for a chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Comrade Olufemi Ajadi, who added another year to his age.
He carted home four awards and a deluge of citations for entrepreneurial excellence, role modelling and relentless support to the growth of the Nigerian entertainment industry.
Among the organisations which recognised Ajadi at the celebration were three apex beat associations: The Commerce & Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CICAN); Online Journalists Association of Nigeria (OJAN) as well as a Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) organisation, Dream Next.
The glamours twin events which held at Afid Goshen Event Center at Ibafo, an Ogun State outskirt, drew distinguished personalities including chieftains of the NNPP, led by its state chairman, Mr Oginni olaposi.
Chairman of CICAN, Charles Okonji, who co-presented the organization’s award alongside a long standing member, Johnmark Ukoko, said the “Entrepreneur of the year award, to Ajadi, as the Managing Director, Bullion Go-Neat Global Limited, was well deserved.
He said the company had grown to typify excellence and quality, by not only producing good brands but also creating employment.
He also expressed the hope that the recognition would spur the recipient to do more.
Others who spoke along the same line were Steve Akpos of Nollyfans, Bisi Otunla, Managing Director of Dream Next as well as Kasali Akinwale who spoke for OJAN.
They not only acknowledged Ajadi’s contributions to socio-economic development but urged other operators to emulate him
Ajadi was earlier awarded before the event for his philanthropy by the Students Representative Council of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism.
Ajadi was appreciative of that he was alive and healthy, and that God had given him the grace to be of support to other people.
He said, “It is God that has given me the opportunity to be alive.Only someone who is alive and healthy càn celebrate birthday. So I thank Him for the grace”.
As for the awards, he said it had shown him of the importance of hard work and having a good heart towards other people.
He said he had always beleived that the society would become better when we learn to help one another.
Ajadi said, “I have suffered in life before God decided to lift, that is why when it is within my power I try to assist others around me’.
He implored other well-to-do individuals in society to be one another’s keeper.
He bemoaned the hardship in the country adding that there was no reason for Nigerians to suffer.
Ajadi said God had given the country everything it needs to tàke care of its citizens but that bad leadership had made it difficult for the masses to see the dividends of the democracy.
He said, “This is one of the reasons I joined politics, to help make Nigerian masses enjoy dividends of democracy.
“The people there now are not interested in helping anyone but their family members.
“Let us join hands and vote them out.”
He said the NNPP has an inclusive manifesto to address the problems of the masses and that Nigerians should vote massively for the party to free themselves from hardship.