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44 — VANGUARD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2019 INSECURITY: It's time tomake our politics part time – Adebutu •Explains how he will unite Yoruba monarchs After being announced as the Odole of Oodua, a special office that works closely with the Ooni to rally descendants of Oduduwa all over the world, Chief Kessington Adebutu, a gaming magnate, in an interview with journalists spoke on variety of issues including his business, family life, and venturing into culture and politics. The Odole of Oodua, which was once occupied by late Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Chief G.O.K Ajayi, is a highly revered chieftaincy title in Yoruba land pioneered by the great Oranmiyan while he was a Prince of Ife. Oranmiyan served as a rallying and stabilizing force among the powerful empires within the expansive Oduduwa territory before becoming the Ooni in Ife. By Shina Abubakar On his background and upbringing I was born at Iperu-Remo, Ikenne Local Government, Ogun State in 1935. By the grace of God, I will be 84 years old on October 16. I began my primary education at Wesley School at Iperu in 1942. In 1948, I came to Lagos to continue my education at Ijero Baptist School, Apapa road, Ebute-Metta. It was there that I had my primary 5 and 6. I later attended Baptist Academy in Lagos for my secondary school education in 1950. After a while my parents took me to Remo Secondary School in Sagamu, where I finished my secondary school education in 1955. Immediately I finished my secondary school education in 1955, I started working in a company called Cable and Wireless at Marina, which was later known as NITEL. I was the Secretary of Telephone for Overseas services. With my position, I was privileged to meet great people. Then, if you want to communicate with people in other countries you have to do it through Cable and Wireless. Then, people that communicated with other people in overseas were very influential. They were majorly white men and big companies. So, I was privileged to meet prominent people. After a while, I left Cable and Wireless to work at Clafen chemical Limited as a salesman. The company produced Andrews liver salt, Philips, Milk of Magnesia, and Cafenol. Because then, Phensic was the reigning pain killer when Cafenol was produced, it was not long that it became a household name. It was for that reason I was promoted from salesman to sales manager of Lagos and the whole of Midwestern states. Later, I left to establish my own business. I thank God for the privileged given to me to own my business right from Face-to-Face and so on and so forth. How did you start your pools business? When I left my former job, I had no money to set up my business. I had not made up my mind to own one until I read a book. From that book I learned that any work one does whether he/she likes it or not, one will have to leave it one day. It maybe as a result of old age or the company will ask one to leave. The author further explained that when you establish your own, even when you are too old and can't be in charge, the business will still be in operation with the support of your children. Like I said, there was no business solely owned by individuals then. I thought of the work that I could do that would require little or no cost and it came to my mind to be a pools agent. And in the 1960s, all you need as a pool agent was a table and pen. So, I started as a pool agent. With my little education I was taking stock of my earnings, the amount I made from winnings I saw it as a lucrative job. That was what made me and my friend, late Chief Solomon Adebayo Ayoku to establish Face to Face million dollar pool. What do you think is responsible for many companies going out of business today? Many business owners today employ their children, give them house, car and even place them on salary. In my case, I didn't do that. What I did was to call my children; I told them I have a good job but please don't come and work for me, you can partner with me. My children working with me were not placed on salary, they all have their percentage. With the way they took the job, I was forced to stay back to allow them control things. They sometimes would sleep on the chair in the office. This happened because they were not working for me but they are shareholders. That has been the secret of the success of my business. What is your message to the youth with the get rich syndrome? I have on several occasions said it that the youth of this age are impatient. I work very hard to get to where I am today. I traveled the whole country to site my business there. Today I had branches in 26 states of the federation. There were times I was an itinerant. At one of my travels I could recall how I lived on water. There was a day I was at Uromi. After I was served a meal tears dropped from my eyes because the food I was served, I was not used to it. I thank God for my life because there were some who were more hardworking than me but were not as blessed as I am. But sincerely speaking I worked very hard. Youths of nowadays are lazy. I have had cause to close some of my branches because some youths I employed siphoned my money. It was one of the major reasons I asked my children to partner with me and we were able to operate in the areas we could manage. Thank God today we are back and we have our branches running effectively; thanks to technology. Youths of this day don't want to crawl before they walk. We can only appeal to God to help change them. Just as the elders have said: To fight poverty, one must be very hardworking. In a polygamous home, it is very difficult to bring the children together. How were you able to achieve this to the extent that they are instrumental to the growth of your business? I want to thank God for this, it hasn't been by my making. The first thing a man must do in a polygamous home is to fulfill his obligations. You also don't place your wives and children above another. Though there is nothing that you do that there won't be complaints but using myself as an example, I have a grown-up child who is over 50 years old and I also have a child who is six years old. If I give the older one one naira, I will also give the same amount to the latter. Though they have severally complained about this but I usually hold meetings with them where I make them to understand my reasons. If you do that and you do not hold meetings with them their would be envy among them. The most important thing is to perform your duties as a polygamist to your wives and children and put them in their deserved place then you won't have problem. It is not that I have a 100 percent perfect home but thanks to God I have a happy family. You also manage well with friends It is not that easy. There is always sacrifice when running a business with friends, there will be interference but you must be wise. Even before I was given a chieftaincy title, I have been taking steps in my capacity to see that there is unity among Yoruba Kings You must ignore many things and if you don't and act on everything you hear that friendship will never last. As the Odole ile Oodua what steps will you take to end the rifts among traditional rulers in Yoruba land? I don't want to sound boisterous, but many of the traditional rulers in Yoruba land are my friends. If you observed very well, at every of my functions many of the traditional rulers are always in attendance. Even before I was given a chieftaincy title, I have been taking steps in my capacity to see that there is unity among Yoruba Kings. For example, recently, when the issue relating to our son, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo happened, I reached out to his imperial majesty, the Ooni of Ife, Alake, Akarigbo and so many others. And various steps were taken about the issue. Also, if you observed, in Lagos, I am the Asoju Oba of Lagos (King's representative). I am not an indigene of Lagos State. If there wasn't a good rapport between Oba Akinolu and I, he would not have chosen me as the Asoju Oba of Lagos. All these are pointers to the fact that I have good relationship with our traditional rulers. Though you have several titles, how prepared are you to cope with the challenges that come with your new title? Without mincing words, I know the worth of this title and for your information, many kings have the belief that after my coronation I may not consider taking other titles because of how big the Odole Oodua title is. What informed your philanthropic nature? I was not born with a silver spoon. It is true I worked but there were people that did more than me and do not have my kind of affluence. As a person, I believe the only way I can express gratitude to God for the blessings He has given me is to help the downtrodden and yearly I spend millions on this. I built a rehabilitation centre at the UCH because I see that most aged people are left uncared for. Also we have built many schools, hospitals and worship centres. All is to appreciate God. It is my wish that I will continue to help the poor even after I am no more. The Kessington Adebukunola Adebutu Foundation (KAAF) will still be there. Presently, we are building •Adebutu an auditorium at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State. How are easy was it to get to the peak of your career and maintain the status? Becoming successful is not difficult but sustaining the success s the most difficult. If you take a deep look at it you will see that we have had many successful persons in the past and today they have nothing. At age 84, I am still where I am today because I do everything in moderation. Some people like to over do things to the extent that some over eat and drink to stupor. These will come back to hurt us. Many still have negative views about lottery, pools and the likes, what is your take on this? I will continue to say that pool, cassino, lottery among others is gaming. This is the stock exchange of an ordinary man and many people are benefiting from it on a daily basis. If it were to be something negative the government will not be issuing license to operators, not to talk of having a commission for it. What challenges have sports betting posed to your lottery business? Sports betting and lottery are not the same at all and it has no effect on our business. For your information, we also have sports betting. As a god-father to many politicians across political divides, what do you think is the solution to Nigeria's political under-development? Until politics is made part-time business, I don't see how we can have peace in Nigeria. When I say part time business, I mean a situation where politicians will only be paid on sitting basis in form of sitting allowance. When politicians earn just their sitting allowance there will be no presence of do-or-die politics in Nigeria. Presently, politics in Nigeria is too expensive. I'm speaking from experience and what I can see. The best thing for Nigeria is to adopt part-time politics and pay politicians allowance for sitting. With the present system, the drain on our purse is too much. I read in the newspaper that a Governor sacked 250 advisers. If a governor had that much, how many advisers do we have for the whole country? How can a governor have 250 advisers? So, you can see the present system is too expensive.
Vanguard, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2019 — 45 EXHIBITION—President Muhammadu Buhari (in white) at the Ecobank stand, during the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit, where the bank showcased some of its cutting edge financial products that includes its ubiquitous payment solution, the EcobankPAy, the Ecobank Omni, the Rapid Transfer, and several other financial products. WINNER: From left—CEO, OVH Energy, Mr. Huub Stokman; Deputy Director of National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Mrs. Priscilla Onuzulu; Winner of Oleum Awoof Promo (tricycle), Mr. Onibudo Oladipupo; Head Consumer Protection Council, Lagos, Mrs. Suzie Onwuka, and Ag. Chief Marketing Officer, OVH Energy, Mrs. Lilian Ikokwu, at the Grand Finale of the promo, in Lagos. PHOTO: Akeem Salau CONFERENCE: From left—Deise Smith, Co-founder & Creative Director, Gemona West Interiors; Jennifer Chukwujekwe, Founder, Jenniez School of African Interior Design, and Naomi Smith, Co-founder & Commercial Director, Gemona West Interiors, during the Blueprint Conference 2019, held at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. OFFICE OPENING—Mr. Samuel Faithful, CEO (Right); Mr. Kelechi Ohams, Director (2nd Right); Mr. Felix Adolphus, Port Harcourt Leader (left), all of Resolution Technology Ltd., and Pastor Ethelbert Obi, officating minister (2nd Left), during the official opening of company's office in Port Harcourt, weekend. PHOTO: Nwankpa Chijioke Brazilian star warns Brazil against Nigeria, Senegal Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazil international defender Marquinhos has pointed out the importance of beating Senegal and Nigeria in their friendlies. He said he was impressed with the quality of the Super Eagles and Teranga Lions and highlighted that the West African teams have players in the ranks with physical attributes. Senegal and Nigeria finished in the top three positions at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and are ranked 20th and 34th respectively in the latest FIFA ranking. When asked to comment on the Nigeria and Senegal teams, Marquinhos told By John EGBOKHAN orrential rain yesterday Twashed off matches of the Lagos Open Tennis Futures 4 holding at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan. On a rainy day in the commercial nerve centre of Lagos, all attempts to have full flow of Tennis action were put on hold as the sky reporters:’’I know a lot and know their qualities. Senegal is runner-up of the Africa Cup, a very intense, difficult team. ‘’We have to make a big game, impose our rhythm. They are very intense opponents, aggressive, with physical imposition uper Eagles will on SSunday trade tackles with the Samba Boys of Brazil, a game Samuel Chukwueze is looking forward to with the sole intention of showing what the team is ‘made of ’. The Villarreal forward has revealed that the Super Eagles will not treat Rain washes off Lagos Open Tennis Futures By Jacob Ajom reparations for the 2019 PGovernment College Ughelli Relays are in top gear as organisers have fixed November 16 as date for the meet which is expected to attract participation from about 30 secondary schools from across the country. Addressing the sporting media in Lagos yesterday, President of the Government College Ughelli Old Boys Association Worldwide, Charles Majoroh said from the initial number of 18 schools that attended the event in the maiden edition last year, no fewer than 30 schools were expected to participate in this year’s event. and technical game too. ‘’We see great players playing in the major European Leagues, many of them in France’’. The Brazil national team held their first training session in Singapore yesterday ahead of the two friendlies against Senegal (Oct 10) and Nigeria (Oct 13). We’ll make Nigeria proud, says Chukwueze lost its sunshine, with dark heavy clouds that unleashed fury, with showers that made players, officials and ball boys scamper for cover. While more than 17 matches were scheduled to hold yesterday, the downpour made nonsense of this as the tournament referee had to cancel the games, which are now expected to hold today, rain permitting. the match lightly when Gernot Rohr’s men face the Selecao on October 13 at the Singapore National Stadium. Brazil have called up their biggest stars including PSG’s Neymar and are set to meet Nigeria three days after slugging it out with the Teranga Lions of Senegal in the same stadium. Chukwueze expects a difficult game against the five-time world champions. “That’s a big game (between Nigeria and Brazil) to look forward to in Singapore and I think it’s going to be a tough match,” Chukwueze said. “I don’t know how it’s going to be but I’m confident we are going to make our country proud because everybody is going to look up to this game. GCU Relays 2019 ‘ll be bigger, better —Majoroh By Blessed EVANS Beach soccer fans can start getting ready for three days of intense and exciting games as Copa Lagos kicks off November 1- 3 at the Eko Atlantic, Victoria Island, Lagos. Defending World Champions Brazil will be making their second appearance at the competition with 5-time African champions Senegal, 2-time African champions, Nigeria’s Super Sand Eagles and England completing the foursome. There will also be a Club Challenge between three Nigerian Clubs, Pepsi Football Academy, Kebbi Beach Soccer Club, Gidi Sharks of Lagos and invited Ghanaian Club, Sunset Sports Keta. In addition to the tournament, this year’s edition will feature a kids’ “Last year we recorded an encouraging number of schools including some of the iconic colleges like Igbobi College, St Finbarr’s College, Akoka, Igbobi College all from Lagos, Government College Afikpo among others attended the meet which was a huge success. This year we expect at least 30 schools to take part in the event.” Majoroh explained that the meet will feature 100 m and 200 m races, 4x100m and 4x400m relays. He explained the motivation behind the GCU Relays which is organised by the Old Boys Association and supported by Shell, NNPC, NNDC and Pillar Oil. “There could not have arena, fan zone for football lovers, a food court with amazing vendors, VIP lounge, after parties and traditional Celebrity matches. Speaking at the press conference, Kinetic Sports acting CEO, Mr. Sola Aiyepeku said, “Kinetic Sports’ vision was clear from inception to create a unique multifaceted product that delivers a fusion of sports with entertainment with been a better time than now when we are still hurt by the dismal outing of Team Nigeria to World Athletics Championships in Doha, where our team returned with only one bronze medal,” Majoroh said, believing that “in the next four to five years, products from this programme will represent and win medals for Nigeria in international meets.” A three-year scholarship award awaits the best overall athlete in both male and female categories. “We want to motivate the athletes with a N150,000 scholarship spread over three years(N50,000 each year) for the male and female all round best athletes,” the GCU Old Boys President said. Brazil, England, Senegal ready for Copa Lagos COPA LAGOS(L-R) Moses Praize, Kunle Ogidi, Head Marketing BetKing, Sola Aiyepeku, Acting CEO Kinetic Sports, Diran Onifade, Director Corporate Communications FCMB, Seyi Akinwunmi, NFF 1 st VP. fans in mind. They have successfully and consistently done that over the years. This year, we have taken further steps to broaden the Copa Lagos experience for everyone who attends by enhancing fan engagement as a further contribution to promoting a beach culture and multi-dimensional lifestyle as well as give football-playing fans and Lagosians a taste of playing in Copa Lagos.
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