He however disclosed that a multi-dimensional Chartered Insurance broker, Olurotimi Adewole has been elected and sworn in as the Chairman of the JCI Nigeria Senate Association.
He stressed that Adewole falls into the category of leader with an outstanding example and an ideal role model of the office holder that can be truly trusted.
He added, “the JCI Nigeria Senate Association over the course of its existence has paraded strong and reputable men and women; who have steered the ship of the association to both significance and international repute since it first came into existence.
“These indefatigable men and women included Mr Babajide Olatunde-Agbeja; Group Chief Executive, Boff & Co. Insurance Brokers, [Pioneer Chairman], Mr Kalada Apiafi; Chairman, Wider Perspectives, [2004 – 2006], Mr Babatunde Kwame-Ogala, SAN, a Principal Partner of Babatunde Ogala & Co, and a former National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives [APC], [2006 – 2009], Mr GWO Shoaga, [2010 – 2012].
“Others are Mr Mc Fintan-Ray, [2012 – 2014], Mrs Jokotade Odebunmi, [2014 – 2016], Mr Cornelius Semitoje, FNIM, MIoD, [2016 – 2018], Dr. [Mrs.] Adekunbi Wuraola [2018 – 2020] and Nneka Itabor; who was the immediate past chairman between 2020 and 2022 before the emergence of Mr Olurotimi Adewole.
“So, Adewole himself is not oblivious of the enviable legacies of these strong men and women, nor the challenges ahead of him.
“In fact, he is coming into a familiar terrain, where his leadership and administrative capacities have been tested and trusted over time, having served within the association’s leadership rank and at close quarters in the years preceding his emergence as the chairman.
“It is therefore noteworthy that fortunately for JCI Nigeria Senate Association, the body has been blessed with servant leaders, men and women; who have developed and strengthened their individual and corporate values and capacities over the years with a committed and deep sense of socio-economic responsibility and driven by a need to faithfully serve the Association and by extension, its people.
“Mr Adewole falls into this category of a leader with an outstanding example and ideal role model of the office holder that can be truly trusted. His words and works over the years have attested to him being a leader who has thoroughly done his homework in those years while he was serving on the Executive Council as a Vice Chairman and trusted to have worked out a blueprint and believed to be going ahead to persistently and passionately execute his promises and much more.
The other executive members of the association also sworn in were: Nneka Itabor; the Immediate Past Chairman, Mrs Modupe Ogunbiyi; Vice Chairman, Edward Aigbedion; Secretary-General, Olabisi Aniso; Treasurer, Feyisayomi Oyeleke; Director of Business, Dayo Niyi-Idowu; Director of International Affairs and Adekunle Babatunde Samson as Publicity Secretary respectively.
In his acceptance speech, Adewole said his leadership will be defined by basic pillars which include; aggressive membership drive, strengthening the association’s brand positioning, advocacy, improvement of members’ wealth creation capacities through capacity development and empowerment, collaboration with internal and external stakeholders across the broader JCI system, government, and allied stakeholders.
He gave assurances that his administration would build on the solid foundation laid by the founding and successive chairmen of the progressive association.
