Shipping magnate Afolabi's birthday wish – The Nation Nigeria

By Oladapo Sofowora

Mr. Taiwo Afolabi’s title is just not new on the social radar. Most particularly, on the delivery enterprise in Nigeria. He’s considered one of Nigeria’s most profitable delivery magnates within the nation. He didn’t simply attain that place by likelihood however with luck, dedication, arduous work, and prayers. Afolabi was in a position to climb the ladder of success inside a short time.

Aside from the delivery enterprise, the SIFAX boss has his arms on many pies, which embrace oil and gasoline, actual property, agriculture, amongst others. Afolabi is not only a billionaire, he’s additionally blessed with a form coronary heart. He sees wealth as God-given and he’s all the time at will to assist the needy.

On April 29, the extremely enterprising, hardworking, and technically endowed enterprise mogul added one other 12 months to his age and celebrated his 58th birthday on a lowkey. For Afolabi, birthdays are moments to replicate redolent recollections. It’s a second to depend your days and in addition give due to the creator most particularly at a time when the excessive and mighty are being taken by grim reapers.

At some extent, Afolabi was confronted with Nigeria’s dwindling enterprise local weather which comes with a heavy hurricane and tsunami. Like a constant and expert businessman, he was in a position to climate the storm, navigating by way of the waters.

Consequently, he was one of many few businessmen who was issued a license to construct a refinery in Nigeria. He was mentioned to have secured a number of hectares of land round Snake Island, Lagos to construct a refinery that’s anticipated to provide at the very least, 120, 000 barrels per day.

A supply additionally informed Society Rendezvous that his hospitality outfit appears to be his headache in the meanwhile. Afolabi’s much-talked-about hospitality outfit is a seven-story, 251 rooms state-of-the-art edifice named Marriott Lodge. Located on 7,000 Sq. meters landmass inside Oba Akinjobi, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, the yet-to-be-completed hospitality outfit is at present considered one of his complications in enterprise.

“He’s a person who has by no means failed in any of his endeavours, he has vowed to make this dream come true regardless of how tough the duty forward is. All his deserted tasks as we communicate are at present receiving life. Instantly after the pandemic, work would start with full pressure. He’s working for the completion earlier than his subsequent birthday.

He’s working assiduously to attain that projection,” a supply informed Society Rendezvous.