The wife of the Oyo State Governor, Mrs Tamunominini Makinde, has extolled the exemplary and leadership qualities of Mr Akinjide Adeosun as he celebrates his 55th birthday.<\/P>
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Adeosun, a licensed pharmacist, is the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ST.RACHEAL\u2019S\u2122 Pharmaceutical Nigeria Limited and Founder of the Akinjide Adeosun Foundation (AAF).<\/P>
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a Birthday Thanksgiving Service to mark the 55th Birthday of Adeosun was held on Friday at the All Souls\u2019 Church, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos.<\/P>
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The theme was: Thanksgiving in Triumph\u2019\u2019<\/P>
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Makinde commended the contribution of Adeosun to humanity with evidences shown through AAF and the pharma industry\/health sector through St. Racheal\u2019s Pharma.<\/P>
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Makinde said: \u201cThe celebrant is a friend I have come to know through Church in Port Harcourt. I met him and the wife about 23 years ago.<\/P>
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\u201cOver the years, the families have become closer and closer. We have shared good and bad times together. We have learned from each other.<\/P>
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\u201cJide is a very practical person and pragmatic when it comes to leadership. He believes in exemplary life.<\/P>
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\u201c He works so hard to showcase what he believes in. It is evident in his setting up the St. Racheal\u2019s Pharmaceutical Nigeria and AAF.<\/P>
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\u201cHe pushes for the best and he is a bright person and brilliant. He is not a shady person. For him, integrity is not what you can trade for anything.<\/P>
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\u201cHe is a God-fearing person, he loves his Psalms, loves worshipping, a good husband and he works hard.<\/P>
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\u201cHe is somebody, if you meet, you want to keep the relationship going because he wants to make people better.\u2019\u2019<\/P>
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The Bishop, Ijesa North Diocese, Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev. Oluyamo, also graced the occasion with his wife.<\/P>
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He commended Adeosun for his love for God and showing same through his works and actions.<\/P>
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Mr Lekan Asuni, MD, LEFAS Pharmaceuticals, and a former MD of GSK described Adeosun as a hardworking person and one full of great ideas and urge to impact humanity.<\/P>
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\u201cHe always harps on integrity and thoroughness, and all he does, reflects that\u2019\u2019.<\/P>
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Commending her husband, Mrs Olubamiwo Adeosun , a former Secretary to the State Government of Oyo State, described him as dependable, reliable , faithful , loving and having a very strong personality.<\/P>
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\u201cWhat he believes in, he goes for it. He is very kind, though he might be stubborn to his vision and what he believes in.<\/P>
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\u201cHe is in a hurry to make an impact in the world and that is why you can see all the various things he is doing.<\/P>
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\u201cHe loves God. He loves his family, both nuclear and extended and he is a man of integrity.<\/P>
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\u201cI wish him a very happy birthday and God\u2019s infinite mercies upon him.<\/P>
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\u201c I wish him long life and the next 40 years of good health, favour, blessings and prosperity\u2019\u2019.<\/P>
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In his sermon, Evangelist Folayan Adebayo, reading Psalm 100: 4-5 and Lamentation 3: 22-23, emphasised the importance of thanksgiving especially because of the mercies, compassion and faithfulness of God upon our lives.<\/P>
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According to him, this is necessary knowing fully well that all we do in life is neither by our might nor strength.<\/P>
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He reminded the congregation that as creations of God, humanity is to praise the Lord with all \u201cour souls and forget not all his provisions, protection, guidance, among all\u2019\u2019.<\/P>
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Adeosun in his thanksgiving message expressed gratitude to God for allowing him get to clock 55 years.<\/P>
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He rendered the worship song \u201cOpe lo ye o, Baba Olore \u2013 You are worthy of praise, gracious Father\/You Deserve thanks, Generous Father.<\/P>
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He described himself as a man of destiny and purpose who is determined to touch lives and give back to humanity and society.<\/P>
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He said that the Akinjide Adeosun Foundation (AAF), a non-profit, non religious and non-political organisation, was set up to leave a leadership legacy in Africa by strengthening capabilities in today\u2019s leaders and build a pipeline of ready future leaders by 2035<\/P>
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\u201cOur foundation is aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 of Good Health and Well-being as well as Goal 4 of Quality Education.<\/P>
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\u201cThousands of people have benefitted from the foundation since launch in 2015.<\/P>
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\u201cWe have had leadership discourses are delivered in an admixture of trainings, case studies, projects and shadowing.<\/P>
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We have also had free medical missions executed for indigent patients .<\/P>
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\u201cThe foundation is executing a five-year leadership MoU at MeadowHall College in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria.\u2019\u2019<\/P>
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On the pharma company, he said that the ST.RACHEAL\u2019S\u2122 quest was to improve life expectancy through the availability of top-quality affordable pharmaceuticals in Africa.<\/P>
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\u201cThe enterprise is founded on Excellence, Integrity and Empathy values. The organisation is privileged to have Medreich as its manufacturer of high quality drugs.\u2019\u2019<\/P>
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Adeosun took the congregation through the many significant and remarkable times of his life.<\/P>
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He also narrated how the mercies of GOD had shown up for him in several ways and times including his surviving the Delta variant of COVID-19 in 2021 among others.<\/P>
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He urged people to be focused, empathetic, determined, resilient, have leadership attributes, and most importantly to have integrity.<\/P>
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NAN also reports that prior to founding ST.RACHEAL\u2019S\u2122 Pharma in 2016, Adeosun was the Head of Branded Generics and a member of the Africa Leadership Team (ALT) at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Pharma, Africa.<\/P>
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He served meritoriously at various functional and management roles at GSK for over two decades including secondment to South Africa.<\/P>
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Source: News Agency of Nigeria<\/P>
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