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Prof, a touch of gold, mixed with diamonds and 60 other gemstones
It is indeed a deep privilege for me to edit this magazine which the friends of Professor (Dr.) Adesoji Adesugba decided to put together to commemorate his 60th birthday. Prof. Adesoji Adesugba is a sort of an enigma, I am certain if we spend the whole year, we will not finish writing about his exploits and achievements in his most eventful and accomplished life. Almost everyone that knows Prof. will agree that he is extremely intelligent, innovative, proactive, brave, adventurous, very kind, loving, free in giving, and patriotic. Editing this magazine of what some of Prof’s friends and family think of him gave me a different insight in one I thought I had known as a father, mentor, and boss, he is too deep and one of a different breed, and if I could say, an angel to many. Different people call Prof. Adesugba by different names, for some, he is simply Soji, for his old schoolmates and associates from the University of Lagos, he is popularly called Scooby, while his high school mates will call him Subby from his surname Adesugba. His present colleagues and associates prefer to call him Prof. Who really is Soji? But for space, I will only be able to give a brief profile of who Professor Dr. Adesoji Adesugba is, and what he has done in his 60 years of existence. Prof. Adesoji Adesugba is a Visiting Professor of Business Administration at the American International University Banjul Gambia. An accomplished specialist in Investment Promotion and Economic Development, he is known for his proficiency in organizational development and institutional reforms. He has combined the best in private sector entrepreneurial acumen with an expert ability to navigate public sector practice. Adesugba is currently the Provost at the Business Entrepreneurship Skills and Technology (BEST) Centre, and a Vice President at the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI). He also lectures part-time as a Professor of Business Administration at the Roegate College in Dublin, Ireland and the Baden International Business School, Baden, Switzerland. Adesugba is the Chairman of the National Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA) Education and Innovation Committee. A certified international arbitrator and mediator, Dr. Adesugba worked as the Chairman of the Industrial Arbitration Panel (IAP), a Federal Government of Nigeria agency set up for the resolution of industrial disputes. Before working at the IAP, Dr. Adesugba served as a Director at the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), where he was responsible for the development of strategies to promote and target investments into the Nigerian economy. Between 2005 to 2007, Adesugba was seconded from the NIPC to the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) as the Head of Marketing, Communications, and External Relations, to help reinvigorate the privatization exercise of the Federal Government of Nigeria. At the BPE, he served as a member of the National Council on Privatization, subcommittee on marketing, media, and publicity. Perhaps for those who are just knowing Prof, it will surprise them that he started his career in the public service as a Superintendent Collector Grade II, at the WB Page 6
