Traders and associates have felicitated the Babaloja (market leader) of Computer Village, Ikeja, Adeniyi Augustine Olasoji, on his 68th birthday.
The birthday wishes were showered on the market leader for his astute leadership and all-inclusive administration in the market.
Olasoji marked his birthday by championing and supervising the distribution of food palliatives among traders in the market.
A native of Ifewara, Osun State but born in Lagos, Olasoji attended Ikeja Grammar School before proceeding to the United Kingdom and later the United States of America, where he obtained a B.Sc at the Chicago State University and MBA at Xavier University, Louisiana.
He worked briefly with DHL in America and was later posted to Nigeria as an expatriate.
While giving thanks to his creator for good health and wisdom to manage the tech market, Olasoji said: “A lot of people don’t believe my age. They see me as younger because I am still very active. Part of my activity as leader of the computer village is to attend to and resolve issues and problems that arise. Because we deal with different ethnic groups, we also have to be careful with the way we deal with different cases. We believe everybody is one. All these activities serve as therapy for me”.
Originally, the CDA chairman of the community, Olasoji became Babaloja, following fierce resistance by shop owners, who initially argued that such a market did not need an Iyaloja or Babaloja.
On the Lagos State government’s plan to move the market to another location, Babaloja said, “Most of the buildings here are privately owned and do not belong to the government, hence what they can only do is remove the attachments to make it look more like a smart area”.
