11/12/2022 0 Comments Baba isale![]() Alhaji Rabi Allahu and Sons Ltd, a Building and Electrical Engineering Contractors.Oladimeji Agriculture Ltd, a company involved in agriculture, food processing, poultry and livestock production and fishing. Dynaco Nigeria Company Ltd, dealing in mining and processing of precious stones.Universal Chemical and Explosives Company Ltd, involved in the importation and production of chemicals and explosive products.Alhaji Raheem Oladimeji and Sons Ltd, which deals in importation and distribution of fire-arms and ammunitions.Some of his companies and business enterprises are: Propelled by his philosophy, which sees life as characterized by constant struggle, and equipped with a determination to make the world better than he met it, Alhaji (Chief)(Dr) AbdulRaheem Oladimeji, with Allah’s abundant support and blessings, rose to become the owner of a chain of companies and business enterprises which make him a personality internationally recognized. He later veered into merchandizing, manufacturing and construction. It was at this period that he made a breakthrough in his business endeavours. Fate eventually smiled on him during the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1971), when he was engaged as a contractor to the Nigerian Army and Nigeria Police Force in the areas of supplies and transportation. After spending about eleven years with Alhaji Usman Alabi, popularly known as Summonu Wonsole, in the trading area of Dosumu street, Alhaji AbudlRaheem was given a take-off grant of one hundred and eighty pounds, the equivalent of today’s three hundred and sixty Naira, to start his life as a trader.Ī self-made man, Alhaji (Chief) (Dr) AbdulRaheem Oladimeji’s rise to stardom has not been on a platter of gold, but by dint of hard work, dedication and perseverance. Later, with the assistance of his eldest brother, Alhaji Atiku Atunde, he became apprenticed to Alhaji Usman Alabi, a friend of his brother’s. It was through Pa Gabriel that he learnt the art of trading, plying the riverine areas of Ojoo, Ejinrin and Badagry in the former Western Region of Nigeria. In 1950, he became a trading apprentice and later transferred his service to Pa Gabriel of Iludun-Oro on a salary of eight shillings per month. His monthly salary then was seven shillings. Without formal education he had to fend for himself, therefore, at a tender age of ten, he started his life as a houseboy to an Egba woman known as Iya Sikira at Isale-Gangan, Lagos, in 1948. He has no formal education, but he can speak, read and write Yoruba, Arabic and English, all these through self-education and determination. His mother, an offspring of the first Iyalode of Igbaja, was a reputable poultry farmer.Īlhaji Chief AbdulRaheem Oladimeji, OFR, FNAEAP, lost his parents when he was still an infant. His father was a successful farmer, hunter, herbalist and trader. President-General, Abdur-Raheem Oladimeji Islamic Foundation (AROIF), NigeriaĪlhaji (Chief) (Dr) AbdulRaheem Amoo Oladimeji, OFR, FNAEAP, was born on Jto Malam Yusuf Oladimeji and Madam Awawu Oladimeji, both of Ile-loke Compound, Baale Quarters in Igbaja, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. Name:Alhaji (Chief) (Dr) AbdulRaheem Amoo Oladimeji, OFR, FNAEAP ![]()
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