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Mrs Florence Ajimobi Not Contesting For Senate Seat – Aides Reveal

by City People
Florence Ajimobi

Contrary to the rumours that have been making the rounds that former Oyo State First Lady, Mrs Florence Ajimobi, who is the widow of late Senator Abiola Ajimobi is planning to contest for Senate in 2023, her aides have debunked the rumours.

A few days back, some of her aides explained that all her efforts since her husband died have been to help keep his political camp together and intact.

It has been a year now that Senator Isiaq Abiola Ajimobi died. Friday 25th June 2021 made it one year that he passed on. Recall that Ajimobi, who ruled the pacesetter state for 8 years, of two consecutive terms, died on 25th June 2020, at a Lagos hospital. He was aged 70.

A few weeks back his one-year remembrance/memorial Fidau prayer was celebrated big.
After the Fidau prayer at the deceased Oluyole residence, in Ibadan, guests were later hosted to an elaborate reception at the International Conference Centre (ICC), U.I.

Top celebrities like Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, the wife of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Governor Dapo Abiodun and other governors, as well as their wives stormed the event.

Media spaces, in both print and electronic, as well as social media, were filled with adverts in honour of the former governor. Billboards with Ajimobi’s pictures and eulogies were mounted at various places across Ibadan. City People gathered that since her husband died, Florence Ajimobi, has maintained a cordial relationship with her husband’s loyalists.

Since her husband died, not much has changed about this beautiful woman.
As the wife of the governor then, Mrs. Florence Ajimobi concentrated on the improvement of the quality of the lives of vulnerable groups (Women and Children) and ensuring that the less privileged were empowered and given financial independence.

In her opinion, a state or any community for that matter is only as good as the quality and standard of living of its citizenry and she is totally devoted to making life better for the people in Oyo State with special emphasis on women and children.

In pursuit of these worthy objectives, Mrs. Ajimobi was able to put in place and nurtured relevant organizations and institutions to lend credence to these noble causes which include ABC Foundation–providing easy Access to Basic Medical Care and which also has a welfare home for vulnerable children; Educate A Rural Child–providing educational support for indigent children in rural areas Ajumose Food Bank–A monthly food provision support programme which has fed tens of thousands across the local government areas in Oyo State.

Creation of Mini Clinics for Widows and the Aged, Establishment of ICT Center for Women in Public Service Empowerment of Women of different cadres in the society as well as the Ajimose Widowhood Support Initiative.

In recognition of her devotion and dedication to her calling, Mrs. Ajimobi has been honoured with several awards. She is a tenacious scholar, who holds a Master’s Degree from the prestigious London School of Business and Finance and an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Public Administration from the Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo.

She was born 58 years ago in Benin City (on April 5, 1959) into the renowned Hajaig family of Lebanon. Her early childhood was in the ancient city of Ibadan where her mother, a staunch catholic, instilled in her the strong values of the Catholic Church characterized by piety, service to God, morality and discipline.

Her primary education was at Bodija International School, from where she proceeded to Our Lady of Apostles Secondary School, Ibadan. Her tertiary education was at The Polytechnic Ibadan where she studied Secretarial Studies and Management.

Her professional career began in the Insurance industry. She worked at Femi Johnson & Co, a leading Insurance Brokerage firm based in Ibadan where she took up her first job.

From Femi Johnson & Co, she cruised to one of Nigeria’s top-flight Advertising Agencies; Insight Communications Limited. She later left Insight Communications to work with the internationally reputable auto sales company, RT Briscoe.

In all the companies she worked for, she left her footprint as a dedicated, committed and resourceful individual with a result-oriented mental attitude for achieving corporate goals.

A woman of vision with strong business acumen, thirsty for success in her own initiatives, she squared up to the challenges and insecurity of the Nigerian business terrain when she jettisoned the comfort of paid employment to become an entrepreneur in a retail business, the result of which is the popular Grandex Store with branches all over Ibadan.

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