…as Oyebanji, Ooni, Ewi hail businessman’s investments in agriculture, tourism, job creation
Raheem Akingbolu
The Chairman of Cavista Holdings, Mr Niyi John Olajide, has acquired an honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) diploma from Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), with Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, and outstanding conventional rulers commending his investments in agriculture, tourism and job creation within the state.
Olajide acquired the honour throughout the college’s 14th convocation ceremony on Wednesday October twenty first, which was attended by outstanding political and conventional leaders, together with Oyebanji, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe.
The dignitaries praised Olajide’s contributions to employment era, industrial growth and the financial transformation of Ekiti State.
Oyebanji described Olajide as an achieved worldwide businessman and a patriotic Ekiti indigene who had chosen to enhance the state authorities’s efforts to draw personal funding and industrialise the state.
The governor stated Olajide, by Cavista Holdings, the mum or dad firm of Agbeyewa Farms and Glocient Hospitality, had invested tens of millions of {dollars} in Ekiti’s financial system, creating employment alternatives and contributing to the event of the state’s agricultural and tourism sectors.
He significantly counseled the businessman’s involvement within the ongoing transformation of Ikogosi Warm Springs Resort right into a world-class vacationer vacation spot, saying the funding had the potential to strengthen Ekiti’s place on Nigeria’s tourism map.
Governor Oyebanji stated Olajide’s investments demonstrated how personal capital may complement authorities efforts to stimulate financial development, create jobs and enhance the livelihoods of residents.
The governor described him as one of the main traders in Ekiti, noting that his enterprise pursuits had generated employment for 1000’s of individuals by agricultural, hospitality and different ventures.
According to the governor, the investments had additionally helped to reposition Ikogosi and its surrounding communities as an rising vacation spot for tourism and hospitality.
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, additionally praised Olajide’s contributions to Ekiti, describing him as an enigmatic persona whose investments and dedication to his dwelling state deserved recognition.
The monarch stated he had personally examined details about Olajide’s background and actions and was impressed by his accomplishments.
The Ooni additional counseled Olajide’s contribution to employment and group growth, expressing the hope that his investments would proceed to create alternatives for the individuals of Ekiti.
The Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe, stated the state wanted extra entrepreneurs keen to take a position their sources and experience in its growth.
The monarch famous that, for greater than twenty years, Ekiti had regarded ahead to having extra traders keen to enhance the developmental contributions of ABUAD founder, Aare Afe Babalola.
He expressed optimism that Olajide’s emergence as a significant investor would encourage different profitable Nigerians within the diaspora and the personal sector to channel sources into the state’s financial system.
Olajide is the founder and chairman of Cavista Holdings, a diversified funding firm with pursuits spanning expertise, agriculture, hospitality, monetary expertise and vitality.
He can also be the founder and chairman of Axxess, a Dallas, Texas-based dwelling healthcare expertise firm established in 2007. The firm has grown into a world enterprise with operations throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
Through Cavista Holdings, Olajide oversees a number of companies, together with Cavista Technologies Limited, Agbeyewa Farms, Glocient Hospitality, PayZeep and Matna Foods Limited.
Agbeyewa Farms is a significant cassava farming enterprise, whereas Glocient Hospitality manages Ikogosi Warm Springs Resort and Conference Centre. PayZeep operates in monetary expertise, whereas Matna Foods is concerned within the manufacturing of food-grade cassava starch.
The businessman’s pursuits in agriculture and hospitality have positioned him on the centre of efforts to broaden private-sector participation in Ekiti’s financial growth, significantly in areas the place the state has sought to draw funding, generate employment and develop its tourism potential.
Beyond his enterprise actions, Olajide has held management positions in worldwide enterprise organisations. He was elected chairman of the board of the Corporate Council on Africa in 2023, a place that locations him inside efforts to advertise commerce and funding relations between the United States and African nations.
A graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas, he acquired the establishment’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2015, changing into its youngest recipient on the time. He additionally co-chaired a $750 million capital marketing campaign aimed toward increasing scholar alternatives and supported the institution of the college’s Africa Regional Office in Nigeria.
He has served on the boards of organisations within the dwelling healthcare business and civic establishments within the United States, whereas his philanthropic actions have targeted on healthcare, schooling, poverty alleviation and ladies’s empowerment.
His honorary diploma from ABUAD, in line with the college’s quotation, recognises his accomplishments as an entrepreneur, investor, dwelling healthcare innovator, civic chief and philanthropist, in addition to his advocacy for improved healthcare entry and high quality schooling.
