Dr. Adetolu Ademujimi

  He is fondly called Igwe by his political associates; Kollington by old school mates; Doki by persons in his social & medical circles; Egbon by those who adore him as a reliable big brother; Honourable by people who remember he was a member of the Ondo State House of Assembly between 1992 and 1993; Kola by his contemporaries; and daddy or grandpa by those of us with filial ties to this charitable persona. Ask for three words to succinctly characterize Dr. Kola Ademujimi - my old man - and I will echo ‘simple, kind-hearted and people-centric’ seventy times, at least to remind the world of his platinum jubilee on the surface of the earth this 30 th day of June, 2023. Here is one father who never, I mean, never, raised his hands on me as a child till I moved out of his house as an adult – a very rare characteristic of an African father! Here is one father who ensured I honed my skills of independence at a ‘prime age’ through two remarkable events – a funded bank account and