By Eric Elezuo
A non-for-profit human welfare organization, Focus on Disability Foundation (FOD) has appointed Mr. Kunle Adeyemi as a Patron for the charity oriented organisation.
A worthy entrepreneur of international repute, Mr Adeyemi is the CEO/MD of Sterling Homes Ltd as well as Managing Director of Blue-Bricks Construction Limited.
Adeyemi’s appointment is in furtherance of the organisations’s policy to bring role models on board its course, towards dishing out more humanitarian benefits to people of the world.
In his role, the newly appointed Patron will help to promote the work of Focus on Disability Foundation, raise awareness of the charity and encourage vital support, an area he is so versed in.
He would also assist in ensuring that the good work of the foundation is accentuated and provide a huge voice to the foundation’s activities.
In his remarks, Mr Adeyemi said: “I am honoured by the invitation from the FOD’s team to become a Patron. A charity which does so much for people with disabilities. I am happy to accept the invitation and l will do my best to support the vital work of the charity outfit.
On his part, the Chief Executive Officer of FOD, Mr. Abbey Enilari Paseda expressed the organisation’s delight of having a person of Adeyemi’s calibre on board FOD and thanked him for accepting to join the group.
He said: “We are absolutely delighted to have a great philanthropist that has given so much to the widows, less privileged and the society at large as our Patron. Mr Adeyemi’s support will be key in helping us to raise awareness of the vital work we do with people with disabilities in Nigeria and Ghana and we look forward to working closely with him.”
Mr. Adeyemi is an excellence-driven young man with a passion to make a difference. He is a Biochemist by training, and holds an MBA from the prestigious Lagos Business School. He is also known in the world of philanthropy as a giant.
