Bimbo Ashiru on the Move Again, Becomes Odua Group Chairman
There is no remedy for good fortune. There is just this set of people that have it good, even though it is their hard work and continued persistence that stand them out from peers. Bimbo Ashiru is such a person, and his fortune is the kind that could be shared among a thousand people. Even now, fortune continues to pull him like a magnet.
The recent appointment of Ashiru to the Board of the Odua Group where he is to serve as Chairman of the regionwide conglomerate signals the good tidings that have engulfed the Southwest region lately.
The most prestigious figures in the country are sending an avalanche of praises and cheers to Ashiru on account of the Odua appointment. Even President Buhari has sent his congratulations, further celebrating the fact that the South-western group knew enough of Ashiru’s brilliant merits to have him take the lead during his (Buhari’s) tenure.
But all of this is to be expected. Even when Ashiru was the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry in Ogun State, he made sure to invest his time and efforts into building that part of the state, winning award after award in the process. All of this is even more noteworthy because Ashiru was born in Ijebu-Ode with a spoon that was more silvery than anything else.
Ashiru’s father, the late Pa Simeon Adeyemi Ashiru, was a well-known Ijebu sage, and his mother, Princess Moradeun Ashiru, descended from the Fidipote royal family of Ijebu Ode and the ruling house of Owu-Ijebu. So, to remain humble even when one’s descent is this noble is very rare. And yet, Ashiru is himself, unencumbered by pride and not predisposed to prejudice.
It is no wonder that Ashiru got the Odua Chairman position. By every criterion, it is clear he deserved it.