The Publisher of Parrot Xtra Magazine/PMParrot.com, Olayinka Agboola, has sent out expressive greetings to his long-time friend and brother, Alhaji Hassan Taiwo Fatungase, former Bakers’ World, Ikeja, Lagos Director, on the occasion of his 60th birthday anniversary.
In a statement he personally signed, Agboola, former Nigeria Coordinator for Ovation International Magazine, described Alhaji Hassan Fatungase as the most selfless Nigerian he has ever encountered.
Agboola continued, “Hassan is not only selfless, but he is intelligent, forward-looking, hard-working, vibrant, resourceful, compassionate, and above all, very God-fearing.”
The Ibadan-based media entrepreneur then submitted that the astute technocrat is a man who appreciates human beings and the value of friendship.
“Those who attended the University of Lagos with him in those days will attest to it that ‘Fatuu’, as he used to be called then would sacrifice anything to keep a working relationship.
“Even when he joined one of the five-star hotels in Abuja in the early 90s, it did not take long before he was promoted to become the very first African to occupy a managerial position before he joined the Bakers’ World family business in Lagos. His records are still there today.
“He encouraged journalists, broadcasters, creative young Nigerians, and others while running Bakers’ World on Allen Avenue in Ikeja, Lagos. The records are also there for people to verify. There is almost no big name in Nigeria’s entertainment/media industry today that has not directly and/or indirectly benefitted from Hassan’s large-heartedness. He used to settle quarrels when differences and ‘head-on-collisions’ were reported to him!”
Agboola also described how the celebrant of the day has been faring since he became the chairman of Abimbola Awoliyi Estate, Oko-Oba in Lagos where he presently lives.
“Hassan is a team player who keeps improving in good-naturedness even as a semi-retired bureaucrat. Residents of Awoniyi Estate will tell his story better. Since becoming the chairman some three years ago, living standards have improved.
“Together with other executive members, the Estate has been winning awards as one of the best in Lagos State. Solar lights, good roads, fibre-optic sources of internet, faultless security architecture and enhanced sociability…and other achievements have been recorded by the Fatungase-led team.”
Agboola, a pioneer staffer at Thisday Newspaper, concluded, “Dear friends and colleagues, please join me in praying for this quintessential lover of fairness and equity. May Allah continue to be with him and be granted sound health, more prosperity, divine protection, and a long life. May his wonderful family, comprised of ‘Iyalaje’ Doyinsola and the children – Tomisin, Ahmed, Ibrahim, and Idris—continue to enjoy divine grace, too. Happy birthday to our director at Parrot Xtra Media Network. Many happy returns on this day, September 26.”
