Opinion: Toast To Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi at 80, By Reuben Abati
Prince Julius Adewale Adelusi-Adeluyi who turns 80 this week, on Sunday August 2, was our guest on the Arise TV flagship programme – The Morning Show – yesterday, and although I had made some comments about this national icon in the course of that engagement, the format of a television interview does not really provide me enough scope for an extended appreciation of a man who is one of the most impressive, kind-hearted and inspiring persons that I know.
I have met quite a number of persons who are literally obsessed with books and documentation – General Aliyu Gusau, Odia Ofeimun, Kunle Ajibade, late Professor Dapo Adelugba, Professor Pat Utomi… but when I saw Prince Adelusi-Adeluyi’s library at that time, I was shocked. I came to Lagos with the impression that most people in Lagos were just after money, and that the serious-minded persons could only be found at the schools of higher education and media houses.
We ended up sitting down again for a conversation. He told me about how as far back as 1967, he was Secretary General of the International Students Association. He was also Vice President of the National Union of Nigerian Students . He studied Pharmacy at the then University of Ife and after graduation, he worked at Pfizer where by the age of 30, he was already a Director.
And I am not alone. Over the decades, Prince Adelusi-Adeluyi has been a mentor to the younger generation in every community with which he is associated: students unionism, Pharmacy, law, Rotary International, the Non-Governmental Organization community, the Catholic Church , Obafemi Awolowo University , the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies , the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria , his native Ado Ekiti community, and Nigeria. He served as a leader of the global students’ union.
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