The Silver Nights Club, a cosmopolitan social club in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, last weekend, held its 539th annual general meeting in Jericho, where it elected High Chief Yinka Fasuyi, the Asiwaju of Ijesaland, and President of Ibadan Business School, as its 21st Club Chief.
This was revealed in a press statement issued by David Femi-Michael, Media Administrator, Silver Knights, Ibadan.
Established 40 years ago in Ibadan, Silver Knights Club parades high net-worth professionals, academics, and business turks with wide networks in the political, social, and economic fabrics of Ibadan metropolis in particular and Nigeria in general.
Silver Knights Club has, over the years, become strongly and admirably noted as a family Club where the esteemed wives of members, also known as DAMSELS, play significant roles in its values and operations.
According to the press statement, the Club’s annual general meeting was hosted by SK Dr. Yomi Layinka, a former Club Chief, and Chairman of Media Strategies Nigeria Limited.
The meeting marked the end of the remarkable tenure of SK Engr Bolaji Tubi, the immediate past Club Chief and Chief Executive Officer of Quofadrigga Nigeria Limited.
In his acceptance speech after the keenly contested election, the Chairman of Supreme Management Consultants Nigeria Limited and Silver Knights new Club Chief, SK Asiwaju Yinka Fasuyi, presented his administration’s blueprint where he meticulously highlighted the various reforms and intervention programmes that he and his team will embark upon to further reposition and strengthen the core values of the 40-year-old Club.
Also elected into the new Executive Committee to be led by SK Asiwaju Yinka Fasuyi are: SK Engr Busayo Aluko, Chairman/CEO Duke & Duchess Group as General Secretary; Chief Babajide Olatunde-Agbeja, Chairman, BOFF & Company Insurance Brokers Limited, as Treasurer; and SK Engr Ladi Salako, Managing Director, Comfort Coatings Nigeria Limited, as Social Secretary.
Among the Silver Knights members that witnessed the epoch are: SK Arc Tunji Bolu, former President of the Nigerian Institute of Architects, and Principal Partner of ABDT Partnership; SK Dr Adebola Roberts, renowned Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan; SK Otunba Kayode Oduntan, Chairman of Yemi Pharmacy; SK Gbenga Runsewe, Chief Executive Officer, Afrotech Group Limited; SK Otunba Deji Osibogun, Chairman/CEO WTS Broadcast Limited and Founder, Space FM Radio; SK Remi Koya, Managing Director, Brilex Investments Limited; SK Chief Babajide Olatunde-Agbeja, former National President, Nigeria Council of Insurance Brokers, and Chairman, Boff Insurance Brokers Limited; and SK Chief Adeboye Oni, Managing Partner, Quantec Consultants Nigeria Limited.
Others are: SK Adegboyega Akindeko, Chairman, Polidev and Finesse Management Consultants;SK Prof Abimbola Amoo, Professor of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Olabisi Onabanjo University; SK Taiwo Lloyd-Kuyinu, Chief Executive Officer, First Contract Medical & Investment Limited and Managing Partner Lloyd Jay Limited; SK Labi Adeyemi, Chairman, Clares Nigeria Limited and Director, Oakland Insurance Brokers Limited; SK Olumide Akinmokun, Principal Partner, Isolak Realtors, and Chairman, Isaac Akinmokun Farms Limited; SK Prof. Jide Owoeye, Chairman, Governing Council, Lead City University, Ibadan, and former National President, Nigerian Society of International Affairs; SK Toba Fabiyi, Principal Partner, Toba Fabiyi & Co; SK Steve Okwubi, Chairman/CEO, Feedwell Supermarkets Limited; SK Wole Fagbohun, Chairman, Kowley Properties Limited; SK Engr Ayodola Adekunle, Managing Director, Labore Ephata Limited; SK Chief Bola Orolugbagbe, Group Managing Director & Executive Vice Chairman, Coop Exchange Cooperative Group; as well as SK Engr Busayo Aluko, Principal Partner Abel & Associates.
Meanwhile, congratulatory messages have been pouring from well-wishers, both in Nigeria and across the world, all praying for the resounding success of SK Asiwaju Yinka Fasuyi, the newly inaugurated 21st Club Chief of Silver Knights Club of Ibadan.
Asiwaju Yinka Fasuyi is also the Patron of Ibadan Recreation Club (1902).