Tributes

I have known Asiwaju Yinka Fasuyi close to two decades, when we crossed path at the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), Victoria Island, Lagos where I was then the Director, Capacity Building.

Happy birthday Asiwaju Olayinka Fasuyi! Today marks a momentous occasion, a celebration of your life, wisdom, and leadership. As a prominent figure in our beloved city of Ilesa, your dedication to our community’s growth and well-being has not gone unnoticed.

With a heart full of gratitude and admiration, I rise to celebrate an extraordinary son of Ijesa land—our illustrious Asiwaju Yinka Fasuyi—as he gracefully clocks 70 years on earth.

I am especially honoured to write these few words about our man of reservoir of wisdom. One of my definitions of Greatness is that: some Greatness could be purchased and some Greatness is only attainable…

“As a man thinketh, so is he.” This timeless biblical truth speaks to the essence of a man’s character and behavior.

Asiwaju Yinka Fasuyi until some ten years ago was a hardly known entity in Ijesa land. Thereafter he suddenly became a phenomenon after he emerged the first Asiwaju of Ilesa.

We give glory to Almighty God whom He has pleased to keep a very remarkable man, a community builder, a lover of God and people, our dear Asiwaju-Asiwaju Yinka Fasuyi to the age of 70.

Glory, Honour and Adoration to God Almighty, from whom all blessings flow. I am incredibly happy to felicitate with my friend, Asiwaju Olayinka Linton Fasuyi on this joyous occasion of his 70th Birthday Anniversary Celebrations.

Olayinka Fasuyi was born into the family of Pa Jacob Olowookere Fasuyi on October 25, 1955. Pa Jacob Olowookere Fasuyi was a textile merchant of note (Osomalo) at Ereja in Ilesa.

Happy 70th birthday to an icon of man, a stalwart of the Ijesa people but most importantly to me, my father- in-law.

On this momentous occasion of your 70th birthday, we celebrate not just the years, but the immense legacy, indelible impact, and unyielding spirit of a truly extraordinary Ijesa man—Asiwaju Yinka Fasuyi.

Asiwaju Olayinka Fasuyi means a lot, to so many people within a and outside his native Ijesa land and in the global world.