All roads will
lead to Ibadan on Sunday 28th of April, 2019 as Nigeria’s
Leading Rice merchant, Chief Mrs. Ibilola Solaja,
popularly called, Madam Jumlar will be hosting a show-stopping wedding for her son, Olayinka Bowale Solaja. The
grand wedding will hold at Jogor Center in the Ring Road,
Ibadan. Reception follows immediately.
From what City
People gathered, the planning for the Engagement & Nikkah
ceremony between Bowale and his beautiful bride, Adedoyin
Zaynab Salami, is in top gear. The bride is the daughter of Alhaji
Fatai Kola Salami & Alhaja Balikis Olaide Lawal. Leading
events planner, Victoria Folarin has taken full charge of the
decoration and planning. And top event
vendors have been contracted to play key roles at the wedding, like Astoria and
Piesces Caterers, handling food.
Already, 2
different Aso Ebi’s have been picked, ranging between N50,000
and N300,000. And guess what, there is a scramble for the
aso ebi, as practically all her friends want to buy. Also a
powerful Planning Committee, made up of some top society women
have been set up. And they have been meeting day and night to make it a hitch
free Nikah & Engagement. We can also tell you that Madam
Jumlar is not sparing any amount to make her sons wedding the mother
of all weddings in 2019. She has given all event
vendors matching order to make the wedding a memorable one.
The 1,500
Guest list reads like a comprehensive list of all the who is who
in Nigeria. About 10 Governors have confirmed attendance.
About 15 Senators are coming and close to 25 House of Reps members
have indicated interest in storming the ceremony. Everybody likes Madam Jumlar.
City People gathered that all the political juggernauts across the
country are storming Ibadan to honour Madam Jumlar who
every one says is “a nice woman”. The story is that she is there
for everyone both old and young.
Many society
women across Nigeria would also be attending to support one of
their own. Among society women, Lady Jumlar is seen as the Queen
of Society women. And she has been there for very many of them. That is
why they all gravitate towards her. Of course, a lot of Commodity and
fabric merchants would be trooping to Ibadan that
day to support the woman they call The Queen of Rice business in Nigeria.
Let’s quickly tell you that she is the biggest rice seller in Nigeria today.
City People scooped that the main IV for the VVIP
was printed abroad and it comes in a big package.
At the recent City People Awards For Excellence held
at the Lekki Colisieum, one of those honoured at the event was
Chief (Mrs) Ibiola Solaja, popularly called Madam Jumlar.
Although, everyone calls her Madam Jumlar, but her real name is Mrs.
Ibilola Aduke Solaja.
She is a successful Lagos businesswoman. She is one
of the biggest Rice Merchants in Nigeria and the
Iya Oloja at Dalekan Rice Market. She was born in August 13, 1955
to the family of the late Chief & Mrs. S. S. Banjo in
Ijebu Igbo and she started her Primary education at
Amutebu in Ijebu Igbo and finally obtained her 1st
School Leaving Certificate at Saint Saviour Primary School,
Ikenne in the year 1967.
She started her secondary education at Girls Grammar School,
Ijebu Igbo, and later proceeded to Mayflower College, Ikenne
to complete her studies where she obtained her West African
School Certificate in the year 1971. Later, she proceeded
to Ushi Ekiti Teachers Training College, Ushi Ekiti
in the former Ondo State now Ekiti State in the
year 1974. She briefly worked at Macjob Commercial College
Ibara, Abeokuta as a Teacher and later joined the Presidency
in August, 1978.
While in the Presidency, she was trained as
intelligence personnel. She attended various surveillance and intelligence
courses overseas and came back to attain the level of a top officer. She served
for 19 years as an intelligence officer before she retired in August,
1994.
After her retirement, she started a trading business under a
registered name of Jumlar Nigeria Limited and has
since been in the business of importation and distribution of Rice,
Vegetable Oil, Sugar and Cement with a network throughout
Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory.
She has successfully managed the business over the years and has
given birth to several other businesses that cut across Oil sector,
Construction and Farming. In 2005,
she travelled to Jerusalem to celebrate her golden jubilee, there
she was honoured with Justice of Peace (JP). Also in 2009,
she travelled again to the holy city and was honoured as an Ambassador of
Peace.
In addition to her business carrier, she attended several
management courses, home and abroad in order to acquire more management skills.
She has several awards to her credit, many in her business and from churches,
among which are, the Iyalode of Emmanuel Church, Ijebu Igbo, the Olori
Oniresi of Daleko Market, the Yeye Oba of Ofa Kingdom,
and the Ajitowobaje of Ishan Kingdom in Ishan, Ekiti State. She
is blessed with children among who are, a present member of Ogun State
House Assembly in person of Hon. Bowale Olayinka Solaja
and Ms Olajumoke Solaja, the Special Assistant to
the wife of Oyo State Governor.
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