By Funsho Arogundade
Billionaire businessman, Prince Samuel Adedoyin, is a man with an uncommon heart of gold. Apart from business, the only other thing this 89 year-old magnate is good at is in the act of giving. For many years, philanthropy has become part of his skin: this he does effortlessly. Blessed with a deep pocket, the soft-spoken philanthropist has over the years proven to be a pacesetter in terms of humanitarian gestures. His charitable footprint can be seen in many landmarks. But to the man fondly called the ‘Prince of Commerce’, education remains the greatest engine of personal development and for years, Adedoyin has been throwing support behind various education projects across the country.
Asides from scholarships for thousands of indigent students, the business tycoon has been contributing heavily to the development of many tertiary institutions. Recently, he donated a mammoth edifice to the Lagos State University Information and Communication Technology, ICT, Department. But the founder of Doyin Group —a diversified Nigerian conglomerate with interests in FMCG, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, real estate, automobile and financial services— is taking his investment in education further with the establishment of Prince Samuel Adedoyin College of Nursing Sciences in his hometown of Agbamu, Kwara State.
On Thursday September 25, the groundbreaking —for what has been planned to be a centre of medical excellence— was done. The institution that will sit atop 22 acres of land is scheduled to be completed in 12 months and the billionaire has promised to equip it with some of the latest, world class equipment that will turn the facility into a referral institution. Already, Adedoyin, who is also the pioneer Chancellor of Trinity University, has set aside undisclosed billions of naira for this project located beside the General Hospital that was donated by the philanthropist to the state.
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