User:Edosa-eghobamien

EDOSA EGHOBAMIEN:
Edosa Eghobamien is a highly regarded entrepreneur in Lagos, as well as in his native Benin City, Nigeria, where there is a noteworthy association between the Eghobamien family name and the highest levels of attainment in the legal profession.

Driven by his consummate passion and belief in the power of integrity-led commerce as one of the most effective channels for human and societal development, his business acumen was artfully demonstrated when he took over a family catering business, transforming it from a local concern to a household name, holding contracts with several airline companies, businesses and staged events of import to the Nigerian social calendar.

PERSONAL CAREER:
His base of catering operations are from business premises, Alalo Foods, which is a multi-layered operation, inclusive of a mass catering, a restaurant, bar, and outdoor entertainment centre located in Ikeja, Lagos - closely proximate to the Murtala Mohammed International and local airports.

Efedosa Catering specifically held the catering contracts for numerous airlines operating out of the region.

It also held management contracts for the guest house facilities of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC).

As principal of Executive Destinations, Edosa has also pioneered the development of a hotel and apartment development complex.

The catering and hospitality industries, however, demonstrate just one sample of Edosa's multiple business interests, spanning the areas of farming, agri-business and food processing in Efedosa Farms, building and interior design, events management, environmental management and restoration, in Efedosa Consulting, strategic resource/defence analysis and security systems, as well as the Oil and Gas sector in Litore Energy Ltd.

Litore Energy's reach within the Oil and Gas industry is very significant and enjoys credibility in an industry where competition and value are at the highest levels.

A director in Omri Energy, the company supplying mobile sanitary facilities for the West African Gas Pipeline Project, he has also sponsored the Environmental Protection Bill through the Edo State Parliament into the enactment of the Environmental Laws of 2006.

Principal Protection Security International is another string to Edosa's bow.

Among a number of assignments, the firm was responsible for the close protection of top VIP's. Over a period lasting many years, the company also robustly catered for the requirements of multinational, Japanese Tobacco International (JTI).

This security expertise has continued in David & Stone, who work closely with the armed forces and Defence ministries of several countries, regionally, in meeting their strategic security targets under military agreements and international law.

Edosa has been involved in pivotal negotiations for the procurement of approved State military equipment from internationally respected manufacturers as well as for UN sponsored Peace Support Missions.

Away from the corporate sector, he is an individual of high social conscience involved significantly in a number of charities.

EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION:
His upbringing and academic life have been inBenin City. He attended the illustrious University of Benin where he specialized in history.

In Idai Renaissance, a non governmental organization created to work toward the abolition of the commercial sex trade of Edo girls in diaspora, as well as for the rehabilitation of its victims, Edosa, loyal to this humanitarian task beyond mere sponsorship, actually wrote the initial document launching the NGO, for the first lady.

He remains an enthusiast for the emancipation of his fellow human beings whose life chances have been blighted by want or exploitation.