President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the chairman of Heirs Holdings, United Bank for Africa, Transcorp and founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony Onyemaechi Elumelu, on his birthday today.
In a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu described Elumelu as an African business icon and a standout advocate of the Nigerian and African enterprise.
The president commended the Heirs Holdings chairman for his resilience, the excellence that governs his entire enterprise and his staunch belief in Africapitalism.
Tinubu especially lauded the Tony Elumelu Foundation’s entrepreneurship programme which has so far trained 2.5 million young Africans in 54 countries and empowered over 24,000 budding African entrepreneurs with non-refundable seed capital of $5,000 each.
The president joined his family and friends to wish him good health and strength and continued success in his pursuits.
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