Bola Shagaya

Bola Shagaya
Born 10 October 1959 (1959-10-10) (age 57)
Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria
Nationality Nigerian.
Education Ahmadu Bello University
Occupation Business magnate

Hajia Bola Shagaya (born October 10, 1959) is a Nigerian businesswoman and fashion enthusiast. She is one of the richest women in Africa.[1][2][3][4]

Early Life & Family

Hajia Bola Shagaya (MON) was born on the 10th of October, 1959. She is married to Alhaji Shagaya, a Kwara State-based transport mogul, and has four children.[5] She had her secondary school education at Queens School, Ilorin, and her tertiary education at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Armstrong College in California, where she studied economics and accountancy.

Career

She started her career with the audit department of the Central Bank of Nigeria before venturing into commercial activities in 1983. Her business experience started with the importation and distribution of photographic materials and she introduced the Konica brand of photographic materials into the Nigerian market and West Africa.

Hajia Bola Shagaya is also the managing director of Practoil Limited,[6] one of the largest importers and distributors of base oil in Nigeria, serving local lubricant blending plants. Her businesses also includes huge investment in real estate, spanning across major cities in the country with over three hundred employees.

She is currently on the board of Unity Bank (Nigeria) Plc[7] (formerly Intercity Bank) and has been for over eight years. She is also a member of the recently inaugurated Nepad Business Group – Nigeria. Hajia Bola Shagaya is a patron of the Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria, (FADAN), and a fashion and art enthusiast who supports and encourages the fashion and art industry. She also loves sports, especially polo. On the 22nd of July 2010, she was awarded by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GCFR), the title of Member of the Order of the Niger (MON).

References

  1. ↑ Forbes - Ten Female Millionaires To Watch In Africa.
  2. ↑ The 10 Richest Women In Africa.
  3. ↑ Top 10 Richest Women in Africa.
  4. ↑ Africa’s Richest Women.
  5. ↑ Makings Of A Billionaire Social Elite: Hajiya Bola Shagaya.
  6. ↑ Top oil magnates in Nigeria.
  7. ↑ Unity Bank Plc Board of Directors Archived August 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.

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