Ifeoluwa Ayodele Ogunlola

Saturday, January 7, 2023

CELEBRATING SIJUOLA, A PRAGMATIST SPORTS ADMINISTRATOR OF HIGH REPUTE

 



   Birthdays are a new start, a fresh beginning and a time to pursue new endeavours with a new goals. A period to move forward with courage. You are a very special person. May today and all your days be amazing. Congratulations.

   Mr SIJUOLA Moses Abiola popularly and fondly called "Sijama" was born on 7th January. He hails from Owotoro town in Atisbo Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria. This distinguished gentleman started his career as a classroom teacher more than two decades ago. He has taught in many primary and secondary schools and his students testified to his pedagogical skills. This graduate of Physical and Health Education from the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University has passion for sports and sporting activities, hence, he was motivated to seek transfer of service to work as Sports Organiser at the Oyo State Sports Council. Ibadan.








   Thereafter, he served diligently in various capacities at different directorates of the Council, namely :

   1 Sports Secretary of the Oyo State Table Tennis Association., Weightlifting and Cricket

    2. Eruwa Zonal Officer

     3 Assistant Secretary Oyo State Football Association 2007-- 2010.

   4 He was appointed a football Commissioner for the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

By the grace of God today, he is the Director of Sports Facilities. A department that is saddled with the responsibility of providing adequate maintenance of the infrastructures and office facilities within the stadium.

     According to SIJUOLA he derives pleasure in playing the round leather game. He is also a committed and adept player of Volley Ball. He participated in National Advance Colleges of Education Games Association (NACEGA) held at the Federal College of Education, Katsina in 1992 and his team won Silver Medal.

   Similarly, he also participated in the Public Service Games along with Oyo State contingents held in Minna, Niger State. The team that represented Oyo State came back home VICTORIOUS with Silver Medals.

   This multitalented sportsman plays varoious games, like football, table tennis, volley ball and cricket. Without mincing words, his ingenuity and proficiency is very rare.

    He has attended and participated in many National Sports Festivals and National Youth Games in Nigeria in recent time. He is desirous of bringing up some innovative ideas that will not only reposition the sport sector but it will also serve as a veritable platform to further generate revenue for the state government.




   His hobbies include, listening to Music and local and international news on the electronic media. The adventurous sports guru loves travelling and holidaying at the tourists attractions and monumental bays.

   A very sociable personality that derives pleasure in celebrating with friends, neighbours, colleagues and relations. He is an " Afeniferere per excellence"

        Sijama is a gentleman of highest grade with excellent and good character. He is a dependable and trustworthy sportsman. He fraternizes with young, old and elderly.

     "I reasonably believe that SIJUOLA is and has always remained a true friend to all his numerous friends rather than being a FIEND" 

    He is in a class of his own, a personality so sublime, so lofty, so noble minded, so egalitarian.  

   By my own personal assessment, having closely associated with him Mr Moses SIJUOLA is a man with a very large heart, he is innately good.

   Today, I celebrate this exceptional sports administrator, remarkable worker of unrivalled qualities, motivator of men and a visionary director.

   May your days ahead be fulfilled, amen.

   Happy birthday to a jolly good fellow. How old are you now ?

   CONGRATULATIONS, THE GREAT SIJAMA



CREDIT SOURCE

TUNDE AJIBIKE

Director ( Media and Communications)

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