A few days back, Oba Akintola Emmanuel-King, the GMD of Adron Homes and Properties celebrated his wife in a big way when she turned 40. He not only threw a big party to honour her, he received his marital vows at the event and read a very special poem to extol her virtues. The wife, Oloori Aderonke, equally described her husband with many lovely words.
Of course it is no longer news that Adron boss who is the Akile of Ijebu Remo met his wife for the very first time when she was 2 and both grew up in Ibadan. In this interview with City People Publisher, SEYE KEHINDE, Oloori Aderonke revealed a lot about her husband that many don’t know. Read on.
Many don’t know that you are actively involved in the running of Adron Homes & Properties as an ED. How do you see the Phenomenal growth of Adron in just 5 years?
Oh Yes, I am involved in the running of Adron. The growth of Adron Homes is sporadic. It can only be God. Many people, when they hear of Adron Homes they think it is a company that has been in existence for years. A man once said to us that he thinks he was been hearing that name for 15 or 20 years. Adron is just 5 years and the growth has been beyond our own comprehension we have seen the raw hands of Almighty God. Even the way the growth came was shocking. We knew of course that the company will grow with the passion and focus God has given to the Visioner, we knew Growth and Expansion will come. It’s God’s given
Which aspects of Adron do you run?
I handle the area of Finance. I studied Finance in School. I read Accounting in my first degree. I went ahead to study Banking and Finance. Naturally as a person I am somebody who is calculating. I am purely focused on the finance aspect of Adron Home. I am also involved in Interior and Finishing aspects of hour homes. I love interior decoration and we have a department in Adron that we call Finishing. That is another aspect that I am interested in. I mean the finishing aspect of construction. I am also taking care of that aspect. I make sure our finishing are perfecting and top notch. We go for great standards that you can have any where in the world.
Why they choice of Adrons corporate colors?
You mean the Lemon colour. That is purely the idea of my husband. We came about Lemon, when Adron was to Kick off as a company. We used to have orange. He looked at Lemon and said it’s a good colour, that Lemon speaks of Fruitfulness, abundance and its beautiful. Not just that. its non exhaustic Lemon colour has so many features.
Just before your birthday, your husband went online to celebrate you, posting your photos, extolling your virtues. How did you feel?
Wow. I felt good that my husband has seen my virtues and has decided to celebrate me. I feel honoured. I feel blessed to have a man like my husband because not all men are like that. I feel blessed to have him as a husband.
Both of you attend Winners Church. How did you start going there?
He started going to Winners Chapel as a single man. When we got married I did not naturally join him because of the distance. I was fellowship in Redeemed. I drew him to Redeemed from Winner. He followed me to Redeemed for some years only for him to say to me. Come, God is telling me to go back to Winners.
I had not choice I had to go back with him. And I am very grateful to God that I did. My perception of the church before I started going there was different from what I now came to see and experience in the church. Since he came back to winners and I joined him I must say I thank God. I love Winners Chapel.
I love my Bishop. We both agreed on the same goal and the goal has been a good one. Winners Chapel is a lovely church.
How do you unwind and relax?
Do I really unwind? I am always busy. I wish I had leisure time. If I am not working in the office, I will actually working at home. I am always online. Do I really have time to unwind? But we go on vacation together. I don’t travel alone. I travel with my husband. That is the only time I unwind. It is always for a short time. Even on Sundays we go to church and our church is far.
It takes most of the time on Sundays. We spend most of our time on Sunday in church. We leave very early on Sunday and we usually come back late afternoon. So what you do is to cook, eat, rest and sleep and work starts the following day.
You just turned 40, but you don’t look 40. What’s the secret?
Thank you Jesus. I have had many people telling me that. I don’t look my age. I think it’s the glory of God.
I look 40 in my own eyes, but people say I don’t look 40. It’s the grace and glory of and because I don’t do any special thing. My exercise is not regular. I wanted to have a regular exercise. But I don’t eat any how though.
What are your reflections at 40?
I thank God that he has made achieve all my hearts desire at 40. I normally have a 10 years plan for my self. When I was 30 I had my 10 year plan. I want to give glory to the almighty because the 10 years plan I had when I was 30, God in his infinite mercy has enabled me to be able to achieve most, 70% to 80%. I have my plans for the next 10 years I pray to him to be able to achieve it 100%.
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