{"id":6893,"date":"2017-11-02T23:04:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T23:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/ade-ojo-named-icon-of-nigeria-auto-industry\/"},"modified":"2017-11-02T23:04:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T23:04:41","slug":"ade-ojo-named-icon-of-nigeria-auto-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/ade-ojo-named-icon-of-nigeria-auto-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Ade Ojo named icon of Nigeria auto industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"description\" readability=\"90\">\n<p>By Theodore Opara<\/p>\n<p>FOREMOST industrialist and automobile business legend, Chief Michael Ade-Ojo, will be honoured as an icon of the Nigeria\u2019s auto industry at the forthcoming Nigerian Auto Journalists Association, NAJA awards 2017. Ade-Ojo, who is the founder of Elizade Nigeria Limited and Chairman of Toyota Nigeria Limited, will be bestowed with the honour at the Eko <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/choosing-the-perfect-hotel-for-your-stay\/\">Hotel<\/a>, Lagos on\u00a0 December 12.<\/p>\n<p><!-- between content ad --><\/p>\n<p>A statement by NAJA said the award was in recognition of the business mogul\u2019s worthy contributions to the development of auto industry in Nigeria. The organisers said, \u201cAde-Ojo\u2019s contributions and experience in the nation\u2019s automotive industry span many decades,\u201d\u00a0 adding that it was the first time it would confer such honour on any industry player.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_887819\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ojo4.png?resize=412%2C259&#038;ssl=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load\/images\/1x1.trans.gif?ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-887819 size-full\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ojo4.png 412w, https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ojo4-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ojo4-58x36.png 58w, https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ojo4-260x163.png 260w, https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ojo4-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ojo4-160x100.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\"\/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-887819 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ojo4.png?resize=412%2C259&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ojo4.png 412w, https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ojo4-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ojo4-58x36.png 58w, https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ojo4-260x163.png 260w, https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ojo4-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ojo4-160x100.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ade Ojo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is a rare award as he is the first player in the industry to be honoured in this category,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from automobile industry, Ade-Ojo has also invested in other sectors of the nation\u2019s economy such as insurance, <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/property-center-nigeria\/\">real estate<\/a>, telecommunications education and shipping. He recently established a university, Elizade University, in his country home, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State.<\/p>\n<p>He has also set up a world-class golf resort very close to Elizade University in his hometown, which accommodates not just golf events but auto rally.<\/p>\n<p>After graduating from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in Business Administration, he joined the CFAO Motors as a salesman and successfully sold 20 trucks to the Electricity Corporation of Nigeria that year (1966).<\/p>\n<p>That same year, got a job at the British Petroleum (BP) and\u00a0 within three months\u00a0 of his employment, he increased the sales of his division by 25%.<\/p>\n<p>He later approached the RT Briscoe Group and made them an <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/tips-for-house-price-negotiation\/\">offer<\/a> to sell their trucks and automobile equipment for a commission on every successful sale. In just four months after sealing the deal with Briscoe, he sold about 40 cars.<\/p>\n<p>In 1971, he established Elizade Independent Agencies (EIA), with his wife, Elizabeth Wuraola Ojo, and focused on the distribution of Japanese vehicles in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a hre=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2017\/11\/ade-ojo-named-icon-nigeria-auto-industry\/\"> Vanguard <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Theodore Opara FOREMOST industrialist and automobile business legend, Chief Michael Ade-Ojo, will be honoured as &hellip; <a title=\"Ade Ojo named icon of Nigeria auto industry\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/ade-ojo-named-icon-of-nigeria-auto-industry\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ade Ojo named icon of Nigeria auto industry<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[132,1399,12908,543,698,684,522,1432,1431,84,10536],"class_list":["post-6893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-commission","tag-development","tag-home","tag-home-buying-guide","tag-insurance","tag-lagos","tag-nigeria","tag-petrol","tag-petroleum","tag-real-estate","tag-telecom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ojo4.png?fit=412%2C259&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":489,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/real-estate-agency-fee-commission-dispute\/","url_meta":{"origin":6893,"position":0},"title":"Real estate agency fee\/commission dispute matters","author":"Amazing Property","date":"November 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"How to avoid disputes arising from the services of an Estate Agent especially with regards to the payment of real estate agency fee. 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