There is the popular saying that ‘kindness is like a snow that beautifies everything it covers. For Oando Plc boss, Jubril Adewale Tinubu, he is one man that has the milk of kindness literally running in his veins. He does this without seeking attention as he believes in touching the lives of the less privileged without making a noise. As he quietly gives, those beneficiaries of his large heart would not stop but sing his praises to high heaven.
The unassuming Tinubu has always made it a point of duty annually to lend support and be a shoulder to lean on for Muslim faithful during the Ramadan season. The magnate sees sharing love with them as a sacred devotion and never spares any cost to ensure he puts a smile on the faces of the people during the holy month.
Penultimate Sunday, Tinubu once again showcased his sense of magnanimity at the annual late Alhaji Kafaru Oluwole Tinubu Memorial Ramadan lecture organised by the family. The annual event in honour of the late police boss and patriarch of Tinubu family—held at De Blue Roof, LTV Ikeja, Lagos— brought together conscious Muslims in and outside Lagos State to be fed with spiritual diets during this year’s memorial Ramadan lecture. The lecture literally took the Muslims faithful on a voyage around the blessings of Ramadan under a convivial environment. Top Islamic scholars, including Isiaq Oloyede, Jubril Salaudeen and Dr. Mustapha Adebayo Bello kept the audience on the edge of their seats, as they took turns to engage them during their brilliant presentations, which were peppered with copious quotes from the holy Quran as well as Hadith —the sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammed.
The annual lecture was indeed one moment that gave not a few in the audience the opportunity to see the energy tycoon as someone who has not abandoned his religious obligations in the quest for wealth.