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I’m still behaving myself because of you – Femi Otedola salutes mom at 94

Femi Otedola and mum, Dame Doja Otedola

By John Ogunsemore

Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola said his mother, Dame Doja Otedola’s tutelage has kept him from misbehaving.

He said this in an X post commemorating her 94th birthday on Friday.

 

The Group Chairman of First HoldCo Plc shared a photo of himself in a loving embrace with his nonagenarian mother.

He captioned the photo, “Happy 94th birthday to my sweet mother Dame Doja Otedola. 30 years ago you gave birth to this gentleman, I am still behaving myself because of you.”

In October 2025, Otedola donated ₦4 billion to Augustine University, Ilara-Epe, Lagos State, for the construction of a new Electrical and Electronics Engineering block.

Otedola, who serves as the Chancellor of the institution, said the donation would fund the second phase of the Dame Doja Otedola Faculty of Engineering — a project named in honour of his mother.