In a bid to endear himself to Nigerians ahead of the elections in 2019, the motivational speaker, released some of his achievements.
Motivational speaker and leadership coach, Fela Durotoye shocked most Nigerians when he revealed that he will be running for President in 2019.
According to him, Nigeria has all the resources it needs to be a desirable place for anyone to inhabit, provided it gets the right leadership.
Durotoye also revealed that he will be joining a political party - Alliance for a New Nigeria (ANN) to enable him achieve his ambition.
In a bid to endear himself to Nigerians ahead of the elections in 2019, the motivational speaker, released some of his achievements.
Here they are:
1. Fela Durotoye is a NATION BUILDER & the Chief Executive Officer of the GEMSTONE GROUP, a Leadership Development Institution aimed at raising leaders of excellence and exemplary values who would be committed to building Nigeria into a most desirable nation to live in by Wednesday the 31st of December 2025.
2. He is considered one of Nigeria’s leading strategists and business consultants with expertise in Culture Transformation, Service Leadership, Workforce Activation & Facilitating Strategic Retreats.
3. Fela currently mentors over 15,000 leaders in business, enterprise, education, religion and the professional services sectors on the platform of The Fela Durotoye Leadership Network.
4. Fela holds a Bachelors degree (B.Sc.) in Computer Science & Economics along with a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife where he wrote his MBA thesis on The Management of Change in Complex Organisations.
5. He is also an Alumnus of Kennedy School of Government Executive Education program of the prestigious Harvard University, Boston (Massachusetts).
6. He has completed the High Impact Leadership for a Better Society program at the prestigious Yale University, New Haven (Connecticut).
7. Fela also attended the Future Candidate program at The Leadership Institute, Arlington (Virginia) all in the United States of America in addition to being a certified leadership coach of the John Maxwell Team.
8. Fela Durotoye is a guest lecturer on Ethical Leadership at the prestigious Stanford University Seed Program to CEO’s of businesses with operations across the African continent.
9. He presently sits on the board of several companies across the spectrum of Nigerian’s economic space.
10. He is currently the chairman of the boards of Directors of some of Nigeria’s leading companies.
11. Over the past decade, he has built a track record of National Transformation projects, many of which are so bold and audacious; near impossible tasks. Notable among the too many to mention transformation projects which Fela has championed is the largest urban renewal project in Nigeria’s history known as MUSHIN MAKEOVER where Fela mobilized over 2,000 volunteers to paint 296 houses across 7 streets of the Mushin suburb of Lagos, AT NO CHARGE to the owners and resident of the buildings.
In the course of the Mushin Makeover project, over 100 unemployed youths were trained by Berger Paints PLC in ‘The Art & Technique of Painting’.
12. In November 2012, Fela broke the world record for "autographing the largest number of books by one author" when he autographed non-stop 10,000 copies of his book in one-seating over a period of 8 hours and 43 minutes.
13. In February 2013, Fela was profiled by the US-based Black Enterprise magazine as one of the 10 Power Men in Africa on Twitter.
14. In 2006, he received the Heart of Africa Award by the Federal Ministry of Information and Communication in recognition of his efforts towards building a new Nigeria.
15. In 2011, Fela Durotoye was recognized by the Universal Peace Federation and the Youth Federation for World Peace as a United Nations Young Ambassador For Peace.
16. In 2017, Fela received an Honorary Award from The African Young Entrepreneurs network in recognition of his efforts towards advancing youth enterprise and nation building in Africa and particularly in Nigeria.
17. He is married to Tara, a renowned beauty entrepreneur and Chief Executive Officer of the House of Tara and together they have 3 sons: Mobolurin, Demilade & Morolaoluwa who think their dad is a Super Hero.
Fela Durotoye doesn’t stand a chance
Following Durotoye’s announcement that he plans to run for President in 2019, some political pundits say he does not stand a chance.
Their reasons being that 2019 is too soon, and he needs to build support among the grassroot.
Other Nigerians reportedly interested in taking Buhari’s job are Donald Duke, Governor Ayo Fayose, Ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Pastor Tunde Bakare.