Gbenga Badejo Becomes 54 th President of Rotary Club of Ikeja

Rotarian Gbenga Badejo has been installed as the 54 th President

The colourful ceremony which took place last Sunday at Sheraton
Hotels and Suites in Ikeja also witnessed the induction of the new
board for the Rotary 2021/2022 year as well as presentation of
awards to Rotarians and non-Rotarians, including 50 years of Rotary
to Chief Olusegun Osunkeye.

Speaking at the ceremony which was attended by the Deputy
Governor of Lagos State, Engr. Obafemi Hamzat who was
represented by Dr. Aina Oluwagbemiga, Dorothy Ufot (SAN) and
Akinla of Erin Ijesha, Oba Isaac, Rotarian Badejo said that he
planned to continue with the club’s signature and legacy projects to
achieve maximum impact in their adopted communities.
According to him, ‘’Some of my key projects for this Rotary Year are,
building of Rotary Club of Ikeja Youth Community Centre for
Leadership and Vocational Training- in collaboration with Lagos State
Government, setting up of 20-seater ICT Centre for SOS Children's
Home, Micro Credit scheme interest free loans and renovation of a
Block of Classroom with Complete furniture for Ikeja Junior High
School.

He added that, ‘’We plan to build a Games Court that can
accommodate Handball, Badminton & Volleyball, supply Medical
equipment to LASUTH, give awards to Health care Professionals that
have been adjudged to be excellent performers, visit and provide
relief materials to Orphanages and IDP camps.

Rotarian Badejo concluded that the club would also host its annual
SOS Children village Xmas Party, offer free test Medical Services to
the Oregun Community, and distribute mosquito treated nets,
provide borehole for Olusola Model Primary School Hudson Wright
Oregun, donate equipment for Artisans, train and retrain Primary
School teachers as well as engage in tree planting.’’

Rotarian Badejo, the fifth child of the Late Rev. Jacob Adesoga
Badejo and Late Mrs Grace Folorunsho Badejo of Ijebu – Igbo,
Ogun State, graduated from Nigeria’s Premier University –
University of Ibadan in 1984 with a Degree in Geography from
the Faculty of Social Sciences and emerged one of the best in
his class.
He capped his career journey as a Fellow of Institute of
Chartered Accountants, with many record-breaking
achievements to his credit.
Rotarian Badejo was humble enough to take up Accounting
from the scratch and eventually qualified as a Chartered
Accountant having trained at BDO Binder Balogun Badejo &
Co, Chartered Accountants where he cut his teeth in
accounting and consulting and later Ayorinde Thomas & Co.,
Chartered Accountants.

He became the pioneer Finance Manager of SO & U Saatchi in
1991 an International Integrated Marketing Communications
Company having offices in 36 countries across continents, and
he rose to become the Chief Accountant and Head of Admin in
1996 before leaving to set up an accounting and consulting
firm.

As the Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of both
GBC Professional Services and Gbenga Badejo & Co (a firm of
Chartered Accountants and Tax Practitioners, Rotarian Badejo
has successfully moved these organizations beyond
introductory stages to the level of relevance and value;
specializing in Assurance, Audit, Taxation, Forensic Audit,
Financial and Management Consultancy, Mergers &
Acquisition, Business Incubation, Corporate Re-organization &
Restructuring, Corporate Governance & Insolvency with clients
across industries.

Today, GBC has now, under his leadership, gone global. GBC
is now a Correspondent Firm of Reanda International; an
international network of Independent Accounting and consulting
Firms with 41 Member Firms and over 250 partners with 4,500
staff in 147 locations across the globe including Asia, Africa,
Middle East and Europe.

An accomplished professional, scholar and motivational
speaker, Rotarian Badejo, a Fellow of The Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Fellow of The Chartered
Institute of Taxation, Fellow of The Nigerian Institute of
Management Member of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered
Arbitrators (NICArb), Alumnus of the Lagos Business School
and an Alumni of Harvard Kennedy School has many corporate
caps he is wearing.

He was appointed Expert-In-Residence at the Lagos Business
School, Enterprise Development Centre, in recognition of his
acumen, to counsel and mentor part of a pool of upcoming
SMEs. He is Expert-in-Residence for Nigerian-British Chamber