Other recipients at the 2023 edition of the City People Real Estate Awards ceremony include the Lagos State Government; real estate player Deola Igbokwe and Arc Layi Ladipo.
The 8th edition of the award which held at Billing Way Oregun, Ikeja is an initiative of City People Magazine, a celebrity magazine.
Convener of the event, Seyi Kehinde, in his opening remarks said the awards is a continued contribution to the real estate sector by yearly looking at the players, regulators and other key stakeholders to appreciate what they are doing to address the housing challenges facing the country and honour them for the crucial role.
The publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the magazine noted that despite the economic downturn experience in the country this year, some real estate practitioners including Dr Adeyemo performed quite well to merit recognition and awards, explaining that the recognition is meant to celebrate the operators, encourage and spur them to do more.
Adeyemo is also the chief promoter of the Pelican Valley projects such as Pelican Valley Estate, Pelican Brief Estate, Pelican’s Ecostay Apartments and Pelican’s Greenish Acres Farm Estate which are all located at the Laderin-Abeokuta-Kobape-Masa corridor of Ogun State.
In his response, Adeyemo deemed the recognition as a “rare privilege” from a senior colleague in the journalism profession, adding that the passion for a second address and creativity, drove him into the real estate business.
Adeyemo said Pelican Valley Estate Laderin, Abeokuta’s peculiar landscape depicts the wonder and beauty of nature that is rare to come by anywhere else in the South-West geopolitical zone of Nigeria.
He also revealed that the company’s real estate projects enjoy full government approval in the last three and half years, saying what had consistently kept them marching forward in the nation’s challenging business environment are “integrity, due diligence, quality service delivery and return on investment (RoI).
He hailed the organisers of the award for honouring him, adding that the recognition will spur him and his firm to do more.
Also speaking at the event, Commissioner for Housing, Lagos State, Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, thanked the organisers for recognising the efforts of the Lagos State, revealing that the government had delivered over 3,000 housing units in the five divisions of the state through Direct Budgetary Allocation and Joint Venture Partnership.
Akinderu-Fatai, who was represented by Yeye Adejoke Ojo, also identified regulation of the real estate sector; mass building of standard and affordable homes; training of over 720 artisans in the built sector with an expansion plan to train and re-train more artisans; allocation for 75% of housing units to rent-to-own scheme in order to balance distribution and promote alternative ownership model and pricing mechanism for government own estate – an outright and rent-to-own and others as some of the housing projects and programmes of the ministry to drive standards, promote private sector partnership and improve the entire ecosystem of the housing sector in Lagos State.
He commend the convener for giving the state the privilege to showcase her giant strides in the housing value chain, especially with regards to the success stories of THEMES+ cardinal focus, which is ‘Governor Sanwo-Olu’s Housing Agenda in Lagos State.’
Other dignitaries at the event include veteran actor and Pelican Valley brand ambassador, Mr Kayode Sehinde popularly known as Ajirebi; television co-host and real estate player and former brand ambassador, Mrs Tope Odigie and Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Housing, Barr. Barakat Odunnuga, among others.