ASTUTE entrepreneur and CEO, Wear it All Luxury, Sodiq Rufai, has been honoured by the prestigious Ecole Supérieure des Sciences, de Commerce et d’Administration des Entreprises du, Benin Republic (ESCAE-Benin) University, with an honorary Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Public Administration.
Rufai, who founded the trendy, unisex fashion brand decades ago, and has excelled in his style, quality, and creativity in the fashion industry, is said to be one of the top fashion entrepreneurs in Nigeria.
He is likewise known for several humanitarian contributions and the founder of ‘Babatunde Rufai Foundation’.
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He was widely described by volunteers under his foundation as one that “added value to his area of focus and has gone beyond his skills to be a humanitarian who constantly gives hope to the hopeless in the society.”
Speaking in an interview recently, Rufai expressed delight at the recognition and also re-enacted his foundation’s goal to keep doing more.
According to him, “the foundation’s goal is to acknowledge all the blessings and opportunities it has been given in life and reach out, to people less fortunate in the society.
“The foundation set up an endowment fund within the Babatunde Rufai Foundation to help improve people’s incomes and quality of life. We are working with some of Africa’s poorest communities that allow people to become self- sustaining,” he said.