Obiora Agbasimalo, a former banker, has given an explanation on why he has been touching lives through humanitarian deeds towards indigent people especially sick patients, who are unable to pay their medical bills in government hospitals such as Gbagada Federal Hospital, Federal Medical Centre Agege and LASUTH.
According to a statement made available to newsmen, Agbasimalo, who will be 40 years in October 2021, was the first in a family of four children to Emmanuel Agbasimalo, an engineer, and Ada Agbasimalo, a retired civil servant as well as an author.
Agbasimalo had his primary education at Chrisland Nursery and Primary School Lagos and his secondary education at the International School University of Lagos. He had his university education from Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, where he obtained BSc in Management Accounting, graduating with a Second-Class Upper Division.
Two months after his National Youth Service in Yobe State in 2005, during which he had a brief stint as a teacher in a primary school, he was employed by Zenith Bank, which offered him an opportunity to build a successful career in banking over the past 15 years. He became a chartered accountant after obtaining his ACCA certification, and also MSc from his alma mater in 2015.
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Agbasimalo, who is married to Eucharia with whom he has two children, is a devoted Anglican, and he remained active in evangelism.
“I am an active member of the Good Samaritan Society in my church, a group renowned for humanitarian activities towards indigent patients who are unable to pay their medical bills in government hospitals including Gbagada Federal Hospital, Federal Medical Centre Agege and LASUTH,” he said.
Continuing, he said: “I am also an active volunteer and donor of cash and clothes among others to charity organizations. I am the financial manager and brain behind the strategies for all projects in Oga Ndi Oga Foundation, (ONOF), a non-religious, non-political, non-profit and private foundation that is active in Anambra State, which is renowned for its far-reaching programmes in the areas of healthcare and poverty alleviation, women and youth empowerment, back-to-school campaign and scholarships.”
During his 15-year banking career, Agbasimalo became an outstanding team member of the marketing unit from his first year till presently that he is the bank’s highest earner of income in his zone, where he manages a portfolio of about N4 billion and close to $20 million in customers’ fund, aside from fixed deposit.
On his future plans, he said that he has set his mind on moving to a sector where he can make a maximum impact especially in youth development and social regeneration.
“I feel it is time for someone with fresh idea to come on board and make an impact especially in the area of youth development, waste management and control and most importantly structural development,” he said.
Agbasimalo is also an advocate of a cleaner city. “I detest seeing dirty gutters and environment, especially on the streets. These wastes can be recycled and converted to use materials as is already being practised in Europe with the use of some technology that converts plastic bottles and wastes to use building materials,” he pointed out.
Driven by altruism, Obiora Agbasimalo has silently built a reputation that endears him to the public as a man of action, a man of his words, a man of good deeds.
