Exclusive Photos: Engr. Tola Gbuyiro Celebrates 50th Birthday In Grand Style

By: HighCelebritySquard

It was a convivial atmosphere at the Texas Connection Feries Event Plaza, 120 Osborne Foreshore Phase 11, Ikoyi Lagos on the 26th November. It was a day family, friends and business associates came together to celebrate God’s grace and blessings in the life of Engineer (Chief) Tola Gbuyiro, MD/CEO Gosslink Engineering Limited who’s 50th Golden Birthday celebration it was on that day. As it is characteristic of this down to earth and forthright man, a look at the personality present was an attestation of his very focused and disciplined personal and business life. Though it was a day of merriment, winning and dining for all present, there was absolutely no frivolity nor place for stragglers.

The event was absolutely well planned from the very beginning. Guest were welcomed to the venue with soft music from the live band on stage for the Occasion. The first thing that piqued the interest of High Celebrity Media Squad was the fact that every guest was tasteful and stylishly dressed in African traditional fabrics and designs, there was no Asho Ebi, a tradition that observers have complained make our events look stereotype and even vulgar at times.

The event kicked off formally as the celebrant, the ever ebullient and Sauvé Eng. Chief Tola Gbuyiro surrounded by his wife and children were ushered into the hall. As the theme of this birthday celebration: Celebrating God’s Grace indicates, this was followed by prayers of thanks giving. The very lively Master of ceremony took turn in recognizing guests who were mostly professionals and corporate titans present. The very impressive citation of the celebrant was then read to the admiration, commendation and applause of everyone.

Friends, former colleagues, employees and business associates took turns to give their remarks about their experience on personality of this man you cannot but admire. Though it was a festive ambiance, each speaker could not conceal their serious admiration and in some cases even awe and reverence at the strength of character forthrightness, dogged determination, honesty, integrity and above all, warmth, humility, Godliness and Christian virtues of Eng. Tola Gbuyiro.

Engr. Olutola Gbuyiro Born November 27, 1967, hails from Ilupeju-Ekiti, Ekiti State.He is the founding CEO and Managing Partner of Gosslink Engineering Limited, he is a COREN registered Electrical Engineering and holds a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Lagos, Akoka Lagos.

He has over twenty years of experience in multi-disciplinary engineering projects; planning, budget development, scheduling and engineering analysis of various type of systems. In addition, he has considerable experience in design and analysis of power generation and distribution system.

Engr. Tola stated his career in the national electric power authority, (NEPA) and served meritoriously between 1991 and 1995. Thereafter, he was employed by Lordmart Nigeria Limited, as an electrical engineer. The company by then was into sales, services and maintenance of generating sets and power transformer.

In 1998, Engr. Tola moved to universal packaging Nigeria Limited, Lagos as electrical/maintenance engineering. The company specializes in manufacturing of corrugated carton, tapes and plastic container using plastic injection and extraction technology.

He left the company in 2000 to join Eko Hotel and Suites as a Power House Manager at the time when the hotel was experiencing power generation and distribution problems. He rose to various positions as Senior Operation Engineer, Assistant Chief Engineer and later Head of Engineering Department of the three hotels within Eko Hotels group. He later established his own private company, Gosslink Engineering Limited as managing partner/Chief Executive Officer.Engr. Tola is an engineer of intellectual vigor, a people –oriented manager and a goal getter by nature with proven technical and management skills. An excellent bridge builder who is known for problem solving. He is a man of integrity with a network cutting across all disciplines.

He belongs to several professional bodies among which are; Nigeria Society Of Engineer (NSE): The institute of electrical and electronic engineers (MIEEE): Association of consulting engineering in Nigeria and fully registered with the council of regulation of engineering in Nigeria (COREN). He has been conferred with many professional awards and laurels.

During the course of his professional joining, he attended various training workshops and conferences both locally and abroad, he has presented papers on various aspects of electrical engineering both in Nigeria and abroad.

In recognition of his achievements to the society in the area of social and community development, engr. Tola was conferred with various awards in his home state and outside his community. One of such was the conferment of Chieftaincy title of Arole of Iraye Remo Ogun State by His Royal Highness, Oba (Engr.) Samuel Kakejaye, Nioku of Iroye-Remo Ogun Sate, South-West Nigeria.

He is a Director of Memphis Hotel & Suites, Isara-Remo and also a member of board of trustees of Olo Youth Development Foundation.

On the religious and social scene, he is the Otun Ijo of St John Anglican Church, Ilupeju-Ekiti, and in recognition of his selfless and sacrificial service to God and mankind. He has been recognized with various awards.

Speaking with High Celebrity Squad, Engineer Chief Tola Gbuyiro said his watch word is honesty, integrity and hard work. I am a Christian who believes that everything a man attains in life is through the grace of God Almighty, I am a keen family man who believes that whatever success one achieve in life is tied to his family life. This is because if you have a good family life, it will reflect on your business. You will be focused because you have the state of mind. I believe in being myself. If a man deceives others, it might not be too bad but when you deceive yourself, then you have lost it. If you are honest with yourself, you will be honest with people. He stated.

Look around here; it is not cheap to gather people together to celebrate with you. I can not deceive myself to please people. I know that I have to appreciate God for His Grace at achieving this Golden age and to get to where I am today. It is all by his doing because no man can do or be anything by himself. My joy is that what I have today, I can honestly say there is nothing that belongs to another person that I have taken. It is possible to be successful without stealing from others.

When I left where I was as a paid employee, I left as an executive but I had only fifty thousand. This was not because I did not make money but I had invested in my building. I did not have a huge amount of money saved before I started my business. It took hard work, focus, honesty and above all the grace of God. I impress these virtues on the my employees and that is the straight of my business. I don’t move with people who have nothing to add to me, I have a very tight circle of friends and they are all serious minded people, MDs and CEOs. These are the people you see here today.

As an electrical Engineer specializing in in Medium & High Voltage Electrical Engineering jobs.

On his family life he said: My wife is a blessing sent by God. Like I told you the success of a man starts from the home front. She has been there beside me as a tower of support. She works in my company as the Director, Business Development. When we get to the office she does her job not just as a wife but a colleague and I am the boss. When we are at home I am the husband and head of the house. There is complete synegy between us and our children are learning the vitue of a loving and close knit family ties from our example. In fact, my children even tell me they pray to find the love I share with their mother in their own home.

On his advice to upcoming a generations and aspiring business owners; the answer is patience, hard work, honesty and diligence. I said patience because as Nigerians, we lack patience. There are opportunities always flowing around. If you don’t have patience, you can not see what you need even if it is passing you by. You have to be honest, always be yourself and daeal with people with fairness. If you are focus, hard working and honest, I will say the sky is just your beginning.

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