Prince Kazeem Aina Owolabi was born on 15th April, 1973, to Prince Aina Mohammed Adeyemi of Ijemo-of Isoloshi Royal family, and Mrs. Saidat Adejoke from Oke-Idota, Otun Ota, he is the quintessential Son of the Soil.
Among other institutions attended, the young Owolabi was educated at the Ansar-UdDeen Practicing School, andprefect Ansar Ud- Deen Comprehensive College, graduating in 1986 and 1994 respectively.
Appointed male prefect at primary school and, later, member of Student Representative Counci at his secondary school, Prince Owolabi undoubtedly ingrained leadership trainings and learnt to accept responsibility at formative stage of his eventful life.
Prince Owolabis pursuit for higher education would see him graduating from the Department of Mineral Resources Engineering, at the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, in 1997. His first job as an industrial attachee, in 1998, was at the West African Portland Cement, Ewekoro.
With insatiable hunger for further education, the young Owolabi proceeded to the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti for his Higher National Diploma, graduating in Mining Engineering in 2001.
Like he did at primary and secondary levels of his educational life, Prince Owolabi took up leadership roles as President of Metallurgical and Mineral Resources Engineering, Kwara State Polytechnic (1997), Acting Secretary, National Association of Concerned Student of Ota (NACSO), 1997-1998;
President of the Ogun State Student Union (Federal Polytechnic Ado- Ekiti Chapter) 2000 – 2001, and aspirant for councillorship position in Ota Ward 1, under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1998.
Following his graduation, Prince Kazeem Owolabi dutifully participated in the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, serving his posting at Government Girls College, Gwalle-Kano, Kano State.
As a professional, he had worked as Personal Assistant to the Commissioner of Federal Character Commission, Abuja (2003 2005); Marketing Officer, Gateway Hotel, Ota, (2005-2007).
Equally, he had a stint at the Reynolds Construction Company, Abuja, working as Quality Control Officer until 2009.
He took to partisan politics in March 2009, serving as Personal Assistant to then Commissioner for Agriculture, in Ogun State, and remained in the position until 2011.
Furthermore, he took employment as Senior Mines Officer at the Ogun State Ministry of Commerce and Industry, a position he would resign from in 2011 to contest for a House of Representatives seat.
A corporate player, Prince Owolabi set up the Prince of Courage Nigeria Limited, a mining, mineral exploration and exploitation, material sourcing, haulage, and plant hiring company.
The company is currently a sub-contractor to major world class construction companies including Reynolds Construction Company, the company that is currently reconstructing Lagos-Ibadan and Benin-Ore Shagamu Express roads, Dangote Construction Company, which is currently reconstructing Apapa Port Road,
Chinese Global and Development Construction Company (C.G.D.C.C), currently constructing Eleyele Eruwa road in Oyo- State.
The extractive industry is not all Prince Kazeem Owolabi has invested in. He is simultaneously a livestock and poultry farmer.
Business and politics are not Prince Owolabi's only interests, he is devoted culture enthusiast too. While serving as Chairman, Iganmode Cultural Festival in 2019, the man fondly called “Prince of Courage” amplified the gains of elevating the festivity as a tourist attraction and its multiplier effects to the local economy, and revenue earner for the state.
As a grassroots leader, he is at home with the rich as he is with the downtrodden, women and children, the physically-challenged, traders, and artisans etc.
Owolabi is readily available as he is accessible to the different indigenous and non-indigenous communities in Ado/Odo Ota Local Government Area, of Ogun State.
It is unsurprising he is being tipped, majorly, by the people to vie for the chairmanship position of Ado/Odo-Ota LG. To scores of partisan and non-partisan locals, Owolabi is trusted to effectively lead and rescue the grassroots government from morass of inertia and underdevelopment.
Kind-hearted and empathic, Prince Kazeem Owolabi will always appreciate party faithful for their ceaseless toiling to solidify the political base. He would boldly demonstrate this, when recently he gifted party members a cash sum and several bags of rice.
Aside, Prince Owolabi is a loving husband to Princess Aina Saidat Oluwabukola (Nee Faluyi) and Barrister Nafisah-Aina Kazeem (Nee Akinpelu), and devoted father to his children.
Culled from : yemojanewsng.com
Researched by : Osikomaiya Gbenga Victor
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