A blue flame, burning bright, illumines the world of Aig Imoukhuede, the President of the National Council of The Stock Exchange. Despite the incoveniences of dwindling oil price, acerbic exchange rates and declining economy, Aig sees only the motions of joy and the effervescence of bliss in everything. This is why he celebrated his birthday party with so much fun yesterday in London, United Kindgom.
As one of the few bankers that have made made a fortune in their career, he does not live in lack or fear of the depressive economy. He allegedly has enough stashed away as his surety against hard times. Indeed, there are no hard times in the world of Aigboje.
Recently, he scorned the scent of lingering lament to host his friends, family and associates in a lavish birthday party. The celebration which held in his sprawling mansion in Surrey, UK, had in attendance, the crème of Nigeria’s high society and business community. It was a classy birthday party that had in stock the best and most expensive assorted wines. Aig surely knows how to stage a great party. And his recent birthday bash is a worthy testament to his intimidating wealth and clout.
However, at 50, Aigboje is every inch a gracious champ. Like most champs, he makes a good first impression. As he clocks 50, his story pulsates a pleasurable lore of labour, perseverance, reinvention and accomplishment. It projects the fate of a man immune to the proverbial fatal weakness of character oft derided by conservatives as carefree folk’s Achilles heel. He personifies a classic success story of the man who grew to be titan under the heavy weight of daunting odds, along the torturous path to acclaim.
His candid cadences, touch with just the faintest whiff of reticence, amplifying his graceful modesty and ability to navigate the tricky slopes of toil, acclaim and humane ethics – whether in the cutthroat world of commerce or social politics, Aig meanders the fiddly inclines with the grace of a saint.
