Everybody lives in awe of Julius Rone, the head honcho of UTM Group. Maybe it’s because of his brilliance and dazzling excellence. Perhaps it’s because he is as smooth as a stucco bathtub and yet a giant of a man, given to a life of quiet dignity.
Call him what you want, but recognize him for what he is: a futuristic magnate cum problem solver. And an effective one at that. He’s soft-spoken, but driven by a fierce determination to bring progress to his beloved Nigeria and the African continent.
This night, African Child Prize by African Child Foundation is honouring him with an award alongside Dr Oby Ezekwesili and other international personalities at the prestigious Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. The awards, according to the globally respected African Child Foundation, was initiated in celebration of ingenious men and women who are genuinely supporting the African Child.
He does not turn a blind eye to the needy. Rather he pays good mind to their needs. And in this respect, his generosity proclaims him. Julius is indeed generous at heart.He embarks on a humanitarian odyssey like a kind of poet and painter whose imagination is unclipped. He paints picturesque scenes in lives severely marred by squalor; he encrusts bleakness in shiny varnish and, as he is able, he seeks to mend small damaged lives here and there.
The billionaire businessman whose company, UTM, has many subsidiaries including UTM Dredging Limited, an established provider of premium marine logistic support in engineering, construction, equipment rental, leasing, procurement, supply and general labour services, projects an enviable taste for charming perquisites. It is the quality of his choices however, that distinguishes him from both the dreamy minion and hackneyed aristocrat.
