Ululations ring out as Alhaji Saadu Yusuf Gulma bags MAN OF THE PEOPLE AWARD @ the 14th edition of IKEJA CITY AWARDS on 08, December 2019.

Alhaji, engineer Saadu Yusuf Gulma has certainly come a long way. He worked under the illustrious Alhaji Lateef Jakande when he was minister of works and housing in 1993 during the interim government. He was in charge of the Lagos Ibadan Express way toll gate. Only recently also, he played host to a group of VIP's led by his excellency the vice president prof. Yemi Osibajo. In the entourage were the Ogun state governor Dapo Abiodun, minister of transport Rotimi Amaechi and many others. This happened when the Mega Trailer park he is building at abbatoir was used as a staging area to launch the Lagos/ Ibadan segment of the express train project of the Buhari administration. He has indeed come a long way. Engr Saadu Yusuf Gulma was born in 1968 and had his primary education between 1982/89. He attended Government teachers college Kamba and finished in 1989. He then proceeded to Birnin Kebbi polytechnic were he got his HND in Civil engineering. Between 1996 - 2014 he operated a bureau de change business and was very successful. He set up a lot of young men who are doing very well in the business today. Alhaji also operates a prison outreach initiative that regularly visits the prisons in Lagos and beyond to help set free and take on bail majority of the awaiting trial cases in which northerners are involved. He is indeed a God sent to many in the Arewa community in Lagos and the southwest as a whole. He regularly pays house rents, medical bills and other critical interventions for the downtroden This is why his company Dabi investments and Trust Limited is very famous and loved in the Arewa community in Lagos and beyond We at the Ikeja City awards 2019 are happy to associate with the progressive conduct of Alhaji Gulma and to encourage him further with this iconic award . May Allah continue to bless you, Alhaji.