Notable business tycoon and key stakeholder in the Real Estate Sector, Adekunle Isiaka Shoneye was among 20 distinguished Nigerians conferred with honorary Doctorate degrees at an international conference which rounded off over the weekend tagged LEIC NIGERIA 2025.
Shoneye who is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, JAE-BEST Multi Focus Limited, was conferred with the Doctor of Leadership(honoris causa) at a well attended event which held in Abeokuta.
Leading the pack of prominent personalities at the event was former President Olusegun Obasanjo who was the Guest Speaker at the occasion.
Obasanjo spoke on six vital dimensions of leadership part of which includes human capital, security, governance and development-oriented vision.
The event was a two-day Leadership Empowerment International Conference (LEIC), which pooled global leaders from 50 countries of the world.
Venue of the conference was Continental Suites located at the highbrow Ibara area, a few distance away from the Central Bank of Nigeria office, Abeokuta.
The award conferred on Shoneye was by a South Africa-based Institution, Immanuel Theology Education Institute International in affiliation with Priesthood Leadership Development Initiative inc.
The South African institution is headed by the President, Prof. Van Den Berg Edward Alfred while Prof.Olusesi Obateye is the International Coordinator, Priesthood Leadership Development Initiative Inc.
The conference was themed: “Leadership and Followership: The Bonding Factor and The Consequences of Insincerity”.
Shoneye who is also into building engineering, also has a chain of other businesses particularly around Abule-Egba axis of Lagos State.