The Nigeria Football Federation has paid tribute to Chief Kesington Adebutu, the billionaire Chairman of Premier Lotto Limited, who celebrated his 88th birthday yesterday.
Adebutu is the founder of Premier Lotto Limited, popularly known as Baba Ijebu, which is currently the Official Lotto Partner of the Nigeria Football Federation.
The businessman has also committed hundreds of millions of naira to the ongoing renovation of the iconic National Stadium in Lagos in partnership with the sports ministry.
“The Nigeria Football Federation wishes to celebrate our father, Chief Kesington Adebutu, as he marks the age of 88 in good health and sound mind. He is an outstanding success in the delicate terrain of running a global company that is also doing so much in the area of philanthropy. We appreciate him and his company for being the Official Lotto Partner of the NFF,” Ibrahim Gusau, the NFF president, said today.
“We pray for an even longer life for this amazing man, in good health and sound mind. He is, no doubt, living a full, fruitful and fulfilled life and we know he is a very happy man.”
Adebutu, born on October 24, 1935, launched Premier Lotto Limited in 2001 and has built it into a gaming giant while at the same time diversifying into agriculture, estate management, entertainment and other fields.
He is also the founder of Kesington Adebukunola Adebutu Foundation, which caters for the less privileged and provides substantial support in the education and health sectors.
