Encomiums as JRB Group’s CEO Unveils Foundation in Memory of Late Father
By Chidi Omeje
The Founder and Chief Executive of JRB Group, Dr Jimoh Rauf Badamosi, has unveiled the Rauf Badamosi Foundation (RBF), a passion-driven humanitarian and charity organization that focuses on the economic and material empowerment of less-privileged people and underserved communities.
The foundation, instituted in honour of his late father, Mr Rauf Badamosi, was unveiled in a colourful ceremony held in the Excellence Hotel Abuja, late December 2024. Graced by an array of high-profile personalities, including federal lawmakers, business moguls, captains of industry, technocrats, business associates, friends, and family members of Dr Badamosi, the unveiling ceremony coincided with JRB Group’s 2024 End-of-Year party.
In his welcome address, the Chief Executive Officer of a leading indigenous renewable energy conglomerate, Dr Jimoh Rauf Badamosi, renowned for his unparalleled philanthropy, said his driving force is simply to make the world a happy place for the less privileged and communities in distress. He stated that the Foundation is established with the sole purpose of positively impacting the lives of indigent and vulnerable members of society and underserved communities across the country.
“RBF is dedicated to improving the quality of life of vulnerable and indigent members of society by empowering them and creating opportunities that will enable them to build a more sustainable future for themselves and to discourage recourse to anti-social activities. The Foundation will also support distressed communities by complementing the efforts of local authorities and governments in providing the much-needed infrastructure.”.
The business mogul, who is a top player in Nigeria’s energy and construction sectors, said that in order to achieve the goals of positively impacting the lives of indigent and vulnerable members of society and underprivileged communities, he will collapse his charity and philanthropic activities under the basket of Rauf Badamosi Foundation, for which he will work closely with like-minded NGOs, grassroots organizations, educational institutions, healthcare providers, community agencies, donors, and volunteers, and involve the local communities in every stage of its projects.
Welcoming guests at the event, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Foundation and wife of the Founder, Mrs Hadiza Jimoh-Rauf Badamosi, praised the vision and compassion of her husband and assured that the Foundation will definitely live up to its expectations.
The event was chaired by Hon Tarkighir Dickson Dominic, member of the House of Representatives representing Makurdi/Guma Federal constituency; he eulogized the amazing and enduring legacies of Late Rauf Badamosi, whom the son, Dr Jimoh Rauf Badamosi learnt so much great virtue of kindness from.
“I would like to share something very inspiring about Dr Jimoh Rauf Badamosi. He is one of the silent givers I know. And that act of carrying out kindness in a quiet manner without letting other people sing his praises or making a public spectacle of his kindness is not just inspiring but worthy of emulation. So, we are here today to support his charity and kindness in our own little way. Dr Jimoh Rauf Badamosi, your heart of kindness is large, maybe larger than life itself”, he said.
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The Head, Corporate Communications, JRB Solar Investment Limited, Mr Theophilus Enemali, went down memory lane to bring to the fore the shining light of Late Rauf Badamosi, whom he said his abiding love has continued to blossom ten years after his demise. He said, “It is very important for us to reflect on the life and times of Late Mr Rauf Badamosi as we unveil this foundation in his name. Daddy Rauf Badamosi of the blessed memory was a quintessential, honest, peaceful, and committed family man who impacted lives positively in his immediate environment, his community, and the society at large with his humble and sincere life style”.
Goodwill messages and donations poured in generously. Notable among the speeches was the one given by a retired Permanent Secretary in the Enugu State Civil Service, Dr. Mrs Favour Ugwuanyi (MNI), who described the founder and Chairman of the Foundation, Dr Jimoh Rauf Badamosi as one of the kindest humans she has ever seen in her life. She urged all the politicians present at the event to emulate the good qualities of Dr Jimoh instead of engaging in backward politics of retrogression. She went ahead to enumerate the several social intervention programs championed by the foundation, which had brought a lease of life to so many people especially in Ibagwa-Aka in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Originally from Osun State, Jimoh Rauf Badamosi (JRB) was born and raised in Enugu State. Prior to the floating of the foundation, JRB is well known across many communities in Enugu State, Kogi, Osun and Benue states, where he had extended his community development and philanthropic services, where he had constructed and rehabilitated access roads, refurbished essential amenities, including schools and health facilities, and markets.
He has also single-handedly provided electricity transformers, street lights, sports stadiums, and water boreholes to several distressed communities in those states. He has also empowered indigent members of society and disbursed start-up and scale-up grants and equipment to mostly women and youth.
The Rauf Badamosi Foundation has carried out a litany of empowerment programmes and projects, especially in underserved and unserved communities. These include the distribution of motorcycles to empower young people, payment of WAEC/NECO fees for the indigent students, distribution of transformers to rural communities, rehabilitation of dilapidated classroom blocks, empowering of brilliant students through JRB Prize for Renewable Energy, medical outreach for selected poor people, etc. All these are a testament to the core vision and values of the foundation in giving people the right opportunities to realize their dreams even when they are in the darkest of situations.
“Our plan is to streamline our community services and philanthropic efforts and collapse them into one funding basket for easy management and for better impact to our beneficiaries. That is what Foundation is all about,” Dr Badamosi said.
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