I come from Ondo town, Ondo State. One of the priceless blessings of growing up in the village, particularly under the guardianship of both my paternal and maternal grandmothers is the in-depth understanding of the Yoruba philosophy as it relates to day to day life and I tell you the Yoruba Philosophy as revealed in its many adages and folklores have unusual impact on my personal philosophy today, particularly where it agrees with the Holy Bible.

My people liken an ingrate to a robber. My people say ‘the invincibility of a General in a battle lies in the impenetrable loyalty and deftness of his men.’ I borrow from that Yoruba Philosophy today to say the invincibility of a Legal Enlightenment and Social Development (LEAD™) organization like The Taiwo AKINLAMI Academy lies in the unalloyed loyalty of our clients and friends, who have consistently found our Legal Enlightenment and Social Development (LEAD™) Solutions acceptable and helpful in the fulfilment of part or whole of their objectives.

On Saturday, January 28, 2017, we held our annual Appreciation Seminar. The purpose of our Appreciation Seminar, which does not cost us little to put together in terms of financial and human resources is to celebrate our precious clients in the preceding year (2016) for granting us the rare privilege of working with them, particularly in the areas of providing cutting-edge and African-Sensitive but globally-relevant solutions in the areas of Child Rights/Protection, CHILDHOOD PRESERVATION and Family Strengthening.

The 2017 Appreciation Seminar, which held at our LEAD™ Haven and Research Crib, Lagos in two sessions, hosted representatives from most of the organizations we worked with in 2016.

At the Appreciation Seminar, I, The Preacher shared with our precious clients and friends, Child Rights/Protection, CHILDHOOD PRESERVATION and Family Strengthening

The Taiwo AKINLAMI Way

CUTTING-EDGE Solutions for Africans by Africans

The delivery was fresh from the oven of our Legal Enlightenment and Social Development Research Laboratory and our clients and friends savoured and attested eloquently to same in personal discussions and in the Evaluation Forms completed. I think we achieved our lead objectives:

To show appreciation to our clients and friends with our most precious possession, our tested contents;
Supplying our clients and friends with critical and current Subject Matter Information, which puts them ahead in the New Year in matters of Child Rights/Protection, CHILDHOOD PRESERVATION and Family Strengthening as it relates to their day-to-day operations.
Our Appreciation Seminar done and dusted, I decided to again declare this first Sunday of the month of February, our Gratitude Sunday to clients and friends, who made 2016 a glorious and memorable year for us. And what we have just done today on our Gratitude Sunday is to celebrate by doing The Taiwo AKINLAMI Academy Roll Call of Honour of our 2016 Clients:

Access Bank Plc
Advocacy Against Negligence In Schools (AANIS)
Anni’s Place Child Development Initiative
Amville School
Apata Memorial Schools
Beneve School
British Council (BC)
Caleb International College
Cayley College
Chamagne Foundation
Christian Women Fellowship of Nigeria
Church of God Mission
Chrisland Schools
Compassionate Ministries
Corona Schools
Dansol High School
Davidhall International College
Dayspring Chapel
Daystar Christian Centre
Dele Farotimi & Co.
De Oliveland Schools
Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT)
Dufil Prima FoodsPlc(makers of Indomie Instant Noodles)
Ejigbo Community Development Projects
Elevation Church
EmeraldEdge
Etisalat Nigeria
Faculty of Law, OSU
Faithgane Schools
Foursquare Gospel Church
Funda Wazi Foundation
Global Rights
Greensprings Schools
Hallmark School, Ondo
Irede Foundation
House On The Rock(HOTR)
Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB)
LEAP Africa
Leadership Empowerment and Research Network(LEARN)
Lead-Forte Gate Schools
Lord’s Golden Kids Foundation
Mandate Schools
Master’s Mark
Mex International
Meadowhall Schools
Meadowhall Consult
Mirabel Centre
Ministry Of Women Affairs And Poverty Alleviation(WAPA)
Ministry Of Youth And Social Development(MYSD)
New Life Church
O5 Centre for Children and Women
Office of The Public Defender(OPD), Lagos State
Olayinka Sanni & Co
Oxbridge Tutorial College
Pampers Schools
Pasture Gate Montessori School
Perfecter Schools
Platform Schools
Posh Babies and Kiddies School
Rotary Club
RCCG: House Of David
RCCG: Joseph’s Palace
RCCG: Promised Land
RCCG: Throne of Grace
Redeemer’s International School
Saint Saviour School, Ikoyi
Save a Child, Save a Nation Foundation
Bernadette Educational Services
School Affairs Consult
Simeon’s Pivot
Smart Singles Hub
Society for Family Health(SFH)
SOS Children Villages
Soul Makeover
Soteria Schools
Sterling Bank Plc
Supreme Education Foundation
The Arms of Comfort Foundation
The Olakunle Soriyan Company Ltd.
TheReal Woman Foundation(Love Home Orphanage)
The Father’s House, Akute
The Fathers House, Rehoboth International
The Fountain Of Life Church(TFOLC)
The Trinity School, Ojodu
Threeteez Hall School
Total Parenting International
Tower Gates Private School
Treasure House School
Trinity International College, Ofada
UNICEF
Vivian Fowler Memorial College for Girls
Wahab Folawiyo Senior High School
Winsmart Schools
Yetville School
Thank you for counting us worthy to work with in 2016. We say without mincing words, ‘without YOU there is no US.’

We look forward to an enduring relationship with your distinguished selves in 2017.

Thank you most profoundly and do have an INSPIRED 2017.

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