Real estate entrepreneur, Adebola Sheidu, receives OON award

The Chairman of real estate firm, Brains & Hammers, Adebola Sheidu, has received the Officer of the Order of the Niger Award, a national honour to celebrate those whose giant strides have impacted Nigeria and Nigerians.

The Federal Government, under former President Muhammadu Buhari, had announced the recipients of 2023 national awards on Sunday, May 28, 2023.

Sheidu was formally presented with the award this week, a statement from the firm�s head of communications and spokesperson, Natasha Yamala, said on Friday.

The statement, titled, �Lawyer�s Wig and Builder�s Hammer,� which listed some of Sheidu�s contributions to the real estate industry in the country, said, �The last major large-scale housing development project was the Gwarinpa Housing Estate between 1994 and 1997. That singular action achieved the dual purpose of alleviating housing challenges and opening a new part of the Federal Capital Territory�.

According to the statement, Sheidu, a lawyer turned businessman, and his partner Umaru Aliyu, who are fondly referred to as the �Brains� in the brand, Brains and Hammers, forayed into real estate development based on their passion for bridging the worrisome housing deficit in the country.

The statement added, �Driven by this passion, Adebola Sheidu and his childhood friend, Babangida Umaru Aliyu, founded the real estate company, Brains and Hammers. For a journey that began over 15 years ago, Adebola and his friend Umar have built a real estate empire with over 10,000 completed residential and commercial real estate projects in Abuja, as well as Kano, Lagos, and Oyo states, with the recently commissioned Kano Economic City project standing out as a testament to the importance of Public-Private partnerships for the company.�