Daniel Folarinde Eniola Adelesi

Early Life and Education
Fola Daniel (born Daniel Folarinde Eniola Adelesi on 23 May 1985) is a Nigerian Author, Motivational Speaker, Master of Ceremony and Training Facilitator. He was born at Lagos Island General Hospital, Lagos, to the family of late Emmanuel Olatunji Adelesi, and Comfort Titilayo Adelesi. The family’s lineage can be traced back to Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State.
Fola acquired his Nursery and Primary education at Bolorunduro (stand with God), Agiliti, Mile 12 and MATE Nursery and Primary school in Ketu area of Lagos State.
Fola proceeded to Mayflower School Ikenne, Ogun State for his secondary education. He wrote his common entrance examination when he was in primary four because his parents wanted him to cover up the full academic session he lost as a result of changing from Bolorunduro Agiliti to MATE Nursery and Primary. At the secondary school, he started by making his English teacher his very good friend and that relationship helped him to improve his writing skills which made him to start writing inspirational articles and poems for the Press Club. He represented Mayflower at the Ereke Debates competition which is usually used to mark the annual celebrations of Ikenne-Remo, the host community of the School. He contested in the school elections to become the school’s Senior Prefect. In 2002/2003 academic session, he won the prize for the Best Literature Student.
Fola obtained his B.A Mass Communication at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State where he majored in Public Relations after the first two years in the University.
In 2006, the university needed some students to represent her at the Nigeria International Model United Nations Conference held in Port Harcourt, Fola and Abosede Dipeolu were picked after screening. Due to their performance that year, they got automatic tickets to represent the school in the 2007 and 2008 editions of the conference that held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.
As an undergraduate in the year 2005, he approached the Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Afolabi Soyode to help him with the publication of his first book which was a collection of poems and co-authored by other students. Professor Afolabi Soyode found his communications skills so compelling and decided to help him. The school Don paid for the production of the first one thousand copies of his book, Hope of the Zealots, and that was how he achieved his dream of publishing a book as an undergraduate. Three years later, he went on to publish two books.
Career
Fola started his career in HR department of the defunct Power Holdings Company of Nigeria in the Gwiwa Business Unit of Sokoto from June 2010 to June 2011 as a Youth Corp member.
He returned to Lagos in 2011 after his compulsory one year Youth Service and was offered a role as the Public Relations Executive at Inspire Africa Limited founded by Dr. (Mrs.) Mo Abudu.
From Inspire Africa, Fola proceeded to FATE Foundation where he was Assistant Communications Coordinator in the Communications Department and helped with drafting Press Releases, monthly newsletters, communication with the media and programme planning of the company’s annual event. He left FATE Foundation in the year 2013 to face the company he founded, Edible Pen, an idea he had nursed since his days at Mayflower School.
Fola is the founder of ‘Edible Pen Media & Publishing’ and ‘Edible Pen Training & Development. He also owns Edible Pen Ventures and still working on other businesses.
Publications
Hope of the Zealots - Fola Daniel Adelesi et al - Olabisi Onabanjo University Press - September 2005.
Indebted to Ignorance - Fola Daniel Adelesi - Olabisi Onabanjo University Press - June, 2008.
Writing Business Proposal - Fola Daniel Adelesi - Fakon Communications - November 2008.
Available opportunities in the broadcasting and communication sector: Challenges and prospects for future leaders.
The role of Community Development Associations in a Democratic Rule.
Awards and Recognition
The Trail Blazer’s award of 2012/2013 graduating accounting students of Olabisi Onabanjo University - Award of Excellence
Outstanding Achievement Award presented by National Association of Student Ex-Mays (NASEM) in Sept. 2011.
3rd Best Male Delegate, Nigeria International Model United Nations’ Conference, December 2007.
Student Union Government - Service Awards to Fola Daniel as Editorial Personnel.
CACSA AWARDS - Commendation as one time Linguistic Editor, Deputy Editor in Chief, Editor in Chief & Public Relations Officer.
KHARIS AWARDS - Ogun Varsity Christian Fellowship, Olabisi Onabanjo University - Certificate of participation in annual essay contest.
The Goi Peace Foundation, Japan - Certificates of Participation in their International Essay Contest For Young People in 2004 and 2007 respectively.
Faculty of Arts Awards - Award of “The Most Promising Jambite” from Faculty of Arts Students’ Association, Olabisi Onabanjo University - 2004
Recognition of Dedicated Services from Mayflower School Press Club - 2003
Award for the Best Prefect for 1997-2003 Academic Set.
Volunteer Work
Teenagers Mentoring Class Initiative - Fola is using this class to help a lot of teenagers who might be finding it difficult in secondary school, as he did. He started visiting some secondary schools to talk to them about their academics and career while also partnering with other people interested in training teenagers.
Knowledge Exchange Centre - Fola currently volunteers as a facilitator with the Knowledge Exchange Centre which runs graduate development trainings. He facilitates courses on communication, marketing, leadership, time management, organisational behaviour and more.
Jolispirational Monday - This is a weekly inspirational radio show designed to reach the grassroots via pidgin English by Eko 89.7 FM. Fola speaks for free on this show and has the huge task of interpreting his content in pidgin in order to connect with this unique audience. This is an ongoing project that began in 2015.
Info.com - Because of his passion for social media and how it can be used to boost productivity, Fola was invited by the producer and presenter of this ICT show on Lagos Television to be a regular in house analyst for the social media segment and he provides free content on weekly basis.

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