Background
Hajia Bola Shagaya (MON) was born on the 10th of October, 1959.
Hajia Bola Shagaya (MON) was born on the 10th of October, 1959.
She had her secondary school education at Queens School, Ilorin, and her tertiary education at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Armstrong College in California, where she studied economics and accountancy.
She is one of the richest women in Africa. She started her career with the audit department of the Central Bank of Nigeria before venturing into commercial activities in 1983. Her business experience started with the importation and distribution of photographic materials and she introduced the Konica brand of photographic materials into the Nigerian market and West Africa.
Hajia Bola Shagaya is also the managing director of Practoil Limited, one of the largest importers and distributors of base oil in Nigeria, serving local lubricant blending plants.
Her businesses also includes huge investment in real estate, spanning across major cities in the country with over three hundred employees. Hajia Bola Shagaya is a patron of the Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria, (FADAN), and a fashion and art enthusiast who supports and encourages the fashion and art industry.
She also loves sports, especially polo.
She is also a member of the recently inaugurated Nepad Business Group – Nigeria.