Jimoh Odutola was born on March 16 1905,in Ijebu ode ,Nigeria, On this same day Guglielmo Marconi,an engineer,then the greatest Italian Scientist and one of the worlds greatest, got married.The cream of the Italian society might have gathered to attend this wedding. .On December 7 1921,Jimoh Odutola ,described as the uncrowmed Baron of Business in Africa,started business .This same day is known as the feast of Saint Ambrose,and Saint Ambrose, the patron saint of Milan.Milan the industrial and commercial capital of Italy as well as once described as the fashion capital of the world.Jimoh Odutola has been doing business with the people of Milan for about 60 years.he excelled in industry,commerce and the fashion related textile industry. In an interview with a newspaper he said that he is confident that if his photograph or his name is featured in any newspaper in Italy he is sure to be recognised, He is 103 years and still going strong. Jimoh Odutola found a friend in Obafemi Awolowo (1909-1987) who had a soft spot for Giuseppe garibaldi,patroit,guerilla fighter and always in opposition in Italian politics.Awolowo was always in opposition in Nigerian politics
Obafemi Awolowo described as the best President Nigeria never had is also reminding of the Italian American Enrico Fermi.Enrico fermi was called the Pope because he was always right.Awolowo was called the sage because of his timely wisdom.Fermi has been described as being as good a theoretician as he was an experimentalist and awolowo ,a world class political theoreticain and a practical economist.Fermi is credited with winning the second world war for the US President Harry S.Truman and Awolowo was the chief strategist for the Nigerian head of state Yakubu Gowon during the Nigerian Civil War

Enrico Fermi tested the first Nuclear Reactor as it was invented by him at the university of Chicago on December 2 1942,in a squash Racquet court. The next day December 3 1942 a son,named Oluwole was born to Awolowo in Ibadan and he became an avid squash Racquet player. Awolowo lived in Apapa,Lagos ,Nigeria.There used to be alot of Italians in Apapa. Google Search;CHICAGO AND IBADAN for further coincidences

List of Italian American business people-Wikipedia. Italian Embassy in Nigeria
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Italian-American Chamberof Commerce,730 Fifth Avenue,Suite 600,New York,NY 10019 ,phone(212)459-0044,Fax212)459 0090

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