Remembering Late Alhaja Simbiat Atinuke Abiola, A Woman with a Heart of Gold
The late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola and his late wife, Alhaja Simbiat Atinuke Abiola (née Shoaga), in the 1980s. Alhaja Simbiat was the CEO of Wonder Bakery, a distinctive Nigerian business that employed over 140 people when it first opened its doors in the early 1980s. Despite suffering from cancer, Alhaja Simbiat Abiola’s kindness was remarkable. She witnessed the devastation caused by the 1992 Cairo earthquake while lying on her sickbed and watching television. The Dahshur earthquake, which struck Cairo in 1992, is another name for it. She gave $100,000 from her hospital bed to support the reconstruction of a school for earthquake-affected children because she was so moved by the devastation in Egypt. Alhaja Simbiat Atinuke Abiola passed away in a British hospital in 1992 following a valiant battle with cancer. She was a very decent woman. May she always rest in peace with her soul.