Benard Omoyeni’s Low-Key 54th Birthday Celebration
By Deji Obasa
Nigerian serial entrepreneur and MD/CEO of Palmadex Group, Dr. Benard Omoyeni, celebrated his 55th birthday on July 1, 2026, receiving a flood of well-wishes and obeisance from friends, associates and beneficiaries across the world.
At a private ceremony hosted in the chapel of his Lagos home, friends, family and members of the Living Faith Church, K-Farm Zone gathered, to rejoice and sing birthday songs with Jesus joy, while Benard cut his cake in his spirited disposition, soaking in the love and joy of celebrating his day in an atmosphere that glorifies GOD.
Leading the wellwishers was his wife, Uzoma Maryann, who acknowledged Benard as the ‘Odogwu himself’ who ‘needs no encouragement to serve GOD’. The wife in her tribute also highlighted Benard as “Pastor Omoyeni, CEO of Palmadex Global Integrated Services, may your new age be blessed with supernatural open doors in all spheres of life, lines will keep falling unto you in pleasant places. GOD will guide thee continually, keep you healthy and wealthy. I will always love and cherish you.”
A nephew of the celerant, Segz Lanre, who is also a former student of Palmadex Export Academy and currently working in one of the satellite offices of the company also took time to hail his ‘mentor’ he wrote; ‘Happy birthday to a leader who transforms our workplace into a space of growth and possibility, today we celebrate the remarkable influence you bring into our professional lives. Thank you for being a father, spiritual mentor and a leader I look up to’ whilst quoting Proverbs 4:18.
A friend, Tony Wole Leramo also wrote on Benard’s Facebook wall
‘Congratulations on your new age sir, new age with amazing grace, celebrate many birthday in sound health, you experience divine touch in every area of your life, your eyes will never see sorrow, happy birthday Benard Omoyeni’
Dr. Benard Omoyeni was born on July 1, 1971 as the second child but first male born among 8 children of Pa Julius and Mrs. Regina Omoyeni, Pastor Bernard Adedotun Omoyeni hails from Oka land in Ondo state, and had his humble beginnings as a factory worker at Nigerian Textile Mills, Lagos, where he worked briefly before gaining admission to the university.
He obtained a Bachelor of Technology degree in Fisheries and Wildlife in April 1997 (FUTA); Masters degree in Public Administration (UNIMAID, 2001), and a 2004 Master of Science degree in Environmental Management from the Federal University of Agriculture in Abeokuta, along with Master of Science degree in Geographic Information System from the University of Ibadan in 2005, Doctor of Business Administration (Honouris Causa) from the prestigious Commonwhealth University, UK, 2019 among many other prestigious certifications from globally ranked institutions.
Dr. Benard initially served in various capacities as a Lecturer, Head of Departments and Acting Provost, all between 1999 and 2005. And by the favour of God, Dr Omoyeni secured an appointment with a multinational oil and gas Company as Environmental Specialist, and he has maintained employment with the multinational oil coy since 2005.
Through the inspiration of God, he founded an export company, Palmadex Global Integrated Services in 2015 to promote export on non-oil agro and allied products, while creating direct with indirect employment, and income for hundreds of Nigerian households.
Dr. Benard Omoyeni has also been consistently honoured and recognized for his philanthropy, notably offering scholarships to indigent students and supporting business start-ups, among numerous other commendable gestures which recently earned him Transparency Africa Honour, effectively placing him among Nigeria’s elite business entities.
Palmadex Global Integrated Services in 11 years of operation has become a multi-award winning and internationally renowned export company of choice with presence across 5 continents with Dr. Benard siting as MD/CEO.
