{"id":20263,"date":"2023-09-20T01:01:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenigeriaprizes.org\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=20263"},"modified":"2023-09-20T01:53:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T00:53:06","slug":"abideen-abolaji-ojomu","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.thenigeriaprizes.org\/?profile=abideen-abolaji-ojomu","title":{"rendered":"Abideen Abolaji Ojomu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenigeriaprizes.org\/profile\/abideen-abolaji-ojomu\/abideen-ojomu\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20264\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20264 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Abideen-Ojomu-e1695169045895.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"554\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_e9jtkr45to\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_odlpu5yzqf\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Abideen Abolaji Ojomu is a playwright, poet, actor, and dancer with multiple performances.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">He graduated as a Chemical Engineer from Lagos State University.\u202fHe is an artist\u202fof Nigerian origin,\u202fwho has successfully staged many of his plays with different playhouses and has done various book readings at various\u202fevents.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Abideen uses art as a mould for building satires about social and existential issues in an attempt to decompose the\u202flogic behind the issues\u202finto the\u202funderlying sentiments.\u202fThis decomposition is\u202foften not\u202fattainable\u202fby science but by art and her finicky touches.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">He has written many plays like\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Oils wheels<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Woes of Warriors,<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fand more recently\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Ojulegba Crossroads<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">all addressing the issues that plague Africa\u2019s largest country.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Abideen is a lover of art in its forms<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">. 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