Mrs. Florence Omatule Seriki, the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Omatek Ventures Plc, who died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) is finally laid to rest at ikoyi private cemetery.
Her journey to eternity commenced on Wednesday, March 29, with Service of Songs organised by Omatek Group at the Airport Hotel,Ikeja.
A second Service of Songs took place at the Divine Mercy Catholic Church hall, Admiralty Road, Lekki.
While the funeral mass was held at the Holy Cross Cathedral Catholic Church, Catholic Mission Street.
Seriki died at 53 after a brief battle with ulcer and cancer. Prior to her death, she established Omatek Computers in 1987 and was one of the few information technology companies quoted at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).
She was a Fellow of the Nigerian Computer Society (NCS) as well as Fellow of the Society of Chemical Engineers.
Seriki was born in Lagos to the Udebu family from Ebu in Delta State. She had her secondary education at the Reagan Memorial Baptist Secondary School, Sabo, Yaba between 1975 and 1980.
History of the school still has it that she put up a superlative academic performance all through her stay. She then proceeded to the Federal School of Science, Lagos (F.S.S) for her ‘A’ levels, where she emerged as the best overall student in lower six form.
She proceeded to the then University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife) and graduated in Chemical Engineering.
In 1993, during the CTO exhibition (organized by the commercial section of the American Embassy in Nigeria), Florence took a bold step to launch the Omatek brand of Computers. This, which is actually the first attempt of its kind in Nigeria, became widely accepted and used as a result of its quality and ruggedness.
Early in 2003, she took another giant stride opening a factory in Lagos. The factory has turned out to be the very first in Africa to produce Nigerian made Computer Cases, Speakers, Keyboards and Mouse from completely knocked down (CKD).
The factory produced made in Nigeria Omatek Computers, Notebooks and Servers with all its components made in Nigeria.
Seriki has over 150 Awards in her kitty, and was married to Olalekan Seriki, a successful architect and blessed with three children, a boy and two girls.
