Bisi Akande at 85
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Even as Baba Isale, Akande still has his plate full
Chief Bisi Akande’s four-year reign as the Governor of Osun State is a testament that a leader does not need a long tenure to make necessary impact. The truth is that many of our highly successful leaders had only one tenure each. Chief Adekunle Ajasin, Professor Ambrose Alli, Chief Bisi Onabanjo, Chief Bola Ige and Alhaji Lateef Jakande; each only a term of four years. Though Ajasin, Onabanjo and Jakande had extra three months before the coup de ta of December 31, 1983, they were all essentially one term governors. Now we found governors spending eight years and they depart hardly without trace like a snake slithering across a rock.…
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Baba Akande taught me honesty, perseverance resource management – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday evening, January 16, showered encomiums on elder statesman and his age-long ally, Chief Bisi Akande, describing him as an epitome of forgiveness, candour and reliability. President Tinubu praised the former Osun state governor and pioneer Interim National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at a dinner hosted in celebration of Chief Akande’s 85th birthday anniversary at the Old Banquet Hall of State House, Abuja. The president went further to paint a very personal image of the relationship he has with Baba Akande when he disclosed that the octogenarian taught him the virtues of perseverance, patience, honesty and management of resources. He said: “We…
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Multiple cheers for Chief Bisi Akande at 85
Millions of Nigerians at home and abroad know him today as an elder statesman. However, such a label is both too general and too restrictive to describe the person and contributions of Chief Abdulkareem Adebisi Bamidele Akande, who celebrated his 85th birthday yesterday, January 16, 2024. He is often reverently referred to as Baba Akande, not so much in recognition of his age as in recognition of his leadership role in the fight for democracy, good governance, national development, equity, social justice, and true federalism. While this recognition led many communities to confer on Chief Bisi Akande various chieftaincy titles, including Asiwaju, Balogun, Basorun, Agba Akin, and Jagunmolu Oodua, various…
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President Tinubu to Chief Bisi Akande: Your Honesty, Integrity Motivate Me; I am Lucky to Have You
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday night in Abuja, said he benefitted immensely from his close relationship with long-time confidant, Chief Bisi Akande, and that he considered himself lucky to have him. Speaking at a dinner held at the State House Conference Centre to celebrate the 85th birthday of the elder statesman, President Tinubu said he was delighted that the sentiments he had about the former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who is also a former governor of Osun State, resonated well with other speakers at the event. “Listening to the remarks from the podium, they are inspirational enough. It has been said that you are Mr. Integrity, we,…
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Baba Is A Patriot And Great Politician, YPF Eulogizes Baba Akande At 85
Members of a sociocultural group, Yoruba Progressives Forum YPF have joined other well-wishers to celebrate the former Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande on the occasion of his 85th birthday. The group in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Alhaji Olalekan Lateef Lekan, and made available to journalists in Osogbo, on Thursday described the celebrant as a patriot and great politician. According to the group the landmark achievements of Chief Akande in the development of Osun and Nigeria at large call for celebration saying Akande’s political sagacity was in indication that he had actually leant some many things from late Chief Obafemi Awolowo.…
