Bisi Akande at 85
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APC CELEBRATES CHIEF BISI AKANDE AT 85
The All Progressives Congress (APC) celebrates a founding visionary, interim National Chairman of our great Party, and former Governor of Osun State, His Excellency, Chief Adebisi Akande, CFR, on his 85th birthday anniversary on January 16, 2024. We join family, friends, associates and Party faithful to give a befitting toast to a patriot, elderstatesman, veteran grassroots politician, administrator par excellence, and an icon of political progressivism. APC owes a debt of gratitude to Chief Akande for his invaluable contribution to the Party’s founding and for his leadership that laid the foundation for our massive and historic electoral victory in the 2015 general elections. A father figure, a unifier and strident voice…
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As Mr No-Nonsense gov, Baba Akande clocks 85, here are 10 of his most controversial statements
The pioneer Interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, will clock 85 on Tuesday. He was the governor of Osun State from 1999 to 2003 as a member of the defunct Alliance for Democracy. He was born in Ila Orangun on January 16, 1939, in what is now the Osun Central Senatorial District. President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, celebrated the former governor on his birthday. “Baba was a principal actor in the founding of our great party, the All Progressives Congress. He has always been a progressive; always noble and disciplined in thoughts and actions, and given to rational and enlightened ideals,” Tinubu extolled. As the influential…
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2027 coalition: Rejecting APC won’t solve your problem – Bisi Akande to Nigerians
The pioneer Interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, has told Nigerians it would be disastrous to return the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to power in 2027. Akande believes Nigerians would be thrown into a more difficult situation should the main opposition party return to power. The elder statesman was reacting to the proposal by the opposition parties to form a coalition and dislodge the ruling party at the federal level in the next general election. He said the proposed coalition would not offer Nigerians respite from the current hardship. Akande said this while speaking to journalists in Ila Orangun, Osun State, on Saturday as part of…
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Why corruption is difficult to tackle in Nigeria – Bisi Akande
Ex-Osun State Governor, Adebisi Akande, has said successive administrations in Nigeria have failed to defeat corruption due to a “corrupt mindset” of Nigerians. Akande, who spoke to journalists in his Ila-Orangun country home on Saturday as part of activities marking his 85th birthday, said until Nigerians have a change of mindset and embrace the virtues of dedication and hard work, no leader would be able to attack and defeat corruption in the country. The pioneer Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, who lamented that rather than embracing hard work, many Nigerians would prefer to cut corners, said leadership alone could not make people prosperous. He further said, “In…
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Akande to NASS: go back to 1960 Constitution, present law can’t work
The first interim national chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Osun state, Chief Bisi Akande has urged the National Assembly to dump 1999 constitution and adopt the 1960 version. During a Saturday interview preceding his 85th birthday celebration, Akande expressed support for restructuring the country, emphasizing that it primarily entails discarding the 1999 constitution. He highlighted that the constitution was not written by anyone, urging the National Assembly to reconsider its stance on the matter. He said: “I will prefer 1960 constitution for Nigeria, it is the best! For example, in 1960 constitution, if you are a member of national and state assembly, you are a part time,…
