Tributes
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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.…
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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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Akande,A Conscientious Statesman @85 Says Akpabio
The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has felicitated former governor of Osun State and pioneer acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC,Chief Bisi Akande on his 85th birthday describing him as a “Conscientious and progressive statesman”. Akpabio, who stated this in a congratulatory message signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh said Chief Akande is an accomplished democrat and dependable politician. “On behalf of my family, constituents and the National Assembly, I wish to heartily join family members, friends, business and political associates to congratulate and celebrate a conscientious and progressive statesman, an accomplished democrat and dependable leader, His Excellency Chief…
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Accolades As Bisi Akande Marks 85th Birthday
President Bola Tinubu has celebrated his long-time confidant, Chief Bisi Akande, as he marks his 85th birthday today, January 16, 2024. Akande was the governor of Osun State from 1999 to 2003 and the pioneer interim national chairman of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC). Tinubu, in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, extolled Baba’s defining principles of integrity, loyalty, truth, and justice, recalling his exemplary leadership odyssey and selfless service to Nigeria. “Baba was a principal actor in the founding of our great party, the APC. He has always been a progressive; always noble and disciplined in thoughts and actions, as well as given to rational and enlightened ideals.…
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Tinubu, Buhari, Akpabio, Governor Sanwo-Olu Celebrate Akande at 85
•President: He’s someone of principles, integrity, loyalty, truth •He’s a wise man, says ex-Nigerian leader Deji Elumoye, Sunday Aborisade in Abuja and Segun James in Lagos President Bola Tinubu, his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, today, rejoice with a former governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande, as he marks his 85th birthday. While Tinubu described Akande as a man of principles of integrity, loyalty, and truth, among other attributes, Buhari said he was a wise man, Akpabio identified him as a conscientious stateman, and Sanwo-Olu painted him as a courageous, exemplary, honest and an advocate of good…
