President Bola Tinubu has celebrated Bisi Akande, former interim national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who turned 85 years old on Tuesday. Speaking at an event to mark Akande’s birthday, Tinubu said the former governor of Osun is a “respected elder statesman in Nigeria who continues to offer rare insights and counsel for effective governance”. The president said he has benefited immensely from Akande’s knowledge and perspectives on various issues. “As an astute politician, Chief Akande has been part of every political epoch in our country since the Second Republic. He was one of the eminent Nigerians that drafted the 1979 constitution which the amended 1999 constitution, currently…

Immediate past Osun Governor, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola has congratulated Chief Bisi Akande on his 84th birthday anniversary, describing him as a pride to Osun and Nigeria. Oyetola who described himself as one of the disciples of Chief Akande’s “politics of prudent management of scarce resources to deliver positive results that people hardly expect from such a challenged situation,” noted that the former Osun Governor remains a role model for any public official that wants to offer selfless service to the people. In a statement by his media aide, Ismail Omipidan, Oyetola further said Chief Akande’s life, politics, philosophy, leadership dynamics and lifestyle “portray him as an exemplary Omoluabi and a…