Tributes
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Bisi Akande: Contemptuous of formal power
Pa Bisi Akande would turn 84 on Monday, January 16. Just as his role model, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Bisi Akande was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He struggled to attain greatness through dogged determination, self-discipline, hard work and providence. By all standards he is certainly a statesman, an ascetic person and an unusual politician who had provided leadership at the topmost level for political parties at their formative years and nurtured same to the point of winning at local, state and federal levels. But he isn’t the type that throws money around or subscribes to the general notion that money solves all problems. Really, in this…
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CONTENTMENT IS HIS NAME – A TRIBUTE TO CHIEF BISI AKANDE AT 80
Contentment is satisfaction and ease of mind. Contentment is being satisfied with what one has. It does not necessarily mean not being ambitious; it rather means seeking everything in contentment, without resorting to greed and indecent means. This attribute is what the world seeks today in its search for lasting peace and progress because its lack is at the root of most evils bedeviling the world. In today’s world, one hardly finds anyone anymore who embodies such attribute. In places where they are found, they remain inconspicuous as the world cannot understand their ways. But Abdukareem Adebisi Akande, popularly known as Chief Bisi Akande – our indefatigable Baba – is…
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PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI LAUDS BISI AKANDE’S LEADERSHIP AT 80
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined all members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in greeting the first interim chairman of the party and former governor of Osun State, Chief Abdukareem Adebisi Akande on his 80th birthday. The President in a statement by his special adviser media, Femi Adesina congratulated Chief Akande, his family and friends for the laudable achievements over the years, which threw him into the limelight at an early age, particularly highlighting his sacrifices in public service at both state and national levels. As the first interim chairman of the APC, President Buhari affirmed that the former governor’s pivotal and visionary leadership prepared the party for history in…
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CELEBRATING A LEADER WHO FEARS GOD AND GENUINELY SHOWS LOVE TO HUMANITY
The Holy Book says: “Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to any idol or swear by what is false” His Excellency, Pa Adebisi Akande, to the glory of God celebrates his 80th birthday today amidst men and women of good will, friends, family, children and children in the third generation. In every generation, God divinely anoints a few people who feared Him to be thinkers and leaders who have wisdom for their generation and those after them. Those who sacrificed their personal comfort for the…
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‘What politicians should learn from Akande’
At 75, the Interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, is a rare example of leadership. With a rich antecedent in the corporate world and politics, he remains a mentor and role model to those who strive for value. In his old age, his life preaches modesty and disdain for avarice. Akande has earned respect, not because he is wealthy, but because he has a good name. Eminent Nigerians, who showered encomiums on him during his birthday ceremony in Lagos, highlighted those virtues of statesmanship peculiar to the former Osun State governor. At the Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, the venue of the event, statesmen, government officials,…
