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Bisi Akande at 85…a life worthy of celebration
Tuesday January 16, 2024, would go down well in history as one of the days when who-is-who in the country, across ethnic, religious and professional divides, gathered to celebrate not just the birthday anniversary of an individual but also a life well lived in integrity, commitment and loyalty. At 85, the lifestyle and relationships of Chief Bisi Akande, former interim national chairman of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Osun State (1999-2003), spoke as dignitaries across Nigeria gathered at Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to celebrate him. The personalities that graced the event, which the Board of Trustees of Adebisi Akande Foundation titled, ‘Celebration of Grace, 85th Birthday of…
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HE Bisi Akande 85th Birthday; Senator Omisore Felicitates his boss
The former Osun State Deputy Governor, Senator Iyiola Omisore PhD FNSE FAEng FNISafetyE CEng CON has congratulated his Principal, His Excellency Abdulraheem Bisi Akande CFR, who was the Osun State Governor from 1999 to 2003 when he was the Deputy, on the occasion of his 85th birthday today January 16th, 2024. According to the release obtained from his Media Office, the former Osun East Senator described the Asiwaju of Ila Orangun as an ageless icon with vast repository of wisdom who have traversed all the Republics Nigeria, as a Nation, have passed through in the cause of her Nationhood not only as a mere citizen but as an active roles…
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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…
