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SANWO-OLU CELEBRATES AKANDE AT 85, SAYS HE IS COURAGEOUS, HONEST
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated the first interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and ex-Governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande, on his 85th birthday. The Governor described the elder statesman, popularly known as ‘Baba Omo kekeke’, as an advocate of good governance and an epitome of true federalism, adding that the APC chieftain is courageous and honest. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a statement issued on Monday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, described Chief Bisi Akande, who clocks 85 on Tuesday, as a true democrat and respected political icon, who has made a great impact in the lives of many Nigerians…
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‘He offers rare counsel’ — Tinubu celebrates Bisi Akande at 85
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…
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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…
