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A Patriot At 84: Bisi Akande And Educational Development Of Ila-Orangun – By Oyeniyi Akande
INTRODUCTION As part of the ceremonies to mark his 84th birthday on 16th January, 2023, perhaps it is not out of place to trace a short account of the documented contributions of Chief Bisi Akande to the emergence of public secondary and post-secondary schools in Ila-Orangun and its environs so far. 2. By March 31, 2021, there were about forty (40) public and private secondary schools in Ila-Orangun alone [1]. How many people know or still remember that it wasn’t like that some 50 years ago, say, in 1973–even up to 1979? Do we recall that there was no single private school–primary or secondary– at all and that Ila and its…
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Tinubu Has The Best Expertise, Exposure And Capacity To Turn Nigeria Around Than Others – Akande
Since he joined politics over four decades ago, he has remained constant in his political beliefs.As somebody who grew up during the era of political ideology, he has remained in the progressive fold till date in spite of the dysfunctions and diffusion in Nigeria’s political culture.As a former Deputy Governor of old Oyo and later Governor of Osun states,Chief Bisi Akande combined his astuteness in corporate world to impact his knowledge which eventual helped him in becoming the first Interim national chairman of All Progressives Congress,APC which defeated the ruling People’s Democratic Party ,PDP in 2015. Today, after eight years in power and challenges of nation building, Chief Akande believes…
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Akande celebrates 84th birthday, says Tinubu best for Nigeria
The first Interim National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, has boasted that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will win 2023 general election convincingly. Akande who spoke yesterday during a symposium to mark his 84th birthday in his country home, Ila-Orangun, Osun State averred that Tinubu is the most brilliant and experienced candidate of all the candidates contesting for the seat. “My projection for 2023 election is that the best and most brilliant, experienced and best exposed candidate will emerge. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu shall become the president of Nigeria. Tinubu has everything that other candidates don’t have. I am glad that at 84 I am still serving people. That is…
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Tinubu Best Among The Pack To Turn Nigeria Arround -Akande
First Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress,APC,Chief Bisi Akande has said that Presidential candidate of the party,Asiwaju Bola Tinubu possess what it takes than his co contestants to turn arround the fortunes of the country. According to the former Osun state governor,besides being governor of Lagos state with it’s complexities for eight years,Tinubu level of international exposure in reputable multinational concerns in his chosen profession has prepared him for the ardous task of rebuilding Nigeria and placing it on right pedestal to overcome her challenges. According to him, Tinubus knowledge as an auditor in international audit firms before finally coming home to work for Mobil,an American oil firm…
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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…
