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governor the SPECIAL INAUGURAL EDITION Journey TO ALAUSA HE Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu 12 t's been about nine (9) months Isince I resigned as the head of LSDPC, and so far, it has been a pretty interesting journey, at some point, it seemed like a rollercoaster, but I was able to fare well and stabilize all of the expectations, both from the public and myself. It has been an eye-opening journey, right from the point of being an aspirant, to a candidate and then going through all of the turbulent campaign processes, going around the 20 local governments and 37 LCDAs, having several meetings with all level of stakeholders and pretty much selling my campaign programs to everyone and letting them understand the different things I am about and the different ideas I plan to bring in. Debates, interviews, and more meetings, down to the election day itself and having it postponed again, and then the final election day with the anticipation of the results and finally I was declared the winner. I had to deal with post-election fever and the transition period. It has been pretty interesting, revealing and engaging but in my own way I've had to create my own positive journey through it all. It has been a journey that God has personally helped me pull through and I have received massive support from a lot of people, from the entire leadership of the party to the teeming population of Lagos, from friends and family members and personally, I truly appreciate what the journey is turning out to be. So much greater than what is behind, so we all need to be forward-looking and expectant because greater and mightier things are ahead of us. My emergence as the flagbearer of the party brought about a sense of belief in what the party was trying to achieve, which was giving power to the teeming party flag bearers at that time. It wasn't such a difficult call, just that a lot of people probably didn't have any idea of my previous experience in governance, so it wasn't turbulent in anyway, because my emergence as a candidate was something I was certain about and I had a lot of support coming out from that which was really humbling to me. Moving from that point, we believed that Lagosians needed to be convinced, we never really imagined that victory was a done deal, we rolled up our sleeves and got to every Lagosian, every stakeholder that truly wanted to hear us. We went to every nook and cranny of the state, visited almost every part of the state that we could identify. I imagine that we communicated properly and sold our programs adequately and we ran a campaign that people testified to be unique and the most innovative in the political scene of the country. Having worked that hard and having it being capped with a victory at the end of the day, one has to be appreciative to both God and the people that gave their support throughout the entire journey.
governor the SPECIAL INAUGURAL EDITION <strong>The</strong> Babajide Sanwo-Olu I know 13 I worked with Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu for roughly four years in the banking industry, he was our treasurer at a point, and then later on he became the general manager for investment banking. In all these years, he was assigned very sensitive responsibilities and in very sensitive positions, that could only be held by someone that they trust, someone that has character and integrity. He was in treasury department, the life-wire of any bank, you could not just pick anybody from the street, you had to put somebody that you trust, somebody who is reliable and has competence, and Jide was a thoroughbred professional. I was quite impressed with him because of the way he took his job, he took his job seriously in the course of the years we worked together at treasury, and if you speak to any bank MD, they would say that the closest relationship they have with any of their staff would be first his treasury manager, and second, the foreign exchange manager. Jide and I had a close relationship, we worked together as a team, I respect his level of judgment, his decision making capabilities and his competence level, and that's why I didn't hesitate when I was appointed deputy governor to request him to come along with me, because I needed somebody at that level Otunba Femi Pedro whom I could trust, going into a new job. In the private sector, he creditably delivered himself, I didn't have any problem with him whatsoever. In the public sector, we just practically continued where we left. He was first my adviser, and he advised very well, we worked together on several assignments given to us by the governor, and I didn't have any reason to complain about him at all. At a point in time, I felt that he needed higher responsibility, so I personally approached the governor to humbly and kindly elevate him, to the level of a cabinet ranked special adviser, and the governor obliged, and from there onward he worked directly with the governor, but throughout our tenure he was a very, good public officer, and I really didn't
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