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governor the SPECIAL INAUGURAL EDITION KOFOWOROLA - ORANGE SELLER I wasn't selling orange before, it was because the government demolished my shop that I am selling oranges. <strong>The</strong> only thing I want the government to do for me as a business woman is to support and to make my business grow. I don't want to sell orange again I want to continue my initial business, it was during Fashola’s administration that my shop was demolished. I am a member of the APC, the platform which the incoming governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, ran under and I would like for him to help me and others like me so life can be better for us. My name is Nasir Abdul and I am an “OKADA RIDER” I like the new governor of Lagos state. I would like him to come to the aid of bike riders by helping to reduce the amount of money we pay to our union from seven hundred Naira to three hundred Naira. I would also like him to help us deal with the issue of Area Boys, in Lagos. Sometimes they beat, harass and humiliate us, just to extort money from our hands and it's not like we make a lot. My name is Victoria Obi and I am a fish seller. What I want the governor to do is build a market for fish sellers, so me and other fish sellers like myself can have shops to sell our fishes. Not everyone has the resources to collect the regular shop that are available because of the expense. I think it is the responsibility of our leaders to help us get shops that we can sell our products'. 32
FOOTPRINTS OF A LEADER - LSDPC STAFF My name is Jibike Onigbanjo, I am the Assistant General Manager, Property and Land Management, LSPDC (Lagos State Development and Property Corporation). Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, to me is a well-rounded person. He is hardworking, he is compassionate, he is full of wisdom, he's got so much empathy, a leader, and a team player. I have worked with so many bosses in the course of my career but honestly, thumbs up to him! He walks the talk. He doesn't just give you direction, he does it with you. He is a leader in all ramifications. That is the Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu that I know and I have worked with in the last two years and three months before he vied for the governorship of Lagos state. I joined LSDPC in year 2000 so this is my 19th year. Mr Sanwo-Olu is a total package. I've had the privilege of working with about five CEOs directly, maybe one indirectly and Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu surppasses them all. I always try to analyse what his weakness is and usually I end up realising that his weakness is actually more of his strength. In administering maybe a penalty or punishment for any erring staff, he will turn it into positivity. He doesn't see anyone as being totally useless. He would rather call you and have a chat with you and tell you about life experiences, give you examples and before you realise, the person is better off. So in comparing him with the other CEOs, he comes down to everyone's level and he takes people as they are and he believes everyone has a role to play and everyone must play. So to me, his management style is totally different and very worthy of emulation and it worked. He was here for like two years, three months and he was able to impact the people, the environment and the process. He started what we call the “Project Eagle”. It's 33 still an ongoing thing. <strong>The</strong> project eagle is to come up with new processes of doing things easier, faster, interacting with the public, ways of doing our jobs and service delivery. Generally, public servants, service servants are seen as lazy, not doing their jobs, not ready to work and all that but he changed that notion and with regards to the working environment;anyone coming into LSDPC, in the last two years or one and half, and has been here before Mr. Sanwo-Olu came would notice that the environment is totally different. Even my office, compared to before Mr. Sanwo-Olu came is so much more better now, it looks like a bank you know. So he actually affected all the facets of the corporation. Total Package! Honestly, BOS! He was still at work on Friday, of course weekend was full of activities, and then we heard that Mr. Sanwo-Olu has been chosen as the party's candidate, and everyone was like oh! We were all shocked. On Monday morning he didn't come to work and for the next management meeting, he had to call and he was put on speaker and everyone was like…just like that? He was still working, we even carried some files to him, “oga please can you look at this?” So it was sweet and sour for us; sweet in the sense that Yes! Higher calling for him and
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