Special Inaugural Edition

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SPECIAL INAUGURAL EDITION
The Babajide
Sanwo-Olu I know
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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
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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