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SPECIAL INAUGURAL EDITION<br />
deliberate; they are going to be quite<br />
considered.”<br />
Tunde Falase<br />
My name is Tunde Falase, I am the MD of Brain<br />
craft, a consulting firm.<br />
I am a former classmate of our incoming governor<br />
of Lagos state, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu.<br />
When I heard that BOS “as we know him” had won<br />
the election, I was really excited because I had the<br />
privilege of being his classmate for 18 months<br />
during our MBA studies in the University of Lagos.<br />
He has always impressed me with his unique<br />
qualities, if I have to summarize, I would say that<br />
in class BOS was always very composed, he was<br />
very calm and he was also very considered in<br />
terms of his contributions. He was a man of good<br />
contribution and they were also deliberate<br />
considerations, he was somebody that stood out<br />
for being deliberate in his thinking.<br />
The class actually did well by having BOS as a<br />
member of the class and it's a bit of a paradox<br />
because it is almost from one legacy to another. I<br />
was the first governor of the class and to hear that<br />
he is now becoming the governor of the biggest<br />
and perhaps the most considered state in Nigeria, I<br />
think to him it is an honor and of course, it also<br />
does us, his classmate an honor as having to be<br />
part of what we hope is the shaping of BOS.<br />
“BOS doesn't strike me as a person who is going to<br />
rush and then access the consequences of his<br />
actions later. His actions are going to be quite<br />
One of the things we saw a couple of weeks ago<br />
was BOS preparing himself for this new role,<br />
attending a leadership class at the Harvard<br />
school of leadership. That speaks volumes to<br />
the type of person he is.<br />
I know that BOS will have a legacy in mind, this<br />
is not a small mantle that he has taken on and I<br />
know that he is not coming into the office to<br />
enjoy the role of a governor. I know he is going<br />
there to deliver what the role demands and I<br />
think Lagosians should lookout and expect a<br />
person who has a legacy in mind, which is one<br />
of the things you look forward to in the great<br />
leaders of today.<br />
Personally, I think I would like him to work on<br />
improving the quality of life of Lagosians, and by<br />
saying the quality of life, it allows me to speak<br />
about a variety of things. We do know that Lagos<br />
is probably the envy of all the states but this<br />
doesn't hide some opportunities that people<br />
like BOS will be able to address. We start from<br />
the seemingly mundane; what people are<br />
talking about at the moment it's almost a<br />
distraction in a mega-city like Lagos, we<br />
shouldn't be talking about roads and potholes<br />
and the likes. I know these are things that are<br />
with considered leadership, likely to be a thing of<br />
the past and then we can focus on the things that<br />
actually touch the common man on the streets,<br />
like the ease of doing business, quality of life and<br />
the comfort of life. When you go home to your<br />
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