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FOOTPRINTS<br />
OF A LEADER - LSDPC STAFF<br />
My name is Jibike Onigbanjo, I am the Assistant General Manager, Property and Land Management,<br />
LSPDC (Lagos State Development and Property Corporation). Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, to<br />
me is a well-rounded person. He is hardworking, he is compassionate, he is full of wisdom, he's got<br />
so much empathy, a leader, and a team player. I have worked with so many bosses in the course of<br />
my career but honestly, thumbs up to him!<br />
He walks the talk. He doesn't just give you direction, he does it with you. He is a leader in all<br />
ramifications. That is the Mr. Babajide Olusola<br />
Sanwo-Olu that I know and I have worked with<br />
in the last two years and three months before<br />
he vied for the governorship of Lagos state. I<br />
joined LSDPC in year 2000 so this is my 19th<br />
year. Mr Sanwo-Olu is a total package. I've had<br />
the privilege of working with about five CEOs<br />
directly, maybe one indirectly and Mr. Babajide<br />
Sanwo-Olu surppasses them all.<br />
I always try to analyse what his weakness is and<br />
usually I end up realising that his weakness is<br />
actually more of his strength. In administering<br />
maybe a penalty or punishment for any erring<br />
staff, he will turn it into positivity. He doesn't<br />
see anyone as being totally useless. He would<br />
rather call you and have a chat with you and tell<br />
you about life experiences, give you examples<br />
and before you realise, the person is better off.<br />
So in comparing him with the other CEOs, he<br />
comes down to everyone's level and he takes<br />
people as they are and he believes everyone<br />
has a role to play and everyone must play. So to<br />
me, his management style is totally different<br />
and very worthy of emulation and it worked. He<br />
was here for like two years, three months and<br />
he was able to impact the people, the<br />
environment and the process.<br />
He started what we call the “Project Eagle”. It's<br />
33<br />
still an ongoing thing. The project eagle is to<br />
come up with new processes of doing things<br />
easier, faster, interacting with the public, ways<br />
of doing our jobs and service delivery.<br />
Generally, public servants, service servants are<br />
seen as lazy, not doing their jobs, not ready to<br />
work and all that but he changed that notion<br />
and with regards to the working<br />
environment;anyone coming into LSDPC, in the<br />
last two years or one and half, and has been<br />
here before Mr. Sanwo-Olu came would notice<br />
that the environment is totally different. Even<br />
my office, compared to before Mr. Sanwo-Olu<br />
came is so much more better now, it looks like a<br />
bank you know. So he actually affected all the<br />
facets of the corporation. Total Package!<br />
Honestly, BOS!<br />
He was still at work on Friday, of course<br />
weekend was full of activities, and then we<br />
heard that Mr. Sanwo-Olu has been chosen as<br />
the party's candidate, and everyone was like oh!<br />
We were all shocked. On Monday morning he<br />
didn't come to work and for the next<br />
management meeting, he had to call and he was<br />
put on speaker and everyone was like…just like<br />
that? He was still working, we even carried<br />
some files to him, “oga please can you look at<br />
this?” So it was sweet and sour for us; sweet in<br />
the sense that Yes! Higher calling for him and
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