Special Inaugural Edition

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SPECIAL INAUGURAL EDITION
The other area that I can also comment on is
his ability to bring out the best in every
member of staff. Some of us were not so
challenged to bring out the best of ourselves
before he came. When he came, he gave us
the environment to excel and also challenged
us with tasks. He will give you a
commensurate task to what he thinks your
experience should carry. For some of us, it
was a new experience because we were used
to the usual standard, but when he came, he
brought that touch of excellence and he
demands the best from you every time and
that was a challenge to every one of us. Most
times we had to go back to crosscheck, before
we even go before him to make presentations.
He will ensure that you go back and check and
double check to make sure that what you are
bringing will meet his standard.
I wouldn't say it's a pity he left shortly
because if you compare what he did here to
the number of years he did with us, you will
probably want to say he was the shortest
serving CEO in terms of his achievements. We
served under those who served ten years and
they hardly achieved a quarter of what he
achieved. So for me, he was a wonderful
person, and in so many aspects, in terms of
welfare, he was up there, in terms of bringing
out the best in staff, he was there.
Also, I need to mention this, he never failed to
reprimand when necessary. When you take
things to him and he feels this does not meet
the required standard, he wouldn't fail to
chastise you and he wouldn't do that because
he hates you, some times when you leave, he
will find time and call you and tell you “look.
That thing could be done better than what
you did and he wasn't just out to hurt you but
there to correct you and ensure he brings out
the best in you.
When I heard about his candidacy, I was
happy for the state. If using his achievement
here as a parameter, he probably will take the
state to the level that we've never seen
before, because I think cumulatively, he spent
two years or less here and you need to go round
and see what he achieved compared to most of
his predecessors who were here for so many
years, so taking that and applying it to the state,
I am assured that he is going to transform the
state. More so, he's not new to administration in
the state. He was a commissioner and his
footprints are everywhere in the record of Lagos
state on things achieved during his tenure when
he was in treasury and when he was also in
establishment “that is the ministry that deals
with HR and Human resource issues”. I have this
belief that he is going to take the state to great
heights.
I am asking Lagosians to give him the maximum
support, and to be rest assured that he is not a
man that will disappoint them.
Aladeloye Leo Francis - Asst. Town Planning
Officer, LSDPC
Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu is an astute
leader, he is a man of character, he is a leader
and a mentor per excellence.
He is ever interested in bringing out the best
from his employee and I have benefitted
immensely from his wealth of experience and
his leadership style.
Before Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu got to
LSDPC, the corporation had a process but the
process was not as defined as much as it is now.
The major cardinal points while he was here was
the people, the process and then the
environment.
He was so much interested in the people,
knowing fully well that it is the people that will
drive the process and that was why he invested
so much in human resource development.
During his time, a lot of staff both senior, junior
and middle ranking staff in the corporation went
on training within the state, outside the state
and even outside the country.
He was also much interested in the environment
and you can also see that in the transformation
that took place in Block B and in Block D and he
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