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Governor Sanwo-Olu: A Doyen Of Good Governance by Oluwole Oladipo

<h4>Governor<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that despite the reservations against the governor of Lagos State&comma; Mr&period; Babajide Sanwo-Olu on the grounds of non performance by many analysts&comma; Mr&period; Oluwole Oladipo&comma; public affairs analyst&comma; social commentator and former Director of Information &amp&semi; Education&comma; Ogun State&comma; sees him differently&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To  Oluwole Oladipo&comma; Governor Sanwo-Olu is a  doyen of good governance on account of  inspiring and impressive delivery on life transforming policies and infrastructure including crises management skills&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Oluwole Oladipo’s thoughts are reproduced below<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>The two erstwhile Lagos State Military Governors&comma; before 1999- Olagunsoye Oyinlola&comma; a retired general&comma; &lpar;later&comma; became the Osun State civilian governor&rpar;&comma; and Buba Marwa&comma; a retired brigadier general&comma; &lpar;the present performing <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">NDLEA Chairman<&sol;a>&rpar;&comma; were diametrically sterling&comma; and excellent&comma; but opposites&comma; in that Oyinlola created wealth for Lagos  State&comma; but kept it&comma; in the state treasury&comma; until his successor&comma; Marwa&comma; became the military Governor&comma; created his own wealth&comma; too&comma; but spent it&comma; alongside the one earlier kept by his predecessor&comma; Oyinlola&comma; all of which made Marwa to be so popular&comma; with one of his adorable projects appellation&comma; then- KEKE MARWA&comma; till date- I presumed&comma; Chief Oyinlola later made use of his Lagos experience&comma; as the Osun state civilian Governor&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>In one of my write ups&comma; recently&comma; I expressly stated that&comma; complaining of meeting an empty treasury by any new government- Local&comma; State&comma; or Federal&comma; could be tantamount to a flimsy excuse for incompetence&comma; and failure&period; The main reason being that every government&comma; that knows her union&comma;  is supposed to create her own wealth to spend on security&comma; and general welfare of the people&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>At the inception of the fourth Republic in 1999&comma; Lagos state civilian Governors&comma; right from Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu&comma; have been outstanding&comma; performance wise&comma; till the present Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>I have&comma; always&comma; been a keen observer&comma; and watcher of so many of our political leaders&comma; including Governor Sanwo-Olu&comma; whose recent viral unique style&comma; and pleasantly disposed ways&comma; of mingling with his State Corp members&comma; further aroused&comma; and rekindled&comma; in me&comma; the latent potential innermost silent admiration of His Excellency sterling leadership qualities&comma; which made me to make some scant comments&comma; on the social media platforms&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>And&comma; later inspired for public consumption&comma; and knowledge&&num;8230&semi;contrary to our laying much emphasize on the negative&comma; lookwarm attitude&comma; and antipathy aspects&comma; of our political leaders&comma; to the people&&num;8217&semi;s yearnings&comma; and governance&comma; in general&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Sincerely&comma; from my personal insightful observation&comma; Governor Sanwo-Olu is a doyen of good governance&comma; judging by his people&&num;8217&semi;s oriented welfare programs&comma; generally&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Apart from Lagos government workers&comma; he recently paid the pensioners gratuity&comma; and gave the Corp members 100k each&comma; without prompting&comma; including other lofty packages&comma; to cushion the effects of the nation&&num;8217&semi;s present economic hardship&comma; amongst other laudable projects in the state&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Related to the above is the matured&comma; skillful and diplomatic  ways&comma; he often handles crises in the state&comma; by putting his body&comma; mind&comma; heart&comma; and soul into making peace&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>His both physical and emotional involvement&comma; therein&comma; have always been awesome&comma; inspiring&comma; and source of admiration to the discerning minds&comma;  indeed&excl;-&num;ENDSARS&comma; COVID&&num;8217&semi;19&comma; and the present &num;ENDBADGOVERNMENT protest&comma; which he quickly set up a dialogue committee&comma; before&comma; and after-are all in view&excl; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Big KUDOS to a performing Governor- The sky will not only be the limit&comma; but the starting point&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>E-signed&colon; <&sol;em><em>Oluwole OLADIPO &comma; <&sol;em><em>Public affairs analyst&comma; Social commentator&comma; and former Director of Information &amp&semi; Education&comma; Ogun State&comma; <&sol;em><em>oladipooluwole21&commat;gmail&period;com 08033598528&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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