Many qualities outline a pacesetter, whether or not in politics or within the company world however integrity, humility and loyalty tower above all. A cursory take a look at the life and instances of profitable leaders usually reveals these qualities and why such leaders are celebrated by their topics. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu’s life and profession trajectory could be mentioned to have been solidly constructed through the years upon these virtues.
As he clocks 60 in the present day, a cautious examine of his life is sufficient lesson for the subsequent era of leaders who want to depart a legacy. Till he was invited to throw his hat into the ring for the Lagos State Governorship contest in 2019, just a few Nigerians knew his antecedents. However to his leaders and colleagues, inside the interior caucus of Lagos State politics and authorities, Sanwo-Olu was a quintessential chief and administrator within the making that had so much to supply. This was the start and 6 years after, he has continued to make his leaders and patrons proud by his actions and deliverables.
Arguably his best achievement and management trait since he assumed workplace, have been his capacity to visualise the qualities of a profitable, mega standing of Lagos, and sustaining a life-long deal with the 4 intertwined challenges that he believed have to be collectively addressed for the industrial metropolis to realize success as a state. In contrast to most politicians, who imagine in showmanship and pointless razzmatazz, Sanwo-Olu’s strategy to delivering high quality management is wrapped in humility. As a crew chief, he has, by this, impressed many people on how greatest to serve the individuals. Like Mahatma Gandhi, Sanwo-Olu believes that probably the most significant aim of management is to encourage. To not demand or command, however to encourage. This explains why his administration has been rancour free, particularly between him and his deputy, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat.
Historical past has taught us that the leaders most revered for leaving their mark on the world, their international locations, or their organizations have been those that have impressed individuals to behave and carry out. Sanwo-Olu matches into this class of leaders as a result of his management was characterised by his dedication to fact, loyalty, and repair, emphasizing empowerment over energy and provoking change by instance. He believes in main by instance, residing a life per the values he espoused and provoking others to comply with swimsuit. His management fashion is concentrated on ethical authority, moral conduct, and self-discipline.
As Governor, Mr. Sanwo-Olu has persistently distinguished himself by his tireless efforts to advertise justice, accountability, and the rule of legislation. The final six years have been marked by vital strides in nation-building, constructing on the success of his predecessors and leaders, with an indelible mark on Lagos State growth.
At 60, his legacy is characterised by his selflessness, dedication to the general public good, fostering a way of unity and inclusiveness amongst Lagosians and Nigerians as an entire. Past Lagos, which is a pure pacesetter for infrastructural growth and {economic} progress in Nigeria, in the present day’s birthday boy has labored assiduously to mobilize residents in the direction of a typical aim of constructing a simply and peaceable society.
His management fashion, his calm manner within the face of great challenges is notable for its emphasis on good and responsive governance for individuals of Lagos State. These values proceed to function a benchmark for good governance and management in Nigeria.
Because the world celebrates him in the present day, little question the truth that his contributions, each in company Nigeria and public service have aroused our consciousness on the necessity for leaders to serve with the mindset of placing ahead a transformative energy of selfless service and the significance of prioritizing the welfare of residents.
Within the final 30 years of his being within the saddle of management below examined mentors and function fashions until the time he assumed workplace as Lagos Governor, Sanwo-Olu has recorded a number of landmark achievements as a person of integrity, loyalty and humility.
I write this to pay a becoming tribute to Mr. Governor not as a result of he’s my boss, not as a result of he’s a primary fee administrator and an acknowledged knowledgeable in {financial} companies; not due to the current place he occupies because the Governor of Lagos State; not due to his standing as a distinguished fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Coaching and Improvement (NITAD) and definitely not on account of his previous distinguished public service file that’s extensively acknowledged by one and all and lots of extra of such accomplishments that one could have misplaced rely, however considerably due to the large distinction our most humble, unassuming chief of individuals with route and imaginative and prescient has delivered to the character of governance. He has carried out this with out undermining his political leaders and with out shedding his calm and humility.
