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The much publicised City People 67th Birthday Lecture<\/strong><\/em> in honour of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu<\/strong><\/em>,<\/strong> the National leader<\/strong><\/em> of <\/strong>APC<\/strong><\/em> was held in Lagos last Sunday 7th April 2019<\/strong><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n On that day The City People Events Centre<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>in Lagos <\/strong><\/em>came alive as close associates of Asiwaju<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>stormed the event which was put together by City People Magazine<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The lecture was delivered by There were many other APC<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>party faithfuls in attendance, so also admirers and supporters of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu<\/strong><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Omatseye<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>who is a long – standing associate of Tinubu<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>delivered a powerful 45 minutes lecture on the very essence of the man Tinubu<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He titled the lecture Asiwaju Bola Ahmed, Tinubu: Politics for Good<\/strong><\/em>. He traced Asiwaju<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>back to when he emerged on the political scene in the late 80s. He revealed how Asiwaju<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>went on exile and returned. He spoke about his NADECO<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>days and how he became the Governor<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>of Lagos<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>in 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He described Asiwaju<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>as a man who sees tomorrow because he was always ahead of his peers in terms of vision. “Over the years he had shown a lot of goodwill in many places, “Sam explained.\u201dHe has a number of virtues working for him. He has the Ability, Personality, Capacity, Vision and Focus<\/strong><\/em>.<\/strong>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sam Omatseye<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>held the guests spell bound with his very deep and rich narrative of how <\/strong>Asiwaju<\/strong><\/em> emerged on the political scene as Nigeria’s No1 political master strategist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He took his listeners on a trajectory of Asiwaju’s<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>political history. He revealed how Asiwaju<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>laid the template for a new Lagos<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>and paid a lot of attention to building up the economy of Lagos<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>into what it is today, a mega economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to him, Asiwaju<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>built the IGR<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>of Lagos from N600 million<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>to about N10 billion<\/strong><\/em> and that has been grown further to N35 billion<\/strong><\/em>. “He set the template for Lagos and got strong and capable people to run Lagos.<\/strong>“<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr. Wale Edun<\/strong><\/em> in his remarks commended Sam Omatseye<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>for his brilliant analysis of the man Asiwaju Tinubu<\/strong><\/em>.<\/strong> He praised the guest speaker for his scholarship and He told Sam <\/strong><\/em>that with this his deep knowledge of Asiwaju<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>he should consider doing a comprehensive biography of the Jagan Borgu<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I see in Sam<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>a potential and prospective biographer of Asiwaju<\/strong><\/em>. Both Sam<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>and Edun<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>revealed a lot about\u00a0 what makes <\/strong>Asiwaju<\/strong><\/em> the master strategist<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>he is today. They both revealed how <\/strong>Asiwaju<\/strong><\/em> made APC<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>become the number one party in Nigeria today. “He made it a point of duty to know what is happening in other parties and the strategy is not to let them gang up against the APC<\/strong><\/em>. Asiwaju\u2019<\/strong>s<\/em> strategy is not to allow your enemies and antagonist to bunch together. Keep them separated, he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Comrade Ayo Adewale<\/strong><\/em> in his own contribution narrated how he came in contact with Asiwaju<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>in the late 90s.when he was governor of Lagos<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I was very ver y young when I met him. I was a young man in 1997 when I joined the struggle for the environment of democracy. We were the boys on the ground. We were his foot soldiers. We were undergraduates then<\/strong><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tunde Rahman<\/strong><\/em> who is Asiwaju\u2019s Special Assistant<\/strong><\/em> said he is happy at the opportunity given him to serve Asiwaju<\/strong><\/em>. “I don’t take this opportunity for granted. It is <\/strong> The lecture ended with the cutting of the big birthday\ncake. A Happy birthday song was also\nrendered for the Yoruba leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The much publicised City People 67th Birthday Lecture in honour of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the National leader of APC was held in Lagos last Sunday 7th April 2019. 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