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Meet Bola Tinubu by Hammefeez: 9:25am On May 04, 2015
Hate him or like him.........if angel visit you early in the morning and ask you if you would take the offer to live like Bola Tinubu despite your hate post anywhere you see his name on social media, i'm sure you will say YES and then explain to the angel that everybody must not like a good leader.

Cheers!

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Bola Ahmed Tinubu aka Jagaban (born 29
March 1952) was elected Senator for the
Lagos West constituency in Lagos State,
Nigeria in 1993, just before a military
take-over in December 1993. After the
return to democracy, he was elected
governor of Lagos State, holding office
from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. He is
an influential member of the All
Progressives Congress party; he also holds
both the chieftaincy of the Asiwaju of
Lagos and that of the Jagaban of the
Borgu Kingdom in the Northern Niger
State of Nigeria. He is the National Leader
of the All Progressive Congress (APC) party
with the newly elected president Gen
Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).
Background
Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu was born
on 29 March 1952 in the city of Lagos. He
attended St. John's Primary School,
Aroloya, Lagos and Children's Home
School in Ibadan. Tinubu went to the
United States in 1975, where he studied
first at Richard J. Daley College in Chicago,
Illinois and then at Chicago State
University. He graduated in 1979 with a
Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.
[1]
Tinubu worked for American companies
Arthur Andersen, Deloitte, Haskins, & Sells,
and GTE Services Corporation.[2] After
returning to Nigeria in 1983 BolaTinubu
obtained work with Mobil Oil Nigeria,
becoming an executive of the company.
[3] Bola Tinubu is an astute politician.
Early political career
His political career began in 1992, when
he was elected to the Nigerian Senate
representing the Lagos West constituency
in the short-lived Nigerian Third Republic.
[4] After the results of the 12 June 1993
presidential elections were annulled,
Tinubu became a founding member of
the pro-democracy National Democratic
Coalition (NADECO), which mobilized
support for the restoration of democracy
and recognition of the 12 June results. He
went into exile in 1994 and returned to
the country in 1998 after the death of
military dictator Sani Abacha, which
ushered in a transition to civilian rule.[5]
In the run-up to the 1999 elections, Bola
Tinubu was a protégé of Alliance for
Democracy (AD) leaders Abraham
Adesanya and Ayo Adebanjo.[6] He won
the AD primaries for the Lagos State
gubernatorial elections in competition
with Funsho Williams and Wahab
Dosunmu, a former Minister of Works and
Housing.[7] In April 1999, he stood for the
position of Executive Governor of Lagos
State on the AD ticket and was elected.[8]
Lagos State governor
When he assumed office in May 1999,
Bola Ahmed Tinubu promised 10,000
housing units for the poor.[9] During his
eight-year period of office, he made large
investments in education in the state.[10]
He also initiated new road construction,
required to meet the needs of the fast-
growing population of the state.[11]
The Oloye Tinubu, alongside a new deputy
governor, Femi Pedro, won re-election to
office as Governor in April 2003. All other
states in the South West fell to the
People's Democratic Party.[12]
He was involved in a struggle with the
Federal government over whether Lagos
State had the right to create new Local
Council Development Areas (LCDAs) to
meet the needs of its large population.
The controversy led to the Federal
government seizing funds meant for local
councils in the state.[13] During the later
part of his term in office, he was engaged
in continuous clashes with PDP powers
such as Adeseye Ogunlewe, a former
Lagos State senator who became minister
of works, and Bode George, southwest
chairman of the PDP.[14]
Relations between Bola Tinubu and
deputy governor Femi Pedro became
increasingly tense after Pedro declared his
intention to run for the gubernatorial
elections. Femi Pedro competed to
become the AC candidate for governor in
the 2007 elections, but withdrew his
name on the eve of the party nomination.
He defected to the Labour Party while still
keeping his position as deputy governor.
[15] Tinubu's tenure as Lagos State
Governor ended on 29 May 2007 when
Babatunde Fashola of the Action Congress
took office.[16] Fashola had been Chief of
Staff to Bola Tinubu.[17]
Later career
In April 2007, after the elections but
before the new governor had taken over,
the Federal Government brought Asiwaju
Bola Tinubu before the Code of Conduct
Tribunal for trial over alleged illegal
operation of 16 separate foreign
accounts.[18] In January 2009 the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission cleared Bola Tinubu and
governors James Ibori of Delta State and
Obong Victor Attah of Akwa Ibom State of
charges of conspiracy, money laundering,
abuse of office and official corruption in
relation to a sale of V-mobile network
shares in 2004.[19] In September 2009
however there were reports that the
British Metropolitan Police were
investigating a transaction in which the
Lagos State government made an
investment in Econet (now Airtel). Bola
Tinubu said the transaction was
straightforward and profitable to the
state, with no intermediaries involved.[20]
The Federal Government rejected a
request by Britain to release evidence
needed for further investigation and
prosecution of the three Nigerian ex-
governors in a London court.[21]
In March 2009 there were reports that a
plot had been identified to kill Asiwaju
Bola Tinubu. The Alliance for Democracy
called on Inspector General Police, Mike
Okiro to conduct a thorough
investigation.[22]
Following the victory by the People's
Democratic Party (PDP) in the April 2007
elections, Bola Tinubu was active in
negotiations to bring together the
fragmented opposition parties into a
"mega-party" capable of challenging the
PDP in 2011.[23] In July 2009, he called
for implementation of electoral reforms
spelled out in the Uwais report to ensure
that the 2011 elections would be as free
and fair as the elections of 1993 had
been.[24] In December 2009 there were
reports that Babatunde Fashola and Bola
Tinubu had fallen out over the issue of
whether Fashola should run for reelection
in 2011, with Tinubu said to be
supporting the Commissioner for
Environment, Muiz Banire.[25] Fashola
later relented and threw his full weight
behind Akinwunmi Ambode, the current
gubernatorial candidate for APC.
Personal life
Tinubu is married to Oluremi Tinubu, the
current Senator of central Lagos
State.[citation needed]
His mother, Abibatu Mogaji died on June
15, 2013 at the age of 96.[26]

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Re: Meet Bola Tinubu by deltalife(m): 9:32am On May 04, 2015
Waiting good response cry

I don't like the fact that the guy is just buying up Nigeria but I think I like him.
Re: Meet Bola Tinubu by Nobody: 9:35am On May 04, 2015
Person weh dhe use all of una star undecided
I hate "change"
Re: Meet Bola Tinubu by Hammefeez: 10:09am On May 04, 2015
OREMUSSANCTUS:
Person weh dhe use all of MY star undecided I hate "change"


Anyway, i pray God free you from the bondage.....
Re: Meet Bola Tinubu by Nobody: 10:11am On May 04, 2015
Hammefeez:



Anyway, i pray God free you from the bondage.....

Noted!
Re: Meet Bola Tinubu by Hammefeez: 10:17am On May 04, 2015
OREMUSSANCTUS:

Noted!


scroll up....read your post again.... Hmnnnnn...

God know the best sha!

Abeg No spoil my Post ooo

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smile... @lalasticlala @ishilove

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