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Fola Adeola Is Nuhu Ribadu’s Running Mate by LRNZH(m): 12:00am On Feb 21, 2011
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/fola-adeola-is-nuhu-ribadu-s-running-mate/86548/

Barring any last minute changes, Mr. Afolabi Tajudeen Adeola, former Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc,  former chairman of the National Pension Commission (Pencom), and former member on the (Tony) Blair Commission on Africa, may have been named the running mate of the fledgling candidacy of the anti-corruption czar, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.

Ribadu is the presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). If this happens, it would follow on the heels of the Chief MKO

Abiola-Alhaji Babagana Kingibe Muslim-Muslim ticket, which was widely accepted by Nigerians across regional and ethnic lines in the annulled 1993 presidential election.

Analysts believe it may work again because both Ribadu and Adeola are not known to be religious champions, practising their faith privately and quietly. They are equally known to work across religious and tribal lines.

Party sources confirmed that discussions and consultations are still on-going on the choice of Adeola, and it is expected that matters relating to the pairing of duo will be concluded later today in the evening to beat the INEC deadline tomorrow (February 21) for the substitution of presidential candidates and their running mates.

When contacted last night, Adeola confirmed that he had been approached by the leadership of the ACN but that they were yet to conclude discussions.

The former banker, who likened the decision to a marriage between two people, also admitted that issues relating to the development must be concluded today.
“By the grace of God, everything will be resolved by this time tomorrow (today, Sunday).”

Adeola added that all related issues have to be carefully looked into before a final decision is taken. He said the offer is not what he is taking lightly.

Also confirming the story, one of the ACN governors said the choice of Adeola as Ribadu’s running mate is one of the intelligent decisions the party has taken at this time of the year.

He described Adeola as a detailed person who would naturally pair with a Ribadu, an administrative hand.

The governor said there is the need for a running mate, who would take up all the detailed assignments that the presidential job demands, especially in the quest for a better Nigeria.

He said the Ribadu-Adeola ticket would go down in history as one of the best ever produced in the country by any political party, adding, “We are in this to win and not to consider what some class of people would think about a Muslim-Muslim ticket.

“Even the political class is waiting to break away from the old order. They don’t just know how to go about it.”

The governor, who sounded excited about the development said Adeola is a respectable young man who has paid his dues in the development, of the country.

As co-founder and ex-managing director of GTBank, he said Adeola walked away when the ovation was loudest. He posited that Adeola had also handled many sensitive and vital assignments in the country and beyond.

“He has what it takes to rebuild this country. This country needs rebuilding and not rebranding like the PDP is doing. Nigeria needs root and branch reformation.

“So, we can’t have people who are part of the problem as part of the solution. It would not work. That is the difference between the PDP candidate who is though a nice guy, but is clueless,” he said.


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Re: Fola Adeola Is Nuhu Ribadu’s Running Mate by LRNZH(m): 12:06am On Feb 21, 2011
Biography :

Tajudeen Afolabi Adeola Known as Fola Adeola is the Nigerian current chairman of Eterna Oil & Gas plc is a Nigeria-based company. It is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of lubricating oils and petro chemicals, importation and sale of fuels through its retail outlets, gas, power, upstream supply and technical services for companies in the oil industry.

Mr. Tajudeen Fola Adeola, FCA; OFR serves as the Chairman of Eterna Oil & Gas plc since July 2007. He received his professional training at Deloitte, Haskins and Sells as well as D.O. Dafinone & Co. He also received further professional development training at notable institutions worldwide including Havard Business School, INSEAD and the International Institute for Management Development. A fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and Institute of Directors, Mr. Fola Adeola was the founder and the founding Managing Director/CEO of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, a bank he managed until 2002 during which period GTB grew to become one of Nigeria’s strongest and credible banks. He successfully handed over in 2002 to his deputy and took up fellowship at Corporation for Enterprise Development, Washington D.C. to continue his research on economic development, looking at pension’s reform, entrepreneurship and financial services provisioning for poverty reduction.

In May, 2004, Mr. Fola Adeola was invited by Mr. Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, to serve as a commissioner on the Commission for Africa, through which he attended the 2005 G8 meeting at Gleneagles, Scotland. Since then he has played a significant role in the public sector, where he became the pioneer Chairman of National Pensions Commission, following the promulgation into law by the National Assembly of the Nigerian Pension Bill, principally authored by him. He was also a member of the National Honors and Awards Committee and The Solid Minerals Committee. He served as Chairman of Asset & Resource Management Company Limited and is currently Chairman of Omatek Computers Limited, Socketworks Limited and Lotus Capital Limited and a director of UTC Plc. He served until 2006 as a member of Global Advisory Committee on Philanthropy at the World Economic Forum, attended the HRH the Duke of Edinburgh Commonwealth Study Conference in the UK and was invited to join 24 other business leaders for the Aspen Institute ISIB Annual Business Leaders Dialogue in Aspen, Colorado.

He is currently the Chairman of FATE Foundation, a non – governmental organization dedicated to encouraging the creation of wealth through entrepreneurship, using an innovate mix of training, mentoring, loan support and consulting to support young Nigerians, which to date has serviced over 5,000 young Nigerian entrepreneurs. Mr. Fola Adeola graduated from Yaba College of Technology in 1975 and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1980.

http://www.africansuccess.org/visuFiche.php?id=660&lang=en
Re: Fola Adeola Is Nuhu Ribadu’s Running Mate by semid4lyfe(m): 12:25am On Feb 21, 2011
Ribadu[b]+[/b]Fola Adeola still no match for Goodluck/Sambo tongue
Re: Fola Adeola Is Nuhu Ribadu’s Running Mate by LRNZH(m): 12:28am On Feb 21, 2011
In terms of resources to rig elections or the capacity to win people's votes?

semid4lyfe:

Ribadu[b]+[/b]Fola Adeola still no match for Goodluck/Sambo tongue
Re: Fola Adeola Is Nuhu Ribadu’s Running Mate by yemmight(m): 10:38am On Feb 21, 2011
semid4lyfe:

Ribadu[b]+[/b]Fola Adeola still no match for Goodluck/Sambo tongue

In a country where free and fair election is experienced, how do you compare GEJ/Sambo to Fola Adeola/Ribadu? GEJ/Sambo has gotten nothing to offer this country.
Re: Fola Adeola Is Nuhu Ribadu’s Running Mate by doja(m): 11:04am On Feb 21, 2011
yemmight:

In a country where free and fair election is experience, how do you compare GEJ/Sambo to Fola Adeola/Ribadu? GEJ/Sambo has gotten nothing to offer this country.

I tire ooo.

Re: Fola Adeola Is Nuhu Ribadu’s Running Mate by Afam4eva(m): 11:08am On Feb 21, 2011
If that guy is Ribadu's vice then he's bound to fail and fail woefully.
Re: Fola Adeola Is Nuhu Ribadu’s Running Mate by doja(m): 11:25am On Feb 21, 2011
^^^
why please?

Re: Fola Adeola Is Nuhu Ribadu’s Running Mate by mukina2: 11:53am On Feb 21, 2011

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