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Otunba Femi Pedro @femipedro

Today, I had the privilege of presenting my Letters of Credence to the Governor-General of Australia, H.E. Ms. Sam Mostyn AC.

Officially on duty and ready to deepen the Nigeria-Australia partnership- from critical minerals to the diaspora.

#NigeriaAustralia #RenewedHope 🇳🇬🇦🇺

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Otunba Femi Pedro studied economics up to masters degree level at universities in the United States in the 1970s.

He returned to Nigeria and worked at the Central Bank of Nigeria and other banks in the 1980s.

He was one of the early investors in Guaranty Trust Bank and he worked at GTB from its inception in 1990 till he retired in 1997.

He and others then set up Comet Merchant Bank in 1998 and he became the CEO of the bank.

Governor Bola Tinubu chose Femi Pedro as his running mate in the 2003 governorship election and he was sworn in as deputy governor of Lagos on May 29, 2003.


Femi Pedro informed Governor Tinubu of his intention to contest the 2007 Lagos governorship election. However, Governor Tinubu chose to support Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola because, according to him, he knew all the aspirants, they worked for him and he believed that Fashola was the best man for the job. However, Tinubu said that all the aspirants should test their popularity in the AC primaries.

When Femi Pedro realised that he would not win the AC primaries, he decided to defect to the Labour Party and to contest the election on that platform. Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly warned him that he could not be deputy governor of Lagos and defect to another party and that he should resign if he wants to defect.

Otunba Femi Pedro refused to resign and the Lagos State House of Assembly impeached him.

Femi Pedro contested the 2007 Lagos governorship election on the platform of the Labour Party, but he lost to Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola.

He later defected from the Labour Party to the PDP and attempted to contest the 2011 Lagos governorship election on that platform, but he was not successful.

Bola Tinubu attended Femi Pedro's son's wedding in 2012 and reconciliation moves began.

Otunba Femi Pedro defected to the APC in 2013 and he was given appointments within the party. The Lagos State House of Assembly subsequently reversed his impeachment.

President Muhammadu Buhari made him the chairman of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria
(SMEDAN) from 2018 to 2022, and he was appointed by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode
as the founding chairman of the Lagos State Sports Trust Fund. He was also made a member of the APC Lagos Governance Advisory Council (GAC).

Phred1717:
Please what happened to the letter of credence of Reno and FFK. Two products of same sex Marriage

Nigerians and bad mouth ehnn🤣😂🤣😅😆😁😄😃

This picture is sickkk!!!

Swagger yen ti poju.

naptu2:
Femi Pedro informed Governor Tinubu of his intention to contest the 2007 Lagos governorship election. However, Governor Tinubu chose to support Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola because, according to him, he knew all the aspirants, they worked for him and he believed that Fashola was the best man for the job. However, Tinubu said that all the aspirants should test their popularity in the AC primaries.

When Femi Pedro realised that he would not win the AC primaries, he decided to defect to the Labour Party and to contest the election on that platform. Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly warned him that he could not be deputy governor of Lagos and defect to another party and that he should resign if he wants to defect.

How would he win a primary that clearly already has an anointed candidate by Tinubu?

Una sef.

People who are ill and who see things that are not really there (hallucination) should seek immediate medical attention so that they would not believe that people born of a father and mother (biological men and women) are from same sex marriages.


This reply is for the smart discerning people

Why is he shining his teeth like he is overwhelmed with joy, hoping he will deliver

Congratulations to Otunba. Pls represent us well. Good luck to you sir.

Phred1717:
Please what happened to the letter of credence of Reno and FFK. Two products of same sex Marriage

Reno said is because of the WORLD CUP that Mexico is co-hosting that is why he has not resumed and ffk Germany has rejected him since tinubu know wetin him dey do

So sad he needs our validation . Else , whats the need for all these showmanship.
In the past , people resumed at their post , quietly

By the way , Mahmoud Yakubu , who was compensated with ambassador to Qatar has resumed too

jordyspices:
Reno said is because of the WORLD CUP that Mexico is co-hosting that is why he has not resumed and ffk Germany has rejected him since tinubu know wetin him dey do

What of the ambassadors to America and Canada?
Have they been accredited or not yet since they are also co-hosts

Wickedfacts:
This picture is sickkk!!!

Swagger yen ti poju.

Man dey feel like Merlin 😂

Baba is full of smiles while d oyibos no send.
Nigerians are very happy people

sms4sure:
Congratulations to Otunba.

Pls represent us well. Good luck to you sir.

Are you pleading with him to represent us well because you know he failed to represent us well in his previous public offices here

I know that it's just s illy politics, but this is for those that genuinely do not know.

There is no law that states that all ambassadors around the world must present their letters of credence on the same day. Therefore, saying X has presented therefore Y must present makes no sense.

Meanwhile, Femi Fani-Kayode requested that his posting should be changed to South Africa a long time ago and President Tinubu approved the change.

naptu2:
Otunba Femi Pedro studied economics up to masters degree level at universities in the United States in the 1970s.

He returned to Nigeria and worked at the Central Bank of Nigeria and other banks in the 1980s.

He was one of the early investors in Guaranty Trust Bank and he worked at GTB from its inception in 1990 till he retired in 1997.

He and others then set up Comet Merchant Bank in 1998 and he became the CEO of the bank.

Governor Bola Tinubu chose Femi Pedro as his running mate in the 2003 governorship election and he was sworn in as deputy governor of Lagos on May 29, 2003.


Femi Pedro informed Governor Tinubu of his intention to contest the 2007 Lagos governorship election. However, Governor Tinubu chose to support Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola because, according to him, he knew all the aspirants, they worked for him and he believed that Fashola was the best man for the job. However, Tinubu said that all the aspirants should test their popularity in the AC primaries.

When Femi Pedro realised that he would not win the AC primaries, he decided to defect to the Labour Party and to contest the election on that platform. Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly warned him that he could not be deputy governor of Lagos and defect to another party and that he should resign if he wants to defect.

Otunba Femi Pedro refused to resign and the Lagos State House of Assembly impeached him.

Femi Pedro contested the 2007 Lagos governorship election on the platform of the Labour Party, but he lost to Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola.

He later defected from the Labour Party to the PDP and attempted to contest the 2011 Lagos governorship election on that platform, but he was not successful.

Bola Tinubu attended Femi Pedro's son's wedding in 2012 and reconciliation moves began.

Otunba Femi Pedro defected to the APC in 2013 and he was given appointments within the party. The Lagos State House of Assembly subsequently reversed his impeachment.

President Muhammadu Buhari made him the chairman of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria
(SMEDAN) from 2018 to 2022, and he was appointed by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode
as the founding chairman of the Lagos State Sports Trust Fund. He was also made a member of the APC Lagos Governance Advisory Council (GAC).

Comet was not the last bank he worked in before he became deputy governor of Lagos State.

I remember this very well because the story in the grapevine at that time was that he was offered the role of deputy governor as compensation because he was about to loose his position as MD in the bank...

I'm trying to remember the name of the bank

CJStarz:
Baba is full of smiles while d oyibos no send.
Nigerians are very happy people

So oyinbos no be happy people na him make dem no open their own 32 anyhow like small pikin wey dem carry enter candy shop

Have you heard of hypodescent before?
You can start your free education from the excerpt OP below.


https://www.nairaland.com/post/93103247

Kobicove:
Comet was not the last bank he worked in before he became deputy governor of Lagos State.

I'm trying to remember the name of the bank

Same bank, different name = First Atlantic Bank.

🤣 Besides, there was nowhere that I said that it was the first or last.

crestedaguiyi:
Why is he shining his teeth like he is overwhelmed with joy, hoping he will deliver

Why are you allergic to seeing someone happy? Are you normal?

Hmmm. Congratulations sir

Baba smiling with his potbelly, e no easy for agbaadoriansss

The giant of africa will win back it’s status someday.

You really narrated him well. You must be a researcher or political analyst.

naptu2:
Otunba Femi Pedro studied economics up to masters degree level at universities in the United States in the 1970s.

He returned to Nigeria and worked at the Central Bank of Nigeria and other banks in the 1980s.

He was one of the early investors in Guaranty Trust Bank and he worked at GTB from its inception in 1990 till he retired in 1997.

He and others then set up Comet Merchant Bank in 1998 and he became the CEO of the bank.

Governor Bola Tinubu chose Femi Pedro as his running mate in the 2003 governorship election and he was sworn in as deputy governor of Lagos on May 29, 2003.


Femi Pedro informed Governor Tinubu of his intention to contest the 2007 Lagos governorship election. However, Governor Tinubu chose to support Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola because, according to him, he knew all the aspirants, they worked for him and he believed that Fashola was the best man for the job. However, Tinubu said that all the aspirants should test their popularity in the AC primaries.

When Femi Pedro realised that he would not win the AC primaries, he decided to defect to the Labour Party and to contest the election on that platform. Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly warned him that he could not be deputy governor of Lagos and defect to another party and that he should resign if he wants to defect.

Otunba Femi Pedro refused to resign and the Lagos State House of Assembly impeached him.

Femi Pedro contested the 2007 Lagos governorship election on the platform of the Labour Party, but he lost to Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola.

He later defected from the Labour Party to the PDP and attempted to contest the 2011 Lagos governorship election on that platform, but he was not successful.

Bola Tinubu attended Femi Pedro's son's wedding in 2012 and reconciliation moves began.

Otunba Femi Pedro defected to the APC in 2013 and he was given appointments within the party. The Lagos State House of Assembly subsequently reversed his impeachment.

President Muhammadu Buhari made him the chairman of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria
(SMEDAN) from 2018 to 2022, and he was appointed by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode
as the founding chairman of the Lagos State Sports Trust Fund. He was also made a member of the APC Lagos Governance Advisory Council (GAC).

Nigerian politicians pack educational qualifications and titles full ground yet nothing to show for it ? You will be hearing of professor this, doctor that bla bla…yet economy no work, security no work…nothing much to show that we have educated people. If dem wan build road, dem go build am with open drainages. Education without principles and character na scam!

Curious345:
So sad he needs our validation . Else , whats the need for all these showmanship.
In the past , people resumed at their post , quietly

They are here.
They have nothing to rejoice over and everything to cry over.

Kobicove:
Comet was not the last bank he worked in before he became deputy governor of Lagos State.

I remember this very well because the story in the grapevine at that time was that he was offered the role of deputy governor as compensation because he was about to loose his position as MD in the bank...

I'm trying to remember the name of the bank

. The bank is first Atlantic bank

Kobicove:
Comet was not the last bank he worked in before he became deputy governor of Lagos State.

I remember this very well because the story in the grapevine at that time was that he was offered the role of deputy governor as compensation because he was about to loose his position as MD in the bank...

I'm trying to remember the name of the bank

I think it's First Atlantic bank

And RENO mockery has been seen on the thread..

Tinubu bad gan...

Very bad guy

naptu2:
I know that it's just s illy politics, but this is for those that genuinely do not know.

There is no law that states that all ambassadors around the world must present their letters of credence on the same day. Therefore, saying X has presented therefore Y must present makes no sense.

Meanwhile, Femi Fani-Kayode requested that his posting should be changed to South Africa a long time ago and President Tinubu approved the change.

You are far better than this response. Don't diminish your credibility by supporting nonsense. Why would anyone wish to change posting from a whole Germany to shithole South Africa if not that he was rejected?