BOLA AHMED TINUBU: A BENCHMARK OF SELFLESSNESS IN GOVERNANCE

The Asiwaju of Lagos and Jagaban Borgu, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu's contribution to good governance is a byword across the geopolitical divides of his country. An exceptional innovator, who made selflessness the bedrock of his sterling performance in the service of the people, it is not by accident that Tinubu's giant footsteps recorded an indelible mark in the sands of time. A role model of whose administrative acumen is worthy of close reappraisal by academics and students of political history from far and near, from being chief executive of Lagos, Nigeria's most densely populated state, Bola Tinubu has evolved as an institution. The foundation he has laid as also the visionary role he continues to play in the affairs of Lagos, the world's 7th largest city, must always come up for mention. Today, Lagos, of which splendour and limitations numerous inputs have been made, is everyone's success story. It is not unusual that the author of the present work has attempted to enliven the reading space with an account illustrating the mammoth impact that made the Asiwaju the chief architect of modern Lagos and, coupled with the unparalleled streak of humanness and diligence, one of the prime movers of events in Nigeria of modern times.