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2024: Five Factors to Determine LAGSOBA Nat’l President on Saturday

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Lagelu Grammar School Old Boys Association (LAGSOBA)

 

The coming Saturday national elections of the Lagelu Grammar School Old Boys Association (LAGSOBA) is with some factors that will shape the future of the Alma mater of those who attended the noble and prestigious school.

 

With keen interest in the profile of candidates lining up to take the mantle of leadership of the association, National Presidential candidates in particular, there are indications and many indicators pointing at and favoring a particular candidate among the list of noble, eminent and distinguished Old Boys vying for the presidency of the association.

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THE CANDIDATES, Dr. Rahman Olalekan Oguntade, Mogaji Abass Adewale Kadri and Messrs Olawale Ojetola, all distinguished Old Boys.

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While RAHMAN OLALEKAN OGUNTADE, a scholar of repute with B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Zoology, Marine Sciences and Cell Biology and Genetics from University of Lagos. 

Fellow of Fisheries Society of Nigeria, Director and Head of Biotechnology Department, Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR) of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, International Technical Committee Chairman on Fish, Fisheries and Aquaculture standards for Africa under African Regional standards Organisation (ARSO) overseeing 32-member states.

Alhaji Rahman Olalekan Oguntade LAGSOBA Presidential Candidate

Also a National Vice President, Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON), Visiting Scholar to Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Xiamen University, China; Central Laboratory for Aquaculture Research (CLAR), Egypt; Galilee International Manag. Institute, Nahalal Israel; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria, Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquaculture and the program of Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Auburn University, Alabama, United State of America.

 

Oguntade is also a Principal Investigator/Grant Award Winner for various research grants such as Competitive Agriculture Research Grant Scheme (CARGS) and West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP), Department for International Development (DFID) and Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), MASHAV, Israel.

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Periscoping his contributions to Lagelu Grammar School Old Boys Association (LAGSOBA), he has served as Administrative Secretary, LAGSOBA, Lagos 1995-2000, Assistant Secretary, LAGSOBA, Lagos 2000- 2006, Secretary LAGSOBA Fund raising dinner committee 2008, General Secretary, LAGSOBA, Lagos 2006 – 2010, Secretary, LAGSOBA Distinguished Alumni/Career/Mentorship Committee 2017.

 

Others are Member of LAGSOBA Academic Support Committee 2017 – 2018, Vice Chairman – LAGSOBA 1982-87 set (2000 – 2022), Vice Chairman – LAGSOBA Lagos Branch (2016 Till date).

 

MOGAJI ABASS ADEWALE KADRI, a consummate and veteran insurance professional who is also a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (FCIIN) and a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA).

 

Adewale Kadri as a holder of B.Sc. in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom and Masters Degree in Business Administration with specialization in Marketing from Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos State, he also holds a Certificate of Competence in Management Advancement Programme from University of the Witwatersrand, Johanesburg, South Africa.

Mogaji Abass Adewale Kadri LAGSOBA National Presidential Candidate

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As a seasoned Sales professional,  he began his insurance career with Worldwide Insurance Company Limited in 1994 as a Life Marketer and later moved to ELMAC Assurance Nigeria where he joined the Team entrusted with responsibility of marketing the company’s various specialized insurance packages. 

 

He joined the marketing team of Newline Insurance Company Limited as Sun Insurance PIc. where he served in various managerial capacities before joining the pioneer team of UBA Insurance in 2004 as, Group Head, Brokers’ Management Division.

There, he served on various committees which ensured the successful take-off of the first Bancassurance Business Model in Nigeria.

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It is worthy to note that, Mogaji Wale was the Acting Managing Director of Oceanic Insurance Company Limited/Old

Mutual Nigeria General Insurance between July 2012 and April 2014, leaving as a Business Development Executive in 2017.

 

He is currently the Executive Director, Technical/Corporate Business of AlICO Insurance PIc.

 

Mogaji Kadri has involved in different capacities to uplift his Alma mater which is not limited to the few mentioned below;

 

Member Lagelu Grammar School Governing Board – 2022 – Till date, Vice President 2 LAGSOBA – 2022 – Till date, Chairman Perimeter Fence Committee –  2023, Member Accountability & Due Diligence Committee – 2021, Member Welfare Committee 1989 Set and Chairman, 1989 Set Reunion Committee –  2020

 

Lagelite OLAWOLE ADEBAYO OJETOLA, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA), Certified Information System Auditor (CISA), Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE) and an Associate of Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers(ACIS).

 

He is known for his sterling pedigree with many professional feats as a Chartered Accountant and Certified Information Systems Auditor.

Mr. Adebayo Ojetola LAGSOBA National Presidential Candidate

Lagelite Olawole Ojetola is a member of 1978/83 Set of Lagelu Grammar School, Ibadan.

 

As immediate past 2nd Vice President and Chairman, 35th Exit Anniversary and currently, Secretary of the Ibadan Branch of the Lagelu Grammar School Old Boys Association and the incumbent 1st Vice President of the National Alumni.

 

From the above, it is important to state that, Lagelu Grammar School Old Boys Association, LAGSOBA, cannot have it better than what any association could with any of the trio heading the association as National President.

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But it is an election matter. Still, head or tail, the association is aiming for the best in the hand of the best candidates vying to be the National President and other offices.

 

WHERE WILL MEMBERS STAND?

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All things being equal, the contest starting tomorrow with virtual voting for those in far places and diaspora to have stake in the affairs of their Alma mater, and to be concluded with physical voting on Saturday, there seems to be a direction of where the Old Boys are heading to, with five determining factors justifying their direction, maybe;

1. The understanding of the association and its formation;

2. The core mandate of the association in respect to members’ welfare and Alma mater prosperity;

3. The concept of discipline and hierarchy as rooted in the spirit of the Old Boys Association;

4. The level of affinity to the association in determine the level of committment and members inclusiveness; and

5. The maturity to move forward without holding grudges to other opponents after the election to keep the association bond as one and nothing but one.

If the five observable factors are well considered, analysed and used in justifying the would be next National President of the association, who then does the cap fit or fit in to the criteria?

Finger crossed till Saturday as we continue to observe the development of the electioneering process.

Akintunde Yusuf is my name.

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  1. Mr Olawole Adebayo Ojetola is 1st vice president and not 2nd vice president and currently the Bursar of Ibadan Polytechnic.He was also the chairman of 83set 35th exit anniversary from Lagelu Grammar School While Mogaji Adewale Kadri was the 2nd vice president and Dr Akintunde has spent 35years serving Lagelu Grammar School in various capacities.Thank you for this write up.

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