Adebayo Salami
Adebayo Salami | |
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Chairman of Olorunda Local Government | |
| In office December 1990 – September 1991 | |
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| Born | Adebayo Ayoade Salami 26 July 1951 Osogbo, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now in Osun State, Nigeria) |
| Died | 7 January 2021 (aged 69) New York City, New York, U.S. |
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| Children | 5 |
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Adebayo Ayoade Salami ((
After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, he was then appointed to committees on Public Accounts, Labor (vice-chairman), Power & Steel and Water Resources.[3] In a May 2001 debate over importing beans from Burkina Faso, he was in the minority when he argued that whatever could be done to feed Nigerians and make food affordable to the people should be done.[4]
Salami died in the United States on 7 January 2021.[5]
Early life and education
Adebayo Ayoade Salami was born on 26 July 1951, at his family home in Osogbo.
Parents
Adebayo's father was Busari Oladiti Salami, A well respected sanitary inspector that later became known as one of the political strategists for Osogbo. His mother, Rafatu Ayinke was a very industrious woman during her early days in life. She was both a trader and contractor in the days of
Early education
"Amusa," as he was called as a child, which is the
Higher education
Adebayo Salami studied accounting at
National Youth Service Corps
Adebayo was mobilized as a member of the National Youth Corps in 1978 and served the mandatory one year of national service as an accountant in the old
Entrepreneurship
The ambitious young man, Adebayo, later left National Freight Company to set up Aolat Nigeria Limited, a civil engineering and construction firm there in Kaduna. Soon he became a flourishing businessman in town and was fondly called by friends and business associates as, "The Young Millionare".
Political career
Olorunda Local Government Chairman
Adebayo Salami began to test the murky waters of Nigeria's politics in 1990 when he contested the post of Local Government Chairman, (Olorunda Local Government) in the 8 December 1990 nation-wide council election and won. Adebayo, now better known as Bayo Salami, won that election on the platform of the
In a then dominant Social Democratic Party (SDP) environment that the old Oyo State was, Bayo became one out of the only three Local Government Chairmen the new Osun State had in 1991 upon the state's creation. The two others were Boripe and Ife-North local governments. The remaining local governments were all run by SDP chairmen.
Governorship ambition
Adebayo Salami won the ticket to become the
Bayo Salami from that electoral attempt became a known name and face in the politics of Osun.If he lost so narrowly to Isiaka Adeleke when he belonged to the less popular NRC party in the then South West, he could do better if he joined the Progressive Group of Politicians.
The Strategic Bayo Salami weighed his options and teamed up in 1998 with the progressives,[7] led by the late Bola Ige. Hard work and loyalty to a cause won Salami to the hearts of the leaders of his newfound political group. He was given the Osun Central Senatorial ticket to contest as senator.[8]
Senate
Adebayo won that election in January 1999 and became a senator of the
All Progressives Congress
Senator Adebayo Salami was also the chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) representing Osun State before his death in January 2021.[9]
Personal life
He had two wives, several children and grandchildren.
References
- ^ Ex-senator Bayo Salami dies in US
- ^ "FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 20 FEBRUARY AND 7 MARCH 1999". Psephos. Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
- ^ "Congressional Committees". Nigeria Congress. Archived from the original on 18 November 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
- ^ Chukwudi Nwabuko and Donald Andoor (4 May 2001). "Senate Opposes Beans Import from Burkina Faso". ThisDay. Retrieved 25 June 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Odunsi, Wale (8 January 2021). "Former Senator Adebayo Salami is dead". Daily Post Nigeria.
- ^ "::: Welcome to the official website of Osun State Government | the Living Spring | Nigeria :::". www.osunstate.gov.ng. Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Oyetola, Owoeye, Bashiru mourn Senator Salami". 9 January 2021.
- ^ "BREAKING: Senator Adebayo Salami is Dead".
- ^ "Breaking News: Popular Personality Adebayo Salami is Dead". 7 January 2021.