For me, that kind of statement coming from him puts more pressure on me. What does this mean to you?Ī:Well, there are many ways to look at it. Q: Tinubu described you as one of his greatest achievements.

For me, it speaks of his concern about those working for him. The incident left an impression on me and what became a practice when I started observing the killing of rams for Sallah. I recalled that after the sharing of the meat, he sent someone to aggregate how much it would cost to buy soft drink for everybody and equally distributed money to them.

As exalted as his office was, he was concerned to ensure that those who could not come to his house, even to the lowest driver, got part of the Sallah meat. He brought Sallah meat to the office and supervised its sharing from floor to floor. I think one thing that left some impressions on me was his commitment to his staff and that was symbolised by what I witnessed on a particular day after the Sallah celebration. “See we have this issue, what do you lawyers think?” We ran around and he would always give us pocket money. That was then I could say we formally met.įrom then on, he would consult us on legal issues and we would help and give him advice. He was always mentioning “Uncle Bola”, and one day, he said: ‘’let’s go and see my uncle.” We got there and went out to lunch with him. Wale Tinubu, his nephew, came to join the law firm, then. At that time, I was a senior associate at the law firm of Sofunde, Osakwe, Ogundipe and Belgore, where I was practising. I had seen him at parties, but we never met. His office was at the Bookshop House at CMS on Odunlami Street. Q: When and how did you meet Senator Bola Tinubu? What was your first impression of him?Ī: That is an invitation to walk down memory lane.

In an interview published in “Asiwaju: Untold Story of The Leader”, a special publication of TheNEWS, Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has detailed how he met the All Progressives Congress (APC) leader and how his generosity endeared him to the leader.

Give me pocket money