Between 1982-3, under the civilian administration of late Governor Adekunle Ajasin, of the Unity Party of Nigeria, UPN, patriotic, highly disciplined and handsome gentleman Chief Reuben Fasoranti, served as the Ondo State Commissioner for Finance.
He was extremely frugal and prudent, diligent and meticulous in handling public funds. Zero corruption was his mantra. A great Awoist to the core.
He lived like a stoic in his modest bungalow private house in Akure.
One of his counterparts then was the late Chief Adebayo Adefarati, then Commissioner for Works andTransport, who later became a governor of the State (1999-2003)
Yours truly Alaba Yusuf served the quiet administrator as Press Officer at the Alagbaka New Secretariat.
The Akure-born Chief, and lieutenant of the great sage Chief Obafemi Awolowo, was full of finesse, statesmanship and humility.
Centenarian Pa Fasoranti, 100, was a leaders' leader. Very urbane and humane till he breathed his last air on mother earth.
Till his passage, Papa was the Chairman Emeritus of Afenifere, the famous Yoruba Socio-cultural Organization.
Adieu, the quintessential teacher-turned-politician and unassuming administrator of human and material resources.
Good night my mentor, my boss. I drank at his fountain of knowledge as a young 22 years old civil servant: information officer.
May his fine but firm soul blissfully rest in eternity Sir.
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