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Governor Sanwo-Olu: A Doyen of Good Governance | By Oluwole Oladipo

The two erstwhile Lagos State Military Governors, before 1999- Olagunsoye Oyinlola, a retired general, (later, became the Osun State civilian governor), and Buba Marwa, a retired brigadier general, (the present performing NDLEA Chairman), were diametrically sterling, and excellent, but opposites, in that Oyinlola created wealth for Lagos State, but kept it, unspent, in the state treasury, until his successor, Marwa, became the military Governor, created his own wealth, too, but spent it, alongside the one earlier kept by his predecessor, Oyinlola, all of which made Marwa to be so popular, with one of his adorable projects appellation, then- KEKE MARWA, till date- I presumed, Chief Oyinlola later made use of his Lagos experience, as the Osun state civilian Governor! In one of my write ups, recently, I expressly stated that, complaining of meeting an empty treasury by any new government- Local, State, or Federal, could be tantamount to a flimsy excuse for incompetence, and failure. The m