Eko Hot Blog reports that influential persons, including politicians, in the Epe Division of Lagos State have congratulated Senator Adetokunbo Mukhail Abiru on his 59th birthday.
Senator Abiru, who represents the Lagos East senatorial district in the Nigerian Senate, clocked 59 on Saturday.
The lawmaker has often been praised by his constituents for being a strong representative of their interests, a sentiment that earned him the moniker, “DoingGood senator”.
Rep. Wale Raji, the member of the House of Representatives representing Epe Federal Constituency, has joined in congratulating Senator Abiru on his 59th day.
The federal lawmaker described his contemporary in the National Assembly as an exemplary leader who has been a blessing to Lagos East.
He expressed confidence that the seasoned banker will continue to use his wealth of experience to deliver the dividends of democracy to his constituents.
In a lengthy tribute titled, ‘Tokunbo Abiru: Celebrating A Compassionate And A Dynamo’, Epe-based political scientist and trained public policy expert, Giwa Murtala Omotola-Moore, described the senator as “a man of substance” who is on a “mission to impact his environment positively.”
“A man of purpose who lives but not by happenstance or impulse,” Omotola-Moore wrote in the glowing birthday message.
Highlighting Senator Abiru’s exploits in the private and public sectors, the public policy expert praised the former bank executive for having significant leadership qualities such as integrity and competence.
“DoingGood Senator is a man of focus, drive, zeal and determination. He does not court cheap popularity or mass revalidation neither does he fancy unnecessary garrulous presence,” Omotola-Moore wrote.
Senator Tokunbo Abiru presents his Certificate of Return to President-elect Bola Tinubu
The Epe-based political influencer also revealed the many achievements of Senator Abiru since he became a lawmaker in December 2020, including COVID-19 relief funds, loan schemes for MSMEs, scholarship for indigent students, and empowerment programmes for youths.
The management of Eko Hot Blog Media Organisation has also sent greetings to Senator Abiru on his birthday.
The fast-growing media organisation hailed the senator for being an excellent representative of his people.
While wishing Senator Abiru many more years in good health, Eko Hot Blog urged the lawmaker not to relent in his duty of being a strong voice for Lagos East residents in the Senate.
The DoingGood Senator was born on March 25, 1964. An indigene of Ikorodu, he attended Government College Lagos, Baptist Academy Lagos for advanced level studies and Lagos State University graduating in economics in 1988.
He holds a B. Sc Economics and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and Honourary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN).
Senator Abiru is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and Lagos Business School executive education programmes and is happily married to Mrs Feyisola Abiru, CEO of H & Y Ltd, an industrialist with a thriving furniture industry in Ikorodu.
His working career took him through several institutions including Deloitte (formerly Akintola Williams and Co), Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, First Atlantic Trust Bank and First Bank of Nigeria Plc before his appointment as Lagos State Commissioner for Finance in 2011 under the administration of Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN.
As Commissioner for Finance, he led the state’s floating of an N80billion bond earning it the EMEA Finance Best Local Currency Bond Award for 2012. His efforts led to a significant increase in Land Use Charge generated by the state government and the widening of the tax net to improve revenue generation by 2013.
Abiru, who has more than three decades of experience in the financial sector was appointed in July 2016 by the CBN as Group Managing Director to lead the turnaround of Skye Bank in a bid to preserve the stability of the Nigerian Financial System, a critical assignment which he successfully accomplished leading to the birth of the new and transformed Polaris Bank Ltd.
In 2020, he was elected a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Abiru was reelected to represent the Lagos East Senatorial District on February 25, 2023.
He defeated his closest opponent, Akobada Nicholas Adekunle of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by a margin of nearly 100,000 votes.
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