Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has a couple of things going for him. First, he is, by any stretch of imagination, one of the most loved Governors in Nigeria. Second, he is humility-personified. And even though he is from a very privileged background – rich parents, a rich elder brother who was a Governor and later, a Senator, another obscenely rich elder brother who would donate the sum of one billion Naira to a Church without a blink of an eye, has two private jets, a University and much more. And, himself, an entrepreneur, a former Senator, and now, a Governor, has no airs about/around him. He is down- to-earth.
For, especially, his humility, Governor Adeleke is loved by not a few people. The icing on the cake for which he is dearly loved, especially by the youths, is his dancing skills. Now, add that to his being Davido’s (the hugely successful international musician) uncle who, he effortlessly dances with.
When Adeleke was a Senator, he was fondly dubbed the “Dancing Senator”. The “title” was quickly “transferred” to him when he was elected the Governor of Osun State. Not even the high profile office of a Governor could change him. Simply put, Governor Adeleke is a jolly good fellow. He became to his admirers, the “Dancing Governor.”
Aside from his natural love for dancing, the Governor has just explained the main reason why he dances, especially, to gospel music. He revealed he does that in appreciation of God. He says he dances to the God’s glory; he dances to praise God. And that is because, his parents, both of blessed memory, taught them to present any problems, all problems, to God.
The Governor revealed this in reaction to a testimony given before a congregation in Maryland, United States of America, a few days ago by his billionaire elder brother, Dr Adedeji Adeleke. Adeleke (senior), calm, a little on the shy side, is a businessman, President, Adeleke University, and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Holdings Ltd.
At a Convention of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Maryland, Dr Adeleke (Davido’s father) gave an inspiring testimony; a testimony on how God miraculously took care of what was thought an insurmountable obstacle for him.
In a viral video, he said he encountered a man-made obstacle when he wanted to build his $2000,000,000 bn Power Plant. When he was set for it to take off, a Government official, whose name he did not reveal stood as thr rock of Gibraltar against the project. No matter what he did, the official stood against it, told him it would not work, it would never see the light of day.
A billionaire that he is, it was still tough for one to let a-$2 billion (US dollars) investment go down just like that.
So, according to him, with no choice left, he took his problems before God. He went on his knees to God in prayers, much to the amusement of his Chinese partner who told him God had nothing to do with this. But Dr. Adeleke persevered in his prayers.
One day, he said, God intervened. Dr Adeleke said, unexpectedly, he got a call from the Ministry of Power to proceed to the Minister’s office.
When he got there, they brought out the file and asked him to sign. To his astonishment, it was easy. The man who had been an obstacle to the project suddenly fell ill, and was flown out of the country. That was how Dr. Adeleke got the $2bn project set to go into operations in 2025. The 1, 250 Megawatts Power Plant will be the biggest in Nigeria.
Currently, Adeleke company provides 15 per cent of Nigeria’s power needs.
Reacting to his elder brother’s testimony, Governor Adeleke posted: “Proud of my big bro always. My Chairman.
“Our parents always taught us to take everything to God in all that we do.
“I hope this testimony inspires others not to give up when faced with those trying to stand between them and their goals.
“This is why I dance to praise God.”
And to that, Davido added: “Remember the Sabbath day♥..amazing testimony from my Hero my Father.”
Governor Adeleke, PDP, is on his first term as Osun State Governor, and from reports, doing a good job of it.
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