One of the children of the former governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Lamidi Adesina, Adetunji has disclosed that the hurdle before him is how to meet up or beat the records left behind by his father.
The youthful entrepreneur, while speaking at the Ring-Road, Ibadan office of Parrot Xtra Magazine about his father’s seven years remembrance and some other issues of national importance, Tunji described his father as a patriotic political leader, who liked to raise the bar and set records.
According to the son of the former governor, “It is a good thing to be a son of the governor, however, my own case is more peculiar, it is a challenging one because when you are the son of someone who likes to raise the bar and set records, you have a bit of hurdles before you, which I am trying to meet or beat.”
He disclosed that his foundation, Eleven Eleven Twelve is part of efforts to immortalize him.
Adetunji added that the foundation is also an avenue to give back to the people, through promotion of best practices among the people, to discover, nurture and promote young and innovative minds within the environmental business circle.
Revealing why he ventured into environmental business rather than following the footsteps of his father and brother in politics, Adetunji emphasized that he has identified politics not to be his calling.
He disclosed that his sojourn in the environmental business was borne out of his passion to make Oyo State not only the cleanness but also a major ‘hub of environmental friendliness’ in the country.
Tunji-Lam challenged states’ governors to develop blueprints centered on the environment to boost their states’ Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) base.
His words, “It dwells back to the fact that so many people believe that nothing can come out of the environment sector and most governments are not looking to that side. Look at Nigeria, I doubt you can have a government that has a blueprint centered on the environment, especially when the whole world is talking and pumping money into issues concerning the environment and climate change.”
Watch out for the full interview in the next edition of Parrot Xtra Magazine.
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