Former President, Olusegun Obasajo has said no leader can achieve success without stepping on toes.
Obasanjo stated this on Sunday, while playing host to Dr.
Dayo Israel, the new chairman, Board of Management of Federal Medical Centre,
Idi-Aba, Abeokuta.
The familiarization courtesy visit had the Centre’s Medical
Director, Prof Adewale Musa-Olomu and members of his Management team.
The former president charged the new chairman to brace up
for the challenges ahead and be ready to step on toes, if necessary.
He maintained that doing so would yield a successful tenure
of office.
His words, “if you’re doing a job and you’re not stepping on
toes, then you’re not effective.”
Obasajo, while citing an incident that happened some decades
back shortly after he left office as Head of State, said he had to “sack” his
daughter from his farm on account of late coming to work.
He said, “Shortly after I left office as Head of State, my
first daughter, then at University of Ibadan studying Veterinary Medicine was
engaged on my farm to gain some practical experience during long vacation.
“On day one, she resumed a quarter past seven in the morning
as against the usual 7 O’clock. I warned her reminding her that she has an
obligation to be of good example to other workers.
“I told her I will not hesitate to wield the big stick
should the same be repeated going forward.
“To my amazement, the following day she was late to work
again. I did not hesitate to send her back right from the gate.
“Not surprisingly, this had an indescribable effect on all
my employees, saying ‘if Baba could do this to his daughter, who are we?'”
However, Obasajo counselled the new Chairman to be “just,
fair, and humane”.
He commended Prof. Musa-Olomu, the Medical Director, for the
tremendous accomplishments of his administration over the past seven and half
years at the Centre.
Earlier, the FMCA Board Chairman, Dr Israel had described
Baba Obasanjo as an international Colossus, full of wisdom and wits.
The Chairman restated his goal of turning the Centre into a
premier medical facility where individuals from all over the world will come to
get complete medical care.
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