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My father was a man of the people, says Ese Onosode

By Odita Sunday
05 October 2015   |   12:27 am
FIRST son of late industrialist, Gamaliel Onosode, Mr. Ese Onosode, at the weekend described his father as a ‘man of the people and a rare boardroom guru”. Ese who told The Guardian that the late Onsode’s burial would be in four weeks time, added that his father’s shoes were too big for his children.
Gamaliel Onosode

Gamaliel Onosode

FIRST son of late industrialist, Gamaliel Onosode, Mr. Ese Onosode, at the weekend described his father as a ‘man of the people and a rare boardroom guru”. Ese who told The Guardian that the late Onsode’s burial would be in four weeks time, added that his father’s shoes were too big for his children.

According to him, “we have an idea of the date but we cannot categorically say a particular date for now. But it would be in four weeks time.  My mother is still devastated because they were best of friends. My father was a loving person, a perfect gentleman, a perfectionist, very meticulous and fun loving.

My father was a low profile person. He was a very special man. We were not ready to lose him. If it were possible to buy the world in order to keep him alive, we would have done it.  He is a man of the people. He was comfortable in Surulere. He walks down to Masha to buy things at the super market; he never feared anything because he would say that nobody is after him.

People call him ‘Boardroom guru’ and it is true because if most people wants their companies to be well managed with the right corporate governance, one of the best person to put in the board of directors is my dad because he knew how to manage the boardroom. He had the right character and temperament to be a boardroom guru.
“I wish I could put on the shoes of my father, because they are too large. He was a guru when it comes to issues of investment banking and capital market. We would miss him so much”

The Director General (DG) of Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr. Oscar Onyema said the institution would miss Onosode’s wise guidance as the chairman of Investors Protection Fund.
“We would certainly miss his wise guidance. He was the chairman of Investors Protection Fund (IPF). The meetings that he chaired were quite interesting because he made sure the minutes were perfect. He exemplified integrity. He guided us in putting together IPF. Why we are happy is that we have made the first payment before this incident occurred.

He was somebody that we could count on when you want the right kind of ideas or solution. We had 1-minute silence on the trading floor when we had the news; we also had a minute silence at the council meeting. We have asked the family to intimate us with the programme of event so that we can participate.

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