Oloye Bayo Adelabu, an Action - Taker

Who says having a first class is no big deal, should pray for a third class for his or her own children.

Adebayo Adelabu is a superior figure, not it's figure of speech. That, I can boldly attest to. Even in his secondary school days, he never settled for a good result or even "quite a good result', he live life on his own terms, one of which is to go for only "quite excellent" A physical symbol of the motto of his Alma mater #SemperOptimum".

One fact that those who are shouting  Adelabu is flaunting intellect failed to grapple with is that, he is an action oriented man who doesn't hide his intellectual virtue either. A sage says "the development of yourself to be an action taker, that's what will make a major difference". Even in social philosophy, there is what the Russian philosopher Nicolas Beedyaev called "the philosophy of inequality". In our local parlance, we call it "man pass man". What makes George Orwell in "Animal Farms" concludes that "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than the others". This is a divine wisdom that will remain uncommon ad infinitum.

Anything you have and keep hidden is a thing of little value, to borrow Beyonce, 'if you got it, twerk it". If first class is a "three for one dollar thing" how come Omo  Penkelemesi is the only candidate amongst others that have it? Why do we seem to be oblivious to what is obvious?

Before you argue that University grades only explain someone capacity to  do "agberu gbeso" or what educationist reffered to as 'capacity to remember taught concept", can they be reminded that Oloye Adebayo Adelabu did not just bagged first class, he is an A-list banker, A second to none technocrat, a fast thinker, A man with a bullet-proof confidence, a problem solver, a Primus inter pares. All these accorded him a first class in strategic thinking. He has proven beyond doubt that certificate alone is not what has enabled him to fill the success gap.

If he flaunts his academic prowess in a race where such feat is in a short supply, he is only stepping up the game. He is saying in other words that "Even among those that make a difference, there is still something that makes a difference. That's what makes a butterfly different from ordinary fly. Those who are in doubt should find out.