CHIEF BISI ONASANYA @ 60: LEKKI PEOPLE MAGAZINE CELEBRATES AN ICONIC FINANCIAL GURU

That Mushin Connection

One of the densely populated sub cities in the sprawling Lagos dream, is recently known for its rowdy environ and restless youths, so therefore, couldn't have had a quick attestation to its verifiable contributions to the development of some of Africa's finest accountants, economists and corprate moguls. Nonetheless, this was where Chief Olabisi Stephen Onasanya, astute banker and renowned financial technocrat, spent a chunk of his boyhood, and had his early education. Born on August 18th 1961 in the famous city of Ibadan, to an accountant father of Ijebu extraction, as he passed through the rigors of elementary education at the Anglican Primary School Mushin, and afterwards to the midst of the youthful flock at the famous Eko Boys high School also at Mushin, perhaps, there were noticeable signs that annotates his brilliant and studious mind, but nothing could have betrayed the sky reaching potentials embedded in the young man, and neither was there any omen to foretell that the decisive hand of destiny has chosen to plant his foot-print on the indelible path of great achievers. Looking in the rearview In the early 80's, at the young age of 22 and a chartered account with an extraordinary flair for numbers and financial forecasts, Bisi Onasanya was already distinguishing himself from his peers, heading into his dream life with the right job at hand, and more juicy offers coming from the budding financial sector. However, it was at the age of 24 in the year 1985 that he took two bold steps that laid a solid foundation for the man he would become. The first was choosing to pursue a career in the banking sector, and the second was a decision many men of his age and social status wouldn't dare to take ... Read full story here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_ETKTYEZIOdv7hiJOoI-1w1-AJ8mx-BF/view?usp=drivesdk