For Pa Samuel Abayomi Sosanya, a consummate accountant and member of the Lagos State Governor Advisory Committee (GAC), turning a new page on his book of life in a week’s time is a rare opportunity to celebrate and give special thanksgiving to his creator for a good life.
With his eyes focused on the celebration of his eightieth, the shrewd politician and strategist would surely begin to rise from his ornate bed with good health and behold each new beautiful day with more than one reason to be joyous.
Though some young generation of Lagosians, nay Nigerians, would know him for political sagacity and contributions to the development of Lagos State, particularly in the last 23 years, many others would know him as the dogged fighter, thinker, strategist, and principled man who helped to birth the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN).
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A man blessed with a clear vision, Pa Sosanya was prodded early in life by the desire to leave his imprints on the sands of time. And like a colossus, he stands heads and shoulders above his peers in several spheres of our national life.
And if you ever wondered why he is heartedly attached to Lagos, where he has been a constant player in the progressives’ family, you are most likely going to find the answer in his birthplace,.
His parents were Daniel Olusanya Sosanya of Rokodo and Ogunsere, Ruling Houses of Odemo of Isara Remo and Juliana Olufunke Sosanya of the Sataloye Ruling House of Alaye Ode of Ode Remo, both of blessed memory.
Like most kids of his generation, he started his Accountancy career after secondary school education in 1963 with a firm of Accountants in Lagos, Messrs Alabi & Partners as an Account and Audit clerk.
Even at such young age, most of his contemporaries already knew he would one day be an accountant.
In the neighbourhood, if there was any need to add up some difficult figures, young Olumuyiwa always came to the rescue.
With his unparalleled wealth of experience in accountancy, he was soon drawn to politics by friends and associates who believe that his experience and expertise was needed for political strategies. And as he marches towards his 80th birthday on Sunday, August 6, 2023, family friends and political associates are expected to roll out the drums for one of the best political strategists in modern Nigerian history.