His Life's Work
What people remember him for
Education
Primary certificate in 1974, School Leaving Certificate in 1976, Chartered Banker in 1994, Master's degree in 1998. He had to fight poverty for every one of them.
Honesty at Work
When a sitting governor gave him a questionable instruction, he refused and reported it. Fraudsters once tried to implicate him, and his careful records cleared his name. His staff trusted him enough to warn him when people were plotting against him.
Community
He gave families credit so they could finish building their homes. He helped bring the Osun State Block Makers Association together, and he kept the accounts for several associations at once, often working late into the night.
Faith
Every morning at 6:30 the bell rang and the family gathered to pray and read the Bible. He kept this up for decades. He also started morning devotions at his bank branches.
Books
Books he wrote
2006
Banking Operations and Banker Customer Relationship
Odunlade J.A. & Akindutire S.O.
2009
Comparative Banking
Odunlade J.A.
Roles & Positions
Where he served
Banking, teaching, church, trade associations and his local community.
"Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: so shall thy poverty come."
Proverbs 24:33-34, a verse he often quoted to his children