Mataimakin shugaban Najeriya, Sanata Kashim Shettima ya bayyana wanda ya kafa bankin Monument Bank na First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Marigayi Otunba Michael Balogun, a matsayin wata cibiya a bangaren bankunan Najeriya kuma abin koyi ga tsararrun ma’aikatan banki da lauyoyi da sauran kwararru.
Mataimakin shugaban kasar wanda ya wakilci shugaban kasa Bola Tinubu, ya bayyana hakan ne a ranar Asabar a jawabinsa a wajen jana’izar marigayi Otunba Balogun da aka gudanar a cocin Cathedral of Our Savior da ke Ijebu Ode a jihar Ogun.
Sen. Shettima ya ce marigayi wanda ya kafa FCMB ya kasance hamshakin maaikacin banki “wanda ya kasance amma yayi fama da rashin lafiya ke so.”
Da yake karin haske game da kyawawan halaye da tasirin da marigayin ya yi, mataimakin shugaban kasar ya ce marigayi Otunba Balogun “mai ba da taimako ne na musamman kuma ya bar duniya yana da shekara 89 kyauta ce da ‘yan kalilan suka ci gajiyar ta.”
A cewarsa, “Ba wai kawai ya dawwamar da kwazon ku ba ne a matsayinsa na wanda ya kafa bankin First City Merchant Bank, wanda muka sani da FCMB, amma duniya za ta ci gaba da yi masa godiya fiye da yadda ya rayu.
“Mun zo nan ne don murnar rayuwa. Yayin da ya bar wannan duniya cikin salama sa’ad da yake ɗan shekara 89 na ban mamaki, muna ta da murya cikin addu’a, muna nuna godiya ga dukan tasirin da ya yi a lokacin da yake tare da mu.
“Saboda haka, wannan sai godiya ga Allah Madaukakin Sarki da ya kawo irin wannan mutum mai daraja a duniyarmu da kuma sauya tsarin tarihinmu.”
Daga nan sai mataimakin shugaban ya jajantawa iyalan Balogun da gwamnati da al’ummar jihar Ogun tare da yin addu’a ga dattijon da ya rasu.
Ya ce “Masoyan mu na Ijebuland da Kiristocin Ijebu, dole ne mu yi godiya da irin halayen da kuka yi wa kasa da duniya baki daya.
“A wannan lokaci na bankwana, muna rokon Allah ya baku hakuri da jaje wajen rungumar masoya da abokan Otunba Balogun. Ya baku ƙarfin Zuciya akan wannan rashi da gode wa allah da Ya baku wannan babban mutum mai ban mamaki.
“Ka sa Otunba ya sami hutawa na har abada ya kuma magadan shi ya ci gaba da samun natsuwa a Zukatan su.”
A nasa jawabin, gwamnan jihar Ogun, Mista Dapo Abiodun, ya ce marigayi Michael Balogun kwararre ne haziki, masanin tattalin arziki kuma lauya wanda ya halarci kwalejin Igbobi dake Yaba, Legas kafin ya wuce makarantar London School of Economist domin karanta shari’a 1956.
Ya ce Marigayi Balogun ya fara aiki ne a fannin banki, a matsayin Babban Lauya kuma Sakataren Kamfani a Bankin Raya Masana’antu ta Najeriya (NIDB) kuma ya rike mukamai da dama a fannin kafin ya kafa bankin First City Monument Bank (FCMB).
Gwamnan ya kuma ce, “A shekarar 1989 Marigayi Michael Balogun ya ba da sabon ginin babban asibitin da aka gina da kuma cikakken kayan aiki ga Ijebu Ode.”
Jana’izar ta samu halartar manyan baki da dama da suka hada da tsohon shugaban kasa Janar Yakubu Gowon; Gwamnan jihar Legas Babajide Sanwo Olu; tsohon gwamnan jihar Ogun, Sen. Gbenga Daniel, da Sen. Seriake Dickson, tsohon gwamnan jihar Bayelsa.
Sauran sun hada da shugaban rukunin Dangote, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; Mai ba da taimako, Mista Femi Otedola; Shugaban Bankin Raya Afirka, Dr Femi Adesina; Sarakunan gargajiya masu daraja na farko da Bishops na Ijebu Anglican Diocese, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, da sauransu.
L.N
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