President Bola Tinubu, former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, Aliko Dangote, State Governors and other eminent personalities attended burial of Founder, First City Monument Bank (FCMB), the late Otunba Michael Olasubomi Balogun.
Tinubu represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima said late Balogun was an institution in the Nigerian banking sector and a model for generations of bankers and lawyers.
Shettima made the observation today in his remarks at the funeral service for the late Otunba Balogun held at Cathedral Church of Our Saviour in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State.
Speaking further about the deceased virtues and impact, the Vice President said the late Otunba Balogun was “a philanthropist extraordinaire and departing from this world at age 89 is a gift that only a few have benefited from.”
According to him, “he not only immortalized your industrious spirit as the founder of the flourishing First City Merchant Bank, which we all know as FCMB, but the world is going to remain grateful to him even much longer than he lived.
“We are here to celebrate life. As he peacefully departs from this earthly realm at the remarkable age of 89, we lift our voices in prayer, offering our heartfelt appreciation for the profound impact he made during his time among us.
“So, this is more of a gratitude to the Almighty God for bringing such a noble person to our world and changing the course of our history.”
The VP then condoled with the Balogun family, government and people of Ogun State and offered prayers for the departed elderstateman. “our dear people of Ijebuland and the Ijebu Christians, must be grateful for the personality you have raised for the nation and the world, in fact.”
In his remarks, the Governor of Ogun State, Mr Dapo Abiodun said late Michael Balogun was a prodigious intellectual, an economist and lawyer who attended the Igbobi Collage, Yaba, Lagos before proceeding to London School of Economist to read law in 1956.
The Governor also said, “in 1989 Late Michael Balogun donated the newly built and fully equipped General Hospital to Ijebu Ode.”
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