Personality of The Week: Mohamadou Bayero Bounou, SODECOTON General Manager.

When such happens, those who don’t know the place of consistency, hard work and dedication of a few in the general good of society will tend to be angry!

It ought not to be so. 

This is because of the interconnectedness of the different components of life and the outcome on the general wellbeing of everyone.

The character our readers have singled out as Cameroon's Personality of This Week, is the General Manager of the Cotton Development Corporation, SODECOTON, Mohamadou Bayero Bounou, who has worked himself to high esteem in recent times.

He gets national, sub-regional and global approval as Personality of The  Week, on the nation’s most authoritative, most widely read and most regularly published newspaper, The Guardian Post, for turning the tides at SODECOTON. 

Readers of The Guardian Post, in their millions, across the globe, are unanimous about what they say is the clean and rare management philosophy of the SODECOTON General Manager. 

His plan to acquire modern equipment to boost production, among other structural changes that have happened at the corporation in recent times, they are saying, make Mohamadou Bayero Bounou a rare breed made of a different steel.

Mahamadou Bayero finds himself in an atmosphere full of praises for his dexterity and shrewd management savvy that have revived SODECOTON, known to many as the heartbeat of the country’s three Northern Regions. 

He was brought to the helm of the corporation in June 2016, when the odds were against SODECOTON, plus the over 200,000 cotton farmers spread across the Grand North.

Today, that depressing narrative has given way to unending seasons of profitability, stability and an accommodating social climate across the Northern Regions. 

That’s not all. This humble, patriotic, publicity-shy and God-fearing servant of the State, has further expanded the production chains and diversified investments to make SODECOTON a key contributor to national growth.

Many who have hailed the patriot, identify and outstandingly so, that the SODECOTON of today is different from the shadow Bayero Mohamadou inherited in mid-2016. 

When he came in then, the company had recorded losses worth at least 22 billion FCFA. But few years down the road, the company is back to winning ways and equipment are being changed to boost the quality of production and make life comfortable for all SODECOTON stakeholders. 

Your Personality of The Week is being saluted this season for transforming SODECOTON into a business and not some village provision store where there are no checks and balances. 

Mahamadou Bayero’s transformation of SODECOTON into an outstanding agro-industrial business is because he set high and attainable goals. 

Since its creation in 1974, those who master the new dynamics at SODECOTON under its current GM say, Mohamadou Bayero stands out as the man who introduced the company into an era of modern practices that match international standards.

He is being saluted for having a rare understanding that nothing will go right in any country, if its agriculture crumbles. 

Mahamadou Bayero has walked golden lanes before and is again this season being projected into bliss for demonstrating that agriculture is the most useful, most noble and most healthful engagement of humanity.

He has been saluted for not only transforming SODECOTON but transforming the lives of millions in the process. Mohamadou Bayero, it is now being said and succinctly so, knows that wealth is not about transforming economies but factoring the people driving the change in the process.

His goal setting abilities are matchless. Mohamadou Bayero has stepped outside his comfort zone to bring change and achieve transformational growth for SODECOTON. 

This, admirers say, remains an uncommon feat in today’s world constantly on shaky grounds that have continued to disfigure entities.

Your Personality of The Week has an aura and spirit of consistency. He is being credited with the legacy of sustainability already in place at SODECOTON.

When he took over as SODECOTON boss, many had categorised the company as an entity of dirt and dung, but your Personality of The Week has worked and changed the perspectives completely. 

The company is now moving from one structural project to another. More national and international partners have been queuing to do business with the corporation. 

Beyond turning cotton into gold, Mahamadou Bayero, enthusiasts say, has established himself through merit as a veritable national reconstruction agent.

The development rhythm at SODECOTON under this distinguished agro-economist, it is today being said, speaks volumes of a man on a mission for the general good of society.

Your personality of The Week is meeting the pressing needs of SODECOTON, its partners and staff without compromising the future of the corporation. 

He has since 2016, when he returned to the corporation as General Manager, planted seeds of change that are now resulting in the positive turnarounds and matchless diversification. 

Mahamadou Bayero is a man who believes in peace and peaceful development. His greatness, it is also being said, is the product of him having a heart always full of gratitude for being given the opportunity to serve.

Mohamadou Bayero is not a stranger when it comes to achieving big, especially when it comes to projects that affect the majority in society. 

He had worked in SODECOTON for years before being highly sorted at the level of the European Union, EU Delegation, where he put his expertise to use excellently.

At SODECOTON, he was once the boss of the Rural Development Sector. This was from 1985 to 1988. Between 1989 and 1997, he was Head of the Rural Development Region at SODECOTON. 

When the Head of State, President Paul Biya, requested for his expertise and experience in June 2016, to rescue SODECOTON, the patriot left the EU Delegation in Cameroon and returned to the farms.

Today, that patriotic commitment of Mohamadou Bayero has continued to be revered for standing strong and applying innovativeness to achieve growth and profitability for SODECOTON. 

For steadying SODECOTON and continuously pursuing growth, Your Personality of The Week, observers are saying and extensively so, is a national hero of many treasures worth celebrating.