Remember Sarah Sosan?

The Deputy Governor to Governor Babatunde Fashola during his first term as Governor of Lagos State.

When he returned for a second term in 2011, Sarah Sosan had been replaced by Mrs. Victoria Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire who then ended the Governor Fashola’s two-term administration with him and Mrs Sosan all but dropped from public consciousness.

In an interview she granted a few months out of office, she explained that although she now enjoyed life out of office and had more time to herself, she was still passionate about educational development especially for kids from humble backgrounds.

Having been an educator for years – Mrs Sosan started her career as a youth corps teacher  at the St. Leo’s Secondary School Abeokuta in Ogun State and then moved on to have a 16-year long career as an educator in Lagos State before being appointed as Deputy Governor -it was not unusual that she’d want to spend her time out of office pursuing the educational advancement of the State.

She was introduced to the IESE Business School (Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa) in Barcelona by Mrs Ibukun Awosika where she studied a short course in education. She then attended the Harvard Executive Education Program in Boston.

Shortly after, Sarah Sosan set up her consultancy, GFR,to use her expertise in the education sector by consulting for those who are interested in setting up schools, further teacher management trainings, qualitative teachers’ seminars and conferences.

The business is divided into the GFR Educational Services and the GFR Academy which was managed by her son, Gbenga Sosan.

In August, 2014, Mrs. Sosan celebrated the wedding of her son, Gbenga Sosan in a glamorous event well-attended by the high and mighty.

A s an offshoot of some of the empowerment programmes she was engaged in while in office as Deputy Governor, Mrs Sosan started kicked off her Sarah Adebisi Sosan Foundation last year to empower women,”especially the rural dwellers who are tagged as forgotten”. The foundation provides mentorship, entrepreneurial and career opportunities, education, as well as medical outreach programmes.

In September of this year, the Sarah Adebisi Sosan foundation held its inaugural SAS leadership summit as part of efforts to help the youth to increase their leadership abilities which will allow them gain ideas and thoughts from practical advice.