He was so hardworking and effective during his service year that the management of National Freight gave him a job by retaining him after his service year. He worked as a young accountant in that office and soon became the company's principal accountant. Entrepreneurship The ambitious young man, Adebayo, later left National Freight Company to set up Aolat Nigeria Limited, a civil engineering and construction firm there in Kaduna. Soon he became a flourishing businessman in town and was fondly called by friends and business associates as, "The Young Millionare". Political career Olorunda Local Government Chairman Adebayo Salami began to test the murky waters of Nigeria's politics in 1990 when he contested the post of Local Government Chairman, (Olorunda Local Government) in the 8 December 1990 nation-wide council election and won. Adebayo, now better known as Bayo Salami, won that election on the platform of the National Republican Convention. In a then dominant Social Democratic Party (SDP) environment that the old Oyo State was, Bayo became one out of the only three Local Government Chairmen the new Osun State had in 1991 upon the state's creation. The two others were Boripe and Ife-North local governments. The remaining local governments were all run by SDP chairmen. Governorship ambition Adebayo Salami won the ticket to become the NRC Governorship candidate for Osun State. He contested the 14 December 1991 governorship election in Osun state but lost narrowly to Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke of the SDP who became the first Governor of the newly formed Osun State in January 1992. Bayo Salami from that electoral attempt became a known name and face in the politics of Osun.If he lost so narrowly to Isiaka Adeleke when he belonged to the less popular NRC party in the then South West, he could do better if he joined the Progressive Group of Politicians. The Strategic Bayo Salami weighed his options and teamed up in 1998 with the progressives, led by the late Bola Ige. Hard work and loyalty to a cause won Salami to the hearts of the leaders of his newfound political group. He was given the Osun Central Senatorial ticket to contest as senator. Senate Adebayo won that election in January 1999 and became a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in June 1999. He served in the 4th National Assembly (1999-2003). He was the Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Labour and