Mr. Bola-Sadipe graduated from the University of Lagos in 1973. He was deployed to the internal Revenue Division of Kano State in the same year under the NYSC scheme. He joined Coopers & Lybrand, Firm of chartered Accountants in 1974 and was involved in the audit and review and development of the accounting systems of a number of organisations.
On leaving Coopers & Lybrand, he was employed as Management Accountant of George Wimpey & Company Nigeria Limited; a large organisation in the construction industry and became company Secretary before leaving to become Partner in the Firm of Bola-sadipe & Co. in 1981.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA), Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management (MNIM) and a Fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Taxation (FCIT)