Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1950, ko Salami te hekeretari o te Ibadan Cooperative Produce Marketing Union, he mahi e uru ana ki te whakariterite me te utu mo nga hua i kawea mai e nga mema o te mahi tahi. Whai muri i tana mahi ki te koporeihana, i muri mai ka mahi ia me UAC. I te wa o mua o te rangatiratanga, i uru a Salami ki te Mabolaje Alliance o Adegoke Adelabu. I te tau 1954, i toa ia i te pooti hei kaitohutohu ki te Kaunihera o te Takiwa o Ibadan i raro i te haki o te NCNC a i te tau 1956, ka wikitoria ia i te pooti ki te Whare Huihuinga o te Hauauru, ka hinga i te rangatira, a Akinloye. Whai muri i te matenga o Adelabu i te 1958, he raru i roto i te peka o Ibadan NCNC i arahi ki te wehenga o Salami mai i te NCNC. I muri mai, i hono ia ki te Rōpū Mahi, a, he mema no te roopu o Akintola. I whiriwhiria ia ki te Kaunihera o te Takiwa o Ibadan i te tau 1961 a i muri mai ka tohua hei kaiwhakahaere whakahaere, Western Nigeria Development Corporation. Whai muri i te rerenga hōia o
I te 15 o Hanuere 1966, i mauheretia a Salami mo nga marama e rima i mua i tana tukunga e nga hoia i te wa o te whakaeke-a-ture o Hurae 1966.