Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1950, Salami bụ odeakwụkwọ nke Ibadan Cooperative Produce Marketing Union, ọrụ nke gụnyere nhazi ọkwa na ịkwụ ụgwọ maka ngwaahịa ndị ndị otu na-eweta. Mgbe ọ rụsịrị ọrụ n'ụlọọrụ ahụ, o mechara rụọ ọrụ na UAC. N'oge oge nnwere onwe, Salami sonyeere Mabolaje Alliance nke Adegoke Adelabu. N'afọ 1954, ọ meriri ntuli aka dịka onye ndụmọdụ na mpaghara mpaghara Ibadan n'okpuru ọkọlọtọ nke NCNC na 1956, ọ gara n'ihu merie ntuli aka na Western House of Assembly, meriri onye nọ n'ọkwa, Akinloye. Mgbe ọnwụ nke Adelabu na 1958, nsogbu dị n'ime ngalaba NCNC nke Ibadan mere ka Salami pụọ na NCNC. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ọ sonyeere Action Group ma bụrụ onye otu nke Akintola. A họpụtara ya ọzọ na Ibadan District Council na 1961 ma emesịa họpụta ya dịka onye isi nchịkwa, Western Nigeria Development Corporation. Mgbe agha agha nke
Jenụwarị 15, 1966, a tụrụ Salami mkpọrọ ọnwa ise tupu ndị agha tọhapụ ya n'oge mgbagha nke July 1966.