Biography
- Biography Of Olusegun Osoba
Olusegun Osoba was born on 15 July 1939 at Egbatedo Ogun State to Pa and Madam Jonathan Babatunde Osoba. Osoba had his primary education at African Church School, Osogbo between 1947 and 1953. From there, he went to the Apostolic Teachers Training College....
- Biography Of Danjuma Goje, Former Governor , Senator.
Danjuma GojeMohammed Danjuma Goje, former Governor and Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was born on October 10, 1952, in Kashere, in Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State, Nigeria. Danjuma Goje attended the Ahmadu Bello University(ABU),...
- Biography Of Adeola Rahman Ipaye, Deputy Chief Of Staff To The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo.
Adeola Rahman IpayeMr. Adeola Rahman Ipaye was born on June 8, 1963. He is an indigene of Lagos State. Adeola Rahman Ipaye had his University Education at the University of Lagos(UNILAG) where he graduated with a B.A. (Hons) degree in History in 1984....
- Biography Of Liyel Imoke; Ex-governor; Lawyer; Politician; Cross River State Celebrity
Liyel ImokeLiyel Imoke was born July 10, 1961. The earliest disclosed education of Liyel Imoke was his secondary education which he had at the following secondary schools: Mary Knoll College, Okuku, Ogoja and Federal Government College, Enugu which...
- Biography Of Bola Tinubu; Ex-governor; Politician; Lagos State Celebrity
Introduction. Bola Ahmed Tinubu was born on March 29, 1952 in Lagos State Nigeria. Educational Background. Bola Tinubu had his primary education at St. John's Primary School, Aroloya, Lagos and Children's Home School in Ibadan before traveling...
Biography
Biography of Musiliu Obanikoro
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| Musiliu Obanikoro |
Musiliu Olatunde Obanikoro popularly known as koro was born in Lagos. He is from Bakare family of Ita-Ado in Isale Eko, Ikare and Ilashe in Amuwo Odofin Local
Government of Lagos State, the Obanikoro (Ajayi-Bembe) family of Lagos and Idoluwole (Ojo Local Government of Lagos), and the Eletu-Odibo (Oshobile) family of Isale-Eko, Lagos. He had his early education at Saint Patrick Catholic School, Idumagbo, Lagos and Ahmadiyya College (Anwar-ul/Islam College) Agege. He worked briefly as a Clerical Officer at LSHMBS, and at Union Bank as a Clerk before traveling overseas for further studies. While in the US, he attended Texas Southern University where he earned his B.Sc degree in Public Affairs and Master's Degree in Public Administration (M. P. A).
He served as an intern with Houston adult Probation Department, Houston, Texas. He worked as a social worker and later as the Head of the adolescent unit with Little Flower Children Service (an agency affiliated with New York City Department of Social Service).He is an honorary citizen of Glenarden, Maryland and Little Rock, Arkansas.
He returned to Nigeria in 1989 and began his political career immediately. He was appointed as Caretaker Committee Chairman of Surulere Local Government (National Republican Convention); he was elected as the State Deputy Chairman (NRC); appointed by Governor Otedola?s administration as Director, LASBULK (Lagos State Bulk Purchasing Corporation); and member, Lagos State Football Association. He has served as Delegate to Local Government Congress, State Congress, and National Convention. He has also served as Elected State Secretary, Justice Forum. He was also the Chairman, Lagos Island Local Government. He was a national Executive member, Grassroots Democratic Movement (GDM) under the military government of General Sani Abacha.
He was appointed State Commissioner for Home Affairs and Culture in 1999 and served for four years before he was elected Senator of the Federal republic of Nigeria.
Musiliu Obanikoro was elected senator for Lagos Central in the April 2003 elections, under the platform of Alliance for Democracy (AD). He however later defected to the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
He was appointed by President Olusegun Obasanjo as a member of the 2004 Amirul-Hajj Committee.
In February 2005, Obanikoro was among senators who urged the African Union chairman, President Olusegun Obasanjo, to use military force if necessary to restore democracy in Togo.
As Senator, Musiliu Obanikoro proposed motions on the surge and overflow of the Atlantic Ocean along the Bar beach shoreline, to stop the incessant increment in the pump price of petroleum products, to protect Lagos State from the menace of flood, to probe into the condition of the velodrome at the National Stadium, Abuja and for the resolution of the clash between men of the Nigerian Police Force and men of the Nigerian Army in Lagos State He also sponsored several bills, calling for acts to regulate and control public Buildings, to regulate and control Dredging and Excavation of land, to provide for the Re-certification of Fuel Pumps, to prevent Casualisation in public and private Establishment and to amend the Federal Capital Territory Act.
During the flagging off of OPP (Obanikoro Priority Projects), hundreds of items were given out to his constituents, including motor bikes, milling machines, popcorn machines, sewing machines, assorted farming tools, telephone lines and phones, etc. In making education a priority, the Senator established the Senator Obanikoro Leadership and Education Project (SOLEP). Under this programme he supplied textbooks, notebooks, forms and scholarship funding.
He initiated an Urban renewal bill that is designed to give a face-lift to selected cities in Lagos. He set aside funds to help children and women who need financial assistance during surgery. Dozens of Lagosians have benefited from this fund. He is currently in partnership with a US-based NGO (AWHPI) to set up a mammogram centre that will enable women to test for breast cancer for free in Lagos.
In April 2007elections, Musiliu Obanikoro ran for Governor of Lagos State under platform of the PDP, but lost the election to Babatunde Fashola of the Action Congress. During that period, the PDP was disunited in Lagos State and it led to the PDP losing the Lagos State Senate and all but one House of Representatives and 37 State House of Assembly seats to the AC.
In a newspaper interview in July 2007, Obanikoro called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in Lagos State, claiming that infrastructures and values had completely collapsed.
President Umaru Yar'Adua appointed Musiliu Obanikoro as Nigerian High commissioner to Ghana in May 2008.
Divisions between factions in the Lagos State PDP which had surfaced before the 2007 elections continued until a series of meeting in October 2009, where the differences were resolved.
In 2014, he served as Minister of State for Defence under the president Goodluck Jonathan led administration.
- Biography Of Olusegun Osoba
Olusegun Osoba was born on 15 July 1939 at Egbatedo Ogun State to Pa and Madam Jonathan Babatunde Osoba. Osoba had his primary education at African Church School, Osogbo between 1947 and 1953. From there, he went to the Apostolic Teachers Training College....
- Biography Of Danjuma Goje, Former Governor , Senator.
Danjuma GojeMohammed Danjuma Goje, former Governor and Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was born on October 10, 1952, in Kashere, in Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State, Nigeria. Danjuma Goje attended the Ahmadu Bello University(ABU),...
- Biography Of Adeola Rahman Ipaye, Deputy Chief Of Staff To The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo.
Adeola Rahman IpayeMr. Adeola Rahman Ipaye was born on June 8, 1963. He is an indigene of Lagos State. Adeola Rahman Ipaye had his University Education at the University of Lagos(UNILAG) where he graduated with a B.A. (Hons) degree in History in 1984....
- Biography Of Liyel Imoke; Ex-governor; Lawyer; Politician; Cross River State Celebrity
Liyel ImokeLiyel Imoke was born July 10, 1961. The earliest disclosed education of Liyel Imoke was his secondary education which he had at the following secondary schools: Mary Knoll College, Okuku, Ogoja and Federal Government College, Enugu which...
- Biography Of Bola Tinubu; Ex-governor; Politician; Lagos State Celebrity
Introduction. Bola Ahmed Tinubu was born on March 29, 1952 in Lagos State Nigeria. Educational Background. Bola Tinubu had his primary education at St. John's Primary School, Aroloya, Lagos and Children's Home School in Ibadan before traveling...