Gboyega Nasir Isiaka | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 February 1962 Imeko, Ogun State, Nigeria |
| Political party | Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) |
| Alma mater | St Gregory's College, Lagos University of Ife (now Moshood Abiola Polytechnic) |
| Occupation | Pharmacist, Politician |
| Website | Official website |
| Nickname | JK or Jay Kay |
Olujimi Kolawole Agbaje (popularly known as Jimi Agbaje or JK; born March 2, 1957), is a Nigerian Pharmacist, and Politician. He was the 2015 PDP's Lagos State Governorship candidate, but he lost.[1][2][3]
Early life
editHe was born on March 2, 1957 in Lagos State to late Chief Julius Kosebinu (Banker) and Mrs. Margaret Olabisi (teacher) Agbaje.[4] He is the second born and first male child of five children (two female and two male siblings) including Segun Agbaje, CEO of Guaranty Trust Bank.
Business career
editIn 1982, Jimi Agbaje founded his own company, JAYKAY Pharmaceutical and Chemical Company Limited and was Managing Director until 2005 when he decided to venture into politics.[5] A consummate professional, he was a member of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (1999 – 2006); National Secretary of the Nigerian Association of General Practice Pharmacists (NAGPP) from 1987 – 1990; National Chairman NAGPP (1990 – 1993) and Chairman Pharmaceutical society of Nigeria Lagos State (1994 – 1997). He was a member, Lagos State Task force on Fake and Adulterated Drugs (1989 – 1993), National Drug Formulary and Essential Drugs List (1986 – 1993) and Lagos Hospitals Management Board (1994 – 1997).[6] Jimi Agbaje also sits on the Board of other organizations including Oakwood Park Ltd, Atlantic Hall Secondary School Epe, Jimi Agbaje Outreach (a project dedicated to helping the less fortunate) and has served as business mentor at Fate Foundation[7][8]
Political Life
editIn a 2013 interview with The Punch Newspaper, Agbaje talked about how he began in politics: "It had to do with the Moshood Abiola/Bashir Tofa presidential election", he said. "I saw the annulment as a personal insult and an assault on the Nigerian people. This led to my first entry into what I would call activism, working with other concerned professionals" such as Prof. Pat Utomi, Dr Ayo Ighodaro, Asue Ighodalo, Billy Lawson, Oby Ezekwesili, Tola Mobolurin and Hassan Odukale.[9][10] Jimi was in one form of resistance group or the other which ultimately led him to join the socio-political organization, Afenifere where he served as national treasurer.[11]
Based on his affiliation with Afenifere, Jimi Agbaje joined the Action Congress (AC) - his first political party. In 2007, Agbaje who had initially aspired to contest for the Governor of Lagos State on the platform of the Action Congress (AC) left the party to join the Democratic People's Alliance (DPA).[12] He was among the 11 aspirants that turned their back to the Action Congress (AC) when it was alleged that Governor Bola Tinubu had already anointed someone else to succeed him even before the party primaries.[13] Widely believed to have conducted the best campaign in 2007, Agbaje contested in gubernatorial election on the Democratic People's Alliance (DPA) platform, but eventually, alongside other major contenders - Musiliu Obanikoro of PDP, Femi Pedro of Labour Party (Nigeria) - lost to Babatunde Raji Fashola of the Action Congress (AC).[14]
He left DPA in 2011 and went on to join the ruling party, the People's Democratic Party, PDP[15] following the de-registration of DPA by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).[16] On October 29, 2014, he officially indicated his interest in giving the Lagos State gubernatorial elections another shot by picking up the PDP nomination form.[17] On 8 December 2014, it was reported that he emerged as the candidate of the People's Democratic Party, PDP for the 2015 Lagos State gubernatorial election, having defeated Musiliu Obanikoro in the primary. Musiliu Obanikoro is the former Minister of State for Defence who is also a member of the opposition party, People's Democratic Party, PDP.[18][19]
Official Duties
editHe has held various professional positions. Among others are:
- National Secretary Nigerian Association of General Practice (1987-1990)
- National Chairman of Nigerian Association of General Practice Pharmacists (1990 – 1993)[20]
- Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (1994 – 1997)
- Chairman of the 1994 National Conference Planning committee of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria
Awards and fellowships
edit- Merit Award Winner (MAW), Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (Lagos State chapter).
- Fellow, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (FPSN)
- Fellow, West African Post Graduate College of Pharmacists (FPCPharm)
Personal life
editHe is married to Abiola Agbaje (née Bankole), a lawyer. The couple met as students at the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University and dated for eight years before getting married. They have three children; two boys and a girl.[21]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Lagos Celebrates Jimi Agbaje After Election Results
- ^ "Jimi Agbaje wins PDP Lagos governorship ticket - P.M. NEWS Nigeria". pmnewsnigeria.com.
- ^ "Jimi Agbaje Joins PDP Ahead Of 2015 Gubernatorial Election In Lagos". SaharaReporters. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "#4NL-4 New Lagos movement endorses Jimi Agbaje as Governor come 2015". bunmiodunowo.com.
- ^ "PDP Primary: Jimi Agbaje floors Obanikoro". persecondnews.com.
- ^ "#4NL-4 New Lagos movement endorses Jimi Agbaje as Governor come 2015". bunmiodunowo.com.
- ^ "Board of Directors". vigeoholdings.com.
- ^ "2015: AGBAJE UNSETTLES LAGOS.....as APC suffers major defections". paparazzipress.com.ng.
- ^ "Politics changed my dress sense". punchng.com.
- ^ "Jimi Agbaje must hear this". thenationonlineng.net.
- ^ "Party Chair speaks of alliances, security in Lagos". wikileaks.org.
- ^ "I can't be mole for Bola Tinubu or APC – Jimi Agbaje". vanguardngr.com.
- ^ "Nigeria: How DPA Will Shock PDP, AC in Lagos - Agbaje". allafrica.com.
- ^ "Femi Owolabi reports on how it went down at the Omojuwa moderated conversation with Jimi Agbaje". thescoopng.com.
- ^ "I joined PDP in 2011 not 2014, says Agbaje". dailyindependentnig.com.
- ^ "INEC deregisters 28 political parties, Okotie, Balarabe Musa affected". premiumtimes.ng.com.
- ^ Olawale Kadir. "Lagos 2015: Jimi Agbaje picks up PDP nomination form, says APC lacks ideas". today.ng.
- ^ "Jimi Agbaje emerges Lagos PDP guber candidate". citypeoplegroup.org.
- ^ http://www.nigeriatell.com/news/breaking-news-jimi-agbaje-defeats-obanikoro-to-win-lagos-pdp-guber-primary
- ^ "Politics changed my dress sense –Jimi Agbaje". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper.
- ^ "Politics changed my dress sense". punchng.com.
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Gboyega Nasir Isiaka | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Imeko, Ogun State |
Joseph Odeleye Fadahunsi, KBE (1901 – 12 May 1986)[1] was a Nigerian businessman and politician who was a vice president of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons. He also represented the Ilesha district in the House of Assembly during the nation's first republic, and subsequently served as the Governor of the Western Region of Nigeria.
Business career
editFadahunsi started work as a teacher at a government assisted school in Ilesha before he left teaching to become a produce buyer. He became a buyer under the United Trading Company, a branch of the Swiss Lutheran Church's missionary association, the Basle Mission. He started his business buying cocoa from farmers and hiring transporters to deliver the produce to the Ibadan office of the United Trading Company. He then earned enough profits to buy his own transport vehicles and his enterprise soon expanded into the transport sector.[2]
References
edit- ^ Ladigbolu, A.G.A. (1996). The African governor: Sir Chief Joseph Odeleye Fadahunsi. Lichfield Nigeria Limited. ISBN 9789783049895. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
- ^ 18 The final tour
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