Mike oghiadomhe biography

Nigerian politician (born 1955)

Chief Mike Aiyegbeni OghiadomheCFR OFR (born 4 September 1955) is a Nigerian politician who served as a presidential Chief of Staff from 2010 to 2014. He previously served as the deputy governor of Edo State from 1999 to 2007.

Education and career

Education

Oghiadomhe is a 1978 graduate of soil science from the University of Ibadan; a holder of an MBA degree from University of Benin (1982), currently a Doctoral student at the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. In March 2011, he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri. He is also Honorary Fellow of Auchi Polytechnic and Federal Polytechnic, Offa.

Civil service career

Between 1979 and 1982, Oghiadomhe had a brief stint with the defunct Bendel State's Ministry of Agriculture as a Research Officer. He joined the private sector in 1982 and became a major player in the solid mineral industry. In recognition of his meritorious role in the industry, he was granted membership of the Nigeria Mining and Geosciences Society of Nigeria.

Political career

In 1998, he went into active politics and was elected unopposed into the House of Representatives under the platform of the United Nigeria Congress Party. Subsequent to the truncation of that transition programme, he was elected Deputy Governor of Edo State alongside Lucky Igbinedion on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and successfully served two terms from 1999 to 2007. In the course of service, he received several awards for his unalloyed loyalty and outstanding performance.

In appreciation of his immense contributions to Edo State, the entire traditional rulers of the State unanimously conferred upon him the title of OLUETSENIGIE of Edo land. He remains the first and only Edo man to hold a collective title of the entire traditional institutions in the State. He is also the Chairman, Board of Truste

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Waheed Olagunju

Dr. Waheed Olagunju first made his mark in public service as a broadcaster with the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) between 1981 and 1990, before he transferred his services to the banking sector. While at NTA, he was in charge of Economy Desk and later rose to become the controller of news. In 1990, he joined the former Nigerian Industrial Development Bank (NIDB) now Bank of Industry as senior manager and rose to the position of executive director in charge of business development and was later re-assigned as ED SME. Before he retired, he had acted twice as managing director & chief executive officer of the bank in 2014 and between February 2016 and May 2017.

Under his watch as acting MD & CEO between 2016 and 2017, the bank recorded remarkable improvements that culminated in ratings by international and domestic rating agencies. In the early years of BoI, Dr Olagunju also coordinated the institutional and management study of BOI that was undertaken between 2004 and 2005 by the Swedish Consultants who were appointed by the African Development Bank. He similarly played leading roles in the implementation of their recommendations that formed vital input into BoI’s paradigm shift that was launched in 2006 and he has for many years been a strong member of BoI’s senior management team and later its Board of Directors that propelled the bank’s highly impressive performance. Shortly after he retired, he floated a private advisory company to enable him to continue deploying his vast experience, knowledge and expertise to players in the private sector, national and sub-national governments and civil society organisations across Africa as well as the international development community.

Since then, not much has been heard about him again.

Onyeka Ownenu

Dubbed as the elega

Second highest-ranking official in the executive branch of Edo State in Nigeria

The deputy governor of Edo State is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the government of Edo State, Nigeria, after the governor of Edo State, and ranks first in line of succession. The deputy governor is directly elected together with the governor to a four-year term of office. The deputy governor has the constitutional power to act as the governor in the event of the governor's death, resignation, impeachment, or absence. The deputy governor also assists the governor in the administration of the state and performs any other duties that the governor may assign to him or her.

Dennis Idahosa is the current deputy governor, having assumed office on 12 November 2024.

Qualifications

As in the case of the Governor, in order to be qualified to be elected as deputy governor, a person must:

• be at least thirty-five (35) years of age;
• be a Nigerian citizen by birth;
• be a member of a political party with endorsement by that political party;
• have School Certificate or its equivalent.

Duties and responsibilities

The deputy governor of Edo State has the following duties and responsibilities:

• Filling in for the governor in the event of the governor's unavailability or inability
• Helping the governor in the development and execution of policies and programmes of the state government
• Overseeing the activities of the state executive council and its committees
• Managing the ministries, departments and agencies of the state government
• Presiding over the state boundary committee and the state emergency management agency
• Representing the state government in national and international events
• Communicating with the federal government, other states, local governments and civil society organisations on issues of common interest
• Performing any other duties that the governor may assign to him o

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