FACT ABOUT BUNMI TUNJI OJO (BTO)
BUNMI TUNJI OJO:Man of his words.
A man whose story cannot be told without the repeated mention of grace of God is Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. He is a typical example of a man that rose from rags to riches.
He had earlier in life forced himself out of the crucible of grinding poverty and came out with material and intellectual riches.
The resolute determination of the Management consultant in his early life struggles had helped him to conquer poverty and his unpleasant experience of lack has made him passionate to the cause of rescuing his people from the firm grip of underdevelopment.
Without doubt, it can only take the grace of God and hard work for someone like Bunmi Ojo to have come out of the vicious circle of poverty.
By nature, poverty is made of an iron ceiling that has four feet off the ground and its ceiling forces those who live in it to spend their days hunched over, on the edge of fear and humiliation.
But God in his infinite mercy has been most kind to Bunmi Tunji-Ojo and now is his own pay back time to his immediate and extended community.
According to Tunji-Ojo,”I am a man that lost his father when I was in primary 4 and the only child of my parents. I could remember the days I used to hawk tomatoes and pepper at Oja-Oba market in Akure.
I could remember that I was unable to pay for my final year examination if not for Dr Ayo Val. He is one of the key men of God that played a major role in my life”.
BTO as he is popularly called is an accomplished business man and management consultant. He is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Matrix IT,New Planet Projects Limited and other thriving companies.
He is highly dissatisfied with the poor condition of all nearly all the federal roads in Akoko land, a situation that is negatively impacting the affected communities.
Bunmi Tunji-Ojo feels that his federal constituency lacks quality representation at the federal level which has practically manifested in the infrastructural retrogression of the area.
In his words, “Now we are scared of the bad road and we are also scared of been kidnapped on the road, a journey that was supposed to take 5 hours is now taking 10 hours.
I could remember in 2006 to 2007, we used to make it on that road for 5 hours, but now it is something else. It then means that once you go through that road you have wasted your entire day. So productivity wise, it is making us to be less productive.”
The Oyin Akoko born ICT guru can actually feels the pain of his people; a factor that that has spurred his interest in partisan politics.
He has evidently achieved monumental successes as a professional and now feels compelled to be the the torch bearer of development for his people.
In his words, “I am desirous to be able to influence life positively and to be able to create a greater future for my generation because my generation is a new generation and we must be able to create the future for generations coming after us just like the one before us in the likes of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu”.
Mr Bunmi Tunji-Ojo has seen how some legislators in the national assembly have taken full advantage of their offices to facilitate road construction, road repairs and other projects in the areas they represent.
It is for this reason that the intellectually gifted Akoko son has decided to contest for the seat of Akoko North and Akoko West federal constituency. His decision to venture into politics definitely could not have been informed by material acquisition going by the quantum of his attainments in profession and business.
According to him, ” We must be able to take advantage of that to create a better future for the people, to give them a voice and be able to give them a good representation at the highest level”.
BTO plans to actualize his ambition on the platform of the All Progressive Congress and he is overly optimistic of his chances of success. Although, he had contested the same position in 2011 under the platform of ACN but came second.
His performance at time was highly commendable going by the high number of votes he scored and formidability of the opposition.
Bunmi Tunji-Ojo is eminently qualified, exposed and experienced enough to represent his Akoko North and Akoko East federal constituency.
He is by any measure of standard an accomplished business man and management executive who specializes in the development and execution of strategic documents needed for both corporate and national growth.
He has proven his ability to plan, organize and manage companies. Bunni has equally managed and still managing large organizations, strategic business departments, small and medium enterprises.
He is likewise imbued with solid background in developing businesses in areas of agriculture, ICT, research, finance, management consultancy and manufacturing industries.
Tunji-Ojo has also been blessed with good organizational, relationship and administrative skills. His other key skills are in project management,ability to create strategy for organizational wins,management skills at executive level and excellent interpersonal and communication skills. He is nonetheless a great team player and a highly gifted in conflicts resolution.
Olubunmi attended London Metropolitan University in United Kingdom 2002 to 2006. He also attended Britannia Information Technology Training Academy in United Kingdom from 2004 to 2006.
He equally attended Smith Health Care in United Kingdom from 2002 to 2003. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo studied and obtained his first degree at the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife from 1999 to 2002.
The secondary school education of Tunji-Ojo was at the FUTA Staff Secondary School from 1993 to 1999 where he passed Senior School Certificate Examination in flying colours.
Some of the academic qualifications obtained by Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo are Certification in Ethical Hacking and Counter Measures in 2006, Advanced Diploma in Project Management and Organization in 2005, Diploma in Information and Communication Management obtained in 2004, Load Management and Client Handling Certificates obtained in 2003 and
Client Care Assistant Certificate in 2002.
Client Care Assistant Certificate in 2002.
Bunmi belongs to a good number of professional bodies within and outside the country. He is a member of Royal Council for Commerce and Industry in United Kingdom and member of E-Commerce Council in the United Kingdom. He also enjoys the membership of Computing Technology Industry Association, Information Systems Audit and Control Association and British society of Instrumentation and Control.
Tunji-Ojo is equally a member of Electronic Consultancy Society in United Kingdom and member of Digital Communication Network also in the United Kingdom.
Professional career of Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has undoubtedly been a most illustrious one thus far having being given briefs by high ranking clientele both in the public and private sectors. Some of the clients that have so far reposed trust in the professional proficiency are the World Bank, Petroleum Technology Development Fund, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
His other clients also include the Nigerian Gas Company, National Petroleum Investment and Management Services, National Film and Video Censors Board, Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, Federal Ministry of Works, National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
Other establishments that have likewise given professional briefs to one of the many companies of Bunmi Tunji-Ojo also include Petroleum Technology Development Fund, Abuja, National Teachers Institute, Kaduna, Federal Ministry of Information, National Universities Commission, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, National Health Insurance Scheme, Abuja, Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), National Archives of Nigeria and Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The prodigious Tunji-Ojo had worked with Techworks UK Limited as a Network Security Analyst from 2004 to 2006. Some of his clientele at the time were Barclays Bank, HSBC Bank, Apple Incorporated, JRG Partners, JD Sports and University of Liverpool.
BTO has attended a good number of workshops and courses within and outside the country to enhance his personal and professional development.
A few of the courses include the Strategic visioning/concepts, processes and tools for leading and managing industrial change held, Lagos in January 2008, Strategy and Capacity Building for an effective business development, London in October 2008, Project development and management: Models and Practices, London in July 2009, Attitude and cultural change for the promotion of foreign direct investment, Ibadan in April 2012 and Risked based Investment Strategy attended in Florida in October 2013.
To the credit of Bunmi Tunji-Ojo are several awards he had won within and outside the shores of this country. He has won the Kwame Nkrumah Leadership Award as a Worthy Ambassador of African Youth from the All African Students Union (AASU) in 2010.
He also won the Excellence Award in Students Empowerment from the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in 2010. BTO has likewise been entrusted with some public position during his educational days.
He was made the Senior Prefect of FUTA Staff Secondary School, Akure in 1998 and was the Public Relations Officer FUTA Staff Secondary School Old Students Association from year 2000 to 2007.
Bunni is a responsible family man whose marriage has been blessed with healthy and wonderful children.
He is no doubt more than equipped and prepared to liberate his people from the grip of underdevelopment and poverty.
It is hoped that the good people of Akoko North and Akoko East will readily give the needed support to this young man who is prepared to bear their torch of infrastructural development and the economic liberation of the youth when the time comes in 2019.
Back to present time, he participated in the last election as member of the house of representative and trumped, shutting his opponent HON OLEMIJA hands down due to his past good records.
He has never stop his good work and he doesn't biased behavior, cause he repairs many road and bridges outside his own home town, good example is in Ikare Akoko, construction of oyinmo road leading to Akungba Akoko, keep up your good deed they will speak for you once again.
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