Tunji OLAOPA

Biographical record

Title

Dr

Surname

OLAOPA

First Name

Tunji

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

December 20, 1959

Status

Alive

State of Origin

Afijio LGA, Oyo State

Place of Birth

Aáwé, Oyo State

Father's Name

Festus Adeyemo Olaopa

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Name

Beatrice Okebola

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Names of Children

Has Children

Profession

Technocrat
Author
Scholar
Advocate of Public Service Reform & Institutional Strengthening

Working Experience

Chief Research Officer, Policy Analyst and Speech Writer at the State House, Abuja.
Assistant Director/Secretary of the White Paper Panel
Coordinator, Education Sector Analysis and Head, Policy Division, Office of the Minister in the Federal Ministry of Education.
Deputy Director/Head, Technical Secretariat, Reform Strategy Team, Management Services Office.
Director of Programmes at the Bureau of Public Service Reforms.
Special Assistant on Reforms to the Head of Service of Nigeria on Public Service Reforms.
Director of External Linkages & Reforms Department at the Office of Head of the Civil Service of the Federation
Director, MDAs Department, Bureau of Public Service Reforms
Permanent Secretary in the Nigerian Civil Service

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

Demonstration School, Sango-Ota, Ogun State, 1972; Awe High School, Awe, Oyo State, 1977; Olivet Baptist High School, Oyo State, 1980; University of Ibadan, Oyo State, 1984; University of Ibadan, Oyo State, 1987; Commonwealth Open University, United Kingdom, 2006.

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

- Member, Nigeria Institute of Management Consultants

Previous Appointments

- Trainee Management Consultant, University of Ibadan, 1985;

- Principal Research/Mobilization Officer and a head of department, Directorate of Social Mobiliation, 1988;

- Chief Research Officer, Policy Analyst and Speech Writer, Office of the President, Abuja, 1992;

- Assistant Director/Secretary, White Paper Panel for the Nigeria’s 1995 Ayida Public Service Reform (1995-1999);

- Coordinator, Education Sector Analsyis and head of department, office of the Minister, Federal Ministry of Education (1999-2002);

- Deputy Director Management Services, Office of the Presidency;

- Director of programmes, Bureau of Public Service Reforms (OHCSF);

- Special Assistant to the Head of the Service of the Federation;

- Director, External Linkages & Reforms Department of the OHCSF;

- Director MDAs Department, Bureau of Public Service Reforms at the OHCSF in the Presidency;

- Permanent Secretary at the Career Management Office (OHCSF);

- Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity;

- Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Information Communication Technology, Abuja.

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Membership of International Organizations

- Member, International Institute of Administrative Sciences;
- Member, Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM)

Awards and Honours

Olaopa was conferred the National Productivity Award in 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari alongside ten other distinguished Nigerians.[10] He was honoured with the Thabo Mbeki Award for Public Service and Scholarship in early 2018 at the closing ceremony of the Africa conference at University of Texas at Austin.[11] In July 2018, he was made a Professor of Public Administration at Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS:
- Theory and Practice of Public Administration and Civil Service Reforms in Nigeria (2008).
- Innovation and Best Practices in Public Sector Reforms: Ideas, Strategies and Conditions (2009).
- Public Sector Reforms in Africa (2010).

Other Relevant Information

PERSONAL WEBSITE:
www.tunjiolaopa.com

OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.youthdevelopment.gov.ng

http://www.aipp.edu.ng/dr-tunji-olaopa-oon/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunji_Olaopa

TWITTER:
@TunjiOlaopa

EMAIL ADDRESSES:
[email protected]
[email protected]

Email Address

[email protected]

Phone Number

+2348037020617

Source

http://www.aipp.edu.ng/dr-tunji-olaopa-oon/....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunji_Olaopa

Source

http://www.aipp.edu.ng/dr-tunji-olaopa-oon/....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunji_Olaopa