AMOSUN, Ibikunle Oyelaja

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Born January 25,1958
Senator

Amosun

Ibikunle

Oyelaja

Higher National Diploma (HND) certificate in the year 1983

Amosun was born on 25 January 1958 to a Muslim family. He attended primary school at African Church Primary school in Abeokuta (1965–1970), and then African Church Grammar school, Abeokuta (1971 – 1977). He then went to Ogun State Polytechnic, graduating with a Higher National Diploma (HND) in 1983. Amosun gained an Associate membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in 1990. He became a fellow of the Institute in 1996. He also became an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (1998).[3] Amosun began his career as an audit trainee with Lanre Aremu & Co. (Chartered Accountants) 1984. Later he joined XtraEdge Consulting as a managing consultant. From 1990 he was Principal partner of Ibikunle Amosun & Co. (Chartered Accountants) in Lagos. Amosun went to the University of Westminster in London, United Kingdom, where he acquired a Master of Arts in International Finance in 2000.is a Nigerian politician who was elected senator for the Ogun Central district of Ogun State, Nigeria in April 2003. In April 2007 he made an unsuccessful bid to be elected governor of Ogun State. He ran for governor again on 2011, and this time was elected on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform.[2] He ran for office for the 2nd Term under the All Progressives Congress in 2015 and was re-elected and sworn into office May 29, 2015. In April 2003, Ibikunle Amosun was elected to the senatorial seat of Ogun Central Senatorial district.[3] He was an unsuccessful candidate to become Governor of Ogun State in April 2007, running on the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) platform, but was defeated by Gbenga Daniel. He disputed the result, but in August 2009 the Ogun State Election Petitions Tribunal dismissed the petition.[4] Amosun was the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) for April 2011 Ogun State gubernatorial election. A report in the Nigerian Tribune on 12 February 2011 quoted his media aide as saying he had switched to the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), but this was denied by ACN officials.[5] Amosun won the 26 April election running on the ACN platform with 377,489 votes. Adetunji Olurin of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) polled 188,698 votes and Gboyega Isiaka of the PPN came third with 137,051 votes.[2] In 2015 Amosun stood for a second term as governor. He chose, Yetunde Onanuga, as his running mate of the state governor. He had to find a new running mate as his previous deputy governor had defected to an opposition party. Amosun chose Onanuga who had been working in the Lagos State Ministry of Environment over three other possible candidates.[6] On the 29th of May 2019, Amosun handed over to his successor, Dapo Abiodun after completing the constitutional maximum two terms of eight years as a governor. However he was elected as the senator for the Ogun central senatorial district at the National Assembly.
Gender: Male
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  • Married
Name of Spouse Olufunso Amosun
State of Origin: Ogun State
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He has five children

Profession Chartered accountant , Politician , Administrator
Working Experience Amosun associated with Lanre Aremu & Co., (Chartered Accountants) in the year 1984 and XtraEdge Consulting before he finally set-up his private accounting firm: Ibikunle Amosun & Co., (Chartered Accountants) in Lagos

Senator representing Ogun Central, Ogun State

Previous Appointments:

While in the Senate between 2003 and 2007, he served in the following capacities:

Chairman, Senate Committee on Commerce
Member, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs
Member, Senate Committee on Appropriation
Member, Senate Committee on Privatization
Member, Senate Committee on Security and Intelligence

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria
Masters of Art in International Finance in the year 2000

He attended African Church Primary school in Abeokuta between 1965 and 1970. After his primary school, he attended African Church Grammar school, Abeokuta for his secondary education between 1971 and 1977. Ibikunle Amosun gained admission into Ogun State Polytechnic for his tertiary education. University of Westminster, London
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All Progressives Congress

National Honour Award: Commander of the Order of the Niger (C.O.N) by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan – September 2014

Investment Development Icon Award for 2013 by African Leadership magazine in New York – September 2013
Best Security Conscious State Governor in West Africa” by Security Watch Africa. In Accra, Ghana – October 2012
Good Governance Award: Governor of the Fastest Growing State Economy by Businessday Newspaper in Lagos – November 2013

Amosun lived up to his status as a Distinguished Senator by amplifying the voice of the masses. He moved several motions and sponsored many bills on issues that touched on the day-to-day lives of not only members of his immediate constituency, but also Ogun State and the nation in general.
He was particularly instrumental to some of the landmark reforms of the era, especially in telecommunications, customs and excise and other strategic sectors of the Nigerian Economy. Some of these bills include:

Local Content Solid Minerals Development Bill, 2005
Fire Service Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2005
Income Tax Relief Bill for Sports Development, 2005.

First Avenue in Ibara Housing Estate

Twitter @GovSIA

In the year 2007, he contested for governorship but was unsuccessful. He joined the race again in the year 2011 and was elected under the platform of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).
SIA believes that the provision of amenities and social development cannot be left to government alone. He therefore instituted a scholarship scheme in 1986, several years before venturing into politics, which he later institutionalized by setting up the Senator Ibikunle Amosun Scholarship Foundation (SIASF) on Thursday, 7 July 2005. He has awarded scholarships to over 1,000 students of Ogun State origin, in various institutions of higher learning. A consummate philanthropist, Senator Amosun’s generosity and quest to uplift others transcend the award of scholarships.

He has instituted various other subsisting empowerment initiatives for trade groups, artisans, communities, women and other vulnerable groups in the society. His Alma Maters – African Church Grammar School, Abeokuta and Ogun State Polytechnic (now Moshood Abiola Polytechnic), also in Abeokuta – have benefited from his generous disposition to give back to the society. He built and commissioned the Administrative Block at African Church Grammar School, among other similar gestures.
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