AREGBESOLA, Engr. (Alh) Rauf Adesoji

Born 25 May 1957
Engr. Alhaji

AREGBESOLA

Rauf

Adesoji
a thinker, ardent performer, a visionary leader , a transformational leader, an agent of strategic change, a man for the people and the 8th Governor of The State of Osun
Gender: Male
Marital Status
  • Married
Name of Spouse Sherifat Aregbesola
State of Origin: Osun
Father's Name
Father's Status N/A
Mother's Name Madam Saratu Aregbesola
Mother's Status Deceased

Shakirat Aregbesola, Kabiru Aregbesola

Profession Engineer , Administrator , Politician
Working Experience Nigerian External Telecommunication (Now NITEL); The Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja; dir. Operations, Rubicon Nigeria Ltd. Ogba, Lagos; ch/md. Aurora Nigeria Ltd.

Executive Governor, Osun State

Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management ( FNIM) , Fellow of Nigerian
Society of Engineers ( FNSE) , Fellow of the Nigerian Association of Technological
Engineers ( FNATE) and Fellow of the Certified Marketing Communications
Institute of Nigeria ( FCMCIN )

Primary and Secondary Education, Ondo State; Ibadan Polytechnic, 1980
Tertiary
Yes

All Progressives Congress

Aare Musulumi of Alomosho, Aare Fiwagboye of Lagos;

WAI Badge ofExcellence, Kujama Satehte Earth Station, NET/NITEL, Kaduna; Nigeria Society of Engineers merit award; The Best Commissioner, Lagos State award; The Grassroots Achiever of the year award; Ugos State Most Distinguished Commissioner of the Year award; The ECOWAS Community Service Gold award; Worthy Ambassador ofYouth award; Special award for the support of journalism development; National Council of Mushin Youth Organization Distinguished Corporate Achiever &Gold award

Government House, Oke-Fia, Osogbo

He was Speaker of the Students’ Parliament ( 1977 /78) , The Polytechnic, Ibadan, and the President of the Black Nationalist Movement ( 1978- 1980 ).

He was also an active supporter of other progressive students’ movements nationwide, which earned him , for instance the life membership of National Association of Technological Students .

In June 1990 , he became an elected delegate to the SDP Inaugural Local Government Area Congress.

In July of the same year, he was also a delegate to its first National
Convention in Abuja.

he was Director of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Campaign Organisation which engineered the electoral victory of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the Governor of Lagos State in 1999 .
In the year 2007, Rauf Aregbesola contested for governorship in Osun State and won the election. Even though he was not declared the winner of the election by the independent National Electoral Commission, The Election Appeal Tribunal on November 26, 2010 declared him the winner of the election, leading to his being swornin as the governor of Osun State. On August 9, 2014, Rauf Aregbesola was returned as the Governor of Osun State for another term of four years

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