Obafela Bank-Olemoh

Obafela “Fela” Bank-Olemoh (born 31 December 1973), also known as FBO, is an entrepreneur, strategist, and public speaker. He served as the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Education Interventions to the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari (September, 2019 - May, 2023).

Family
Fela Bank Olemoh (FBO) was born into the Bank-Olemoh and Bajulaiye families of Lagos on 31 December 1973 in Lagos State, Nigeria. He is married to Jumoke (née Falaiye) Bank-Olemoh. They have three children; two daughters, Anjola and Ebun, and a son, Nifemi.

Education
FBO attended Government College, Lagos, from 1984 to 1989. Thereafter, he studied for his undergraduate degree at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (91/92 Set) where he obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in accounting in 1998. FBO later participated in the OMP Entrepreneur programme at the Lagos Business School of Pan-Atlantic University in 2007. He is also an alumnus of the Business School Netherlands (BSN), with a Master's Degree in Business Administration (2012).

Career
In October 1998, FBO kicked off his career as a graduate trainee at SystemSpecs Limited and rose to become Senior Manager (International Sales) before he resigned and co-founded MediaVision Limited in 2003. FBO led MediaVision as chief executive officer (CEO) until 2015, when he assumed public office.

Political career
FBO served as the Special Adviser on Education to the Governor of Lagos State, under the mandate of His Excellency, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode (2015 to 2019), where he spearheaded the implementation of several human capacity development initiatives including ReadySetWork (RSW),  CodeLagos,   Eko Nke Koo (Lagos is Learning), and other initiatives.

In September 2019, he was appointed as Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Education Interventions. As SSA on Education Interventions, he was involved in facilitating Generation Unlimited Nigeria (Gen U Nigeria), a United Nations endorsed intervention that aims to reach 20 million young Nigerians aged 10–24 years with Education, Skills Training, Employment, Entrepreneurship, and Empowerment by 2030. He also worked with the states to mainstream EdTech solutions into the country's primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions. His engagements include working on the implementation of a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) intervention to solve the TVET challenges in the country.

He was appointed by the President to the Governing Board of the newly inaugurated National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC), a body established to set standards to ensure effective teaching and learning at the Senior Secondary School level of the education system.

He is a member of the recently inaugurated Technical Working Groups on National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) - A National Strategy that aims to reduce unemployment and lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by 2030.

Awards

 * Lagos State Merit Award, 2014
 * RSW - Best Education Intervention, 2017
 * Code Lagos, 2019
 * Best Education Personality, 2019

Articles
As a columnist, FBO has written and published numerous Leadership, Educational, and Motivational articles on NaijaTimes, TheCable.ng & his blog.

90secondswithFBO Weekly Videos
FBO shares his video series titled 90secondswithFBO, a 90-second video discussing life and leadership across his social media platforms on a weekly basis.