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Umoru Abdulkadir Ileonikhena is the fourth child among the family of six with three boys and three girls. Born into the family of Mr and Mrs Umoru Momodu of Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria on August 29, 1985, he had his Primary Education at Atebheda Primary School Agbede, Edo State where he was a class monitor throughout his time in Primary School. In 1994 having completed his Primary Education, he got himself admission into Momodu College Agbede where he acquired his Secondary Education, graduating in the year 2000 with the best result in the 1999/2000 session National Examination Council (NECO) Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) being the first sect to participate in the NECO SSCE. Umoru was also a Class Prefect throughout his secondary education. After his Secondary education, he taught briefly at Amina Foundation Nursery & Primary School where he had his first working experience as a growing up lad. While here, he further distinguished himself as one of the best teachers getting accolades from the school proprietor for his hard work and commitment to duty. In his quest for more education, he proceeded to the Kogi State University, Anyigba, Kogi State for a Diploma in Public Administration where he also graduated as the Best Public Administration Student with Upper Credit in 2004. In late 2005, he got admission into the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State having participated in the post UME examination and emerging the best candidate in the examination to study Economics. While here, he was the Class Representative throughout his four years in the department, further bringing to bear his uncommon leadership qualities in steering the affairs of the Class. In 2009, he graduated as the Best Economics Student from his department with Second Class (Hons) Upper Division. He got enlisted into the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for the mandatory one year service to the nation in 2010. He was deployed to Lagos where he was posted to Alpha Beta Consulting Limited Liability Partnership, a company of I T professionals, and tax consultant to Lagos State Government as well as many other State Governments and Agencies as his Place of Primary Assignment (PPA). Given his sterling performance here, he was given employment after his NYSC service. He worked at this Company between 2011 and 2014 before leaving to join the Assets and Resources Management (ARM) Life insurance firm as a financial advisor. He worked briefly here before joining Mack Ogbamosa & Co as a Research Officer and later Administrative Manager in 2015 having acquired professional Management Training with the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) and obtaining a Professional Certificate in Management. Umoru also had a brief stint in journalism as a Reporter, reporting financial and business matters. He has written a lot of articles both published and unpublished. His articles include: "The Imperative of Diversifying Nigerian Economy," "How to Improve Quality of Education," "The Role of the Media in Tackling Security Challenges," etc Umoru is an administrator, Economist and a researcher par excellence.