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Professor Olusoji Adejumo
“Thinking Ahead” is a duty and not an option for Oyo state’’

Professor Olusoji Adejumo was the executive chairman of SUBEB Oyo State between 2007 and 2011. While he was the executive chairman, The ‘’Adopt-a-School” Programme was conceived to promote private involvement in infrastructural development in public schools through private participation and donations for the provision of qualitative Basic Education for the pupils of Oyo State. This initiative witnessed unprecedented public participation in school infrastructural and instructional development in over 200 school communities.

Lineage
In the ancient caliphate city of Sokoto, Professor David Olusoji Adejumo was born into the family of late Revd. Canon Moses Oluyemi Adejumo of Idi Agbon compound, Iso-robo in Agbeni area of Ibadan. His ancestral village is Aba Igbagbo (Agelu) in Ido Local Government. He is a traditional Chief (Abese) Olomi of Omi-Adio, Oyo State. His grand father was the late Revd. Canon Joshua Stanley Adegun Adejumo, his great grand father was Israel Mommoh and his great great grandfather was Kukomi the Babasale Onigbagbo of Oke-Offa Babasale, Ibadan.

Education
Olusoji Adejumo studied on a Federal Government of Nigeria scholarship between 1979 and 1980 for the M.Sc. degree and pushed on immediately to pursue his Doctorate Degree on the scholarship of the University of Ibadan as university scholar between 1980 and 1983. It is worth mentioning that he bagged his Doctorate Degree in 1983 at the tender age of 27, a rare feat at that period.

He took his “O” and “A” levels exams in 1972 and 1974 respectively and came out in bright colours. He was immediately admitted to the prestigious premier University, University of Ibadan in 1975 where he graduated with Special Honours in Animal Science, Second Class Upper Division.

Academic Career
He started his academic career as a lecturer in the department of Animal Science, University of Ibadan in 1984 and was elected Sub Dean (Undergraduate) of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry in 1989. He was promoted to the rank of Professor of Animal Physiology in 2005. As a university lecturer, he has had a distinguished career spanning thirty years. As a lecturer and scientific researcher, he has published over 100 scientific publications in reputable international and national scientific journals and is a well acknowledged authority in his discipline. He has successfully supervised and graduated several Ph.D candidates, about 100 M.Sc and over 150 B.Sc research dissertations

Political Career
Professor Olusoji started his active political career as a grassroot politician in the second republic when he joined the Unity Party of Nigeria in Ibadan. He later served in the 1988-1989 Constituent Assembly as an elected member representing Ibadan central Constituency which was the crucible from which all the parties in the aborted third republic were formed. He was a founding member of the Peoples Solidarity Party, (The PSP) which later in alliance with the Peoples Front (PF) formed the Social Democratic Party (SDP) he served in the Government of the SDP in Oyo Sate in 1993. At the beginning of the fourth republic, he joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and has been very active at all levels of the party serving as the national delegate of his Local Government for several years and served the party, the state and the Federal Republic in various capacities

State And National Appointments
Executive Chairman Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Secretariat, Ibadan '''(May 30 2007 to May 29 2011) '''

Chairman, Governing Council, Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo, Oyo State (2006-2007)

DFID/world bank UBE State Adviser, Capacity for Universal Basic Education (CUBE) Project, Oyo state. (2004-to 2006)

Executive Director, Directorate of foods, Roads and Rural Infrastructures, (DFRRI) Oyo State.1994)

Executive Chairman, Oyo State Youth Development Council. (1998-2002)

Special Adviser to Oyo State Government on Agriculture and Food Production, Office of the Executive Governor, Ibadan. January, (1993 - November, 1993)

Outstanding Achievements in the Public Sector
AS EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF OYO SUBEB

ADOPT-A-SCHOOL PROGRAMME.

The ‘’Adopt-a-School” Programme was conceived by Professor Adejumo to promote private involvement in infrastructural development in public schools through private participation and donations for the provision of qualitative Basic Education for the pupils of Oyo State. This initiative witnessed unprecedented public participation in school infrastructural and instructional development in over 200 school communities.

As Special Adviser to Oyo State Governor on Agriculture and Food production

He set up the first ever Oyo State task force on fertiliser distribution and the success led to the establishment of a national task force on fertiliser distribution of which he was a member. During this time, he successfully carried out a comprehensive census of all farmers’ groups and cooperatives in Oyo state. He also carried out a comprehensive mapping of all arable farm hectarages in Oyo state.

As the Executive Director of the Directorate of foods, roads and rural infrastructure (DFRRI) in 1994

He was responsible for the electrification of numerous rural communities in Oyo state especially in Iwajowa, Atisbo, Saki West, Lagelu, Egbeda, Ona Ara and Ido local Governments. Over 200 villages and small towns were connected to the national grid during his tenure. He also supervised the Community Development Centre at Awe in Afijio local government where a large oil palm plantation, clay bricks and tiles, honey bees and wild life projects for the benefit of the local communities were established.

As The Chairman of the Governing Board of the Emmanuel Alayande College of Education Oyo

He initiated a move to transform the College from a degree awarding institution of an affiliate university to a fully fledged university of education. It is a project he is still committed to achieving as he believes Oyo state must pursue its own educational policy complimentary to the national policy on education but with the educational transformation of Oyo state as its ultimate goal.

Good Performance Awards
2009: 2ND Position overall at the UBE programme implementation assessment for the 2006 intervention funds (Funds Disbursed in 2007/2008). Prize. N400 million and one Toyota Hilux Double Cabin jeep2007/2008).

2010: 2nd Zonal position for the implementation of the UBE programme with the 2007 intervention funds (funds disbursed in 2009). Prize: N50 million.

2011: 1st Zonal position for the implementation of the UBE programme with the 2009 intervention funds (funds disbursed in 2009). Prize: N100 million.

3rd Overall Best Teacher in Nigeria at a ceremony held at the eagle square in Abuja.

Two pupils won the second position in the country in the Junior Engineers and Technicians Competition in Abuja in 2008.

One primary school teacher was sponsored to a training programme in Kenya by the Japanese Government.

1st position, (Gold Cup) in the National primary Schools Girls soccer competition, OGUN 2010.

1st position, OMO national Primary school soccer competition