User:Lyteon01/sandbox/OLABISI JOHNSON

OLABISI JOHNSON 

Chief Honourable Olabisi Johnson, popularly known as OJ Wonder, was born on November 22, 1955 to Pa Joseph Akinto Olabisi and Madam Fatumo Olabisi at Ondo City, Ondo State, Nigeria.

EDUCATION

The young Johnson attended St. Matthews Catholic Primary School, Oke-Igbala, Ondo and Independence Grammar School, Oka, Ondo. He did his HSC at Christ School, Ado-Ekiti and proceeded to the University of Ife (Now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile Ife where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science. He later obtained a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) from the University of Ado-Ekiti (Now Ekiti State University).

WORK HISTORY 

Johnson did a brief stint with Steve Richards Nigeria Ltd, Ikeja, Lagos between 1975 and 1976. He joined the services of NITEL, Akure in 1976 and was there till 1979. He did his NYSC at Okeh Secondary School, Elele, Port Harcourt in 1985. At the age of 32, in 1987, he became the Councillor representing Ward 4 in the old Ondo Local Government. In 1991, he was appointed as the Secretary to Ono Local Government and he was the Supervisor for Agriculture in 1993. He became the last Chairman of the old Ondo Local Government (Now Ondo East and West Local Government Areas) in 1996. Olabisi Johnson was appointed as a board member of Nigeria's National Insurance Commission from 2000 to 2004 and Chairman, Ondo State Local Government Service Commission (LGSC) from 2003 to 2009. During his time as the chairman of the LGSC, Olabisi was reputed to have initiated the largest civil service employment drive in the history of the state. Tens of thousands of Ondo State citizens were employed into both the Local Government Service and the State Civil Service structures. In 2013, he was appointed as a member of the board of the Federal Medical Center, Bida where he served meritoriously till 2015.