The man
BANJI BEN OKUNOMO
ONDO STATE PDP GUBERNATORIAL ASPIRANT FOR 2020 ELECTION

PERSONALITY PROFILE

Banji Okunomo was born to the family of Okunomo and Ogungbeje in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State on April 11, 1975. He is happily married to Princess Olayinka Omowole and they are blessed with four (4) children.

Okunomo began his early education at St Luke Anglican Primary School Ode Etikan, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State in 1980 and completed his primary education in 1986.
His Secondary education was at Community Grammar School Zion Pepe, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State between 1987 and 1992 where he obtained his Senior Secondary Certificate. He furthered his secondary education at Sani Luba Continuing Education Center, Ijebu Ode Ogun State in 1993.

Okunomo gained admission into Federal University of Technology Akure in 1995 where he studied and bagged Bachelor Of Technology B.Tech (Hons) in Pure and Applied Biochemistry in 2001 with Second Class Upper Division.

Other qualifications include certificate in Kingian Non Violence Conflicts Management at the King Luthuli Transformation Centre, South Africa as well as Certificate in Data Processing.

It is important to note that Okunomo will soon earn a degree in Law.

Okunomo is successful in the Public Service, Politics and Business.

PUBLIC SERVICE EXPERIENCE

In 2001, Hon Benjamin Okunomo was deployed by the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) to Port Harcourt, Rivers State where he was posted
to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Due to his hard work and exemplary performance, he became one of the few corps members retained by the commission as a contract Staff.

In 2004 he became a full-fledge Staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission in the Directorate of Environmental Protection and Control after passing requisite entry examination to become an officer 1.

Okunomo has earned several promotions in the commission for being successful in all the promotion examination.

In 2009 he was promoted to the position of Assistant Manager in the Directorate of Environmental Protection and Control NDDC Ondo State office Igbokoda.

In the year, Okunomo competed for the position of PRO of the senior Staff Association of the NDDC in the entire nine (9) NDDC States and won the keenly contested election. There is no doubt that his reign as NDDC worker's spokesperson has left indelible imprint amongst the NDDC family.

In 2012, Okunomo was promoted to the position of Manager in the same Directorate. In 2015 another promotion came upon Okunomo as a Senior Manager in charge of Environmental Protection and Control and finally in 2019, he added another feat with his promotion to the position of Principal Manager.

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

There is no question about the fact that Okunomo commenced his political career from the foundation. His role as Student Union Activist in the FUTASU (Federal University of Technology Akure Student's Union) cannot be overemphasized here.

Okunomo has been a foundation member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) since 1998. Okunomo was among the vibrant young Ilaje politicians/activists that agitated for the conduct of election in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State when there was no election in the local Government in 1999 until 2003.

Okunomo became a member of the PDP leaders' Caucus Ilaje Local Government Chapter in 2001. Owning to his well-recognized activities in the party, he was appointed the Secretary of the Screening Committee set up by the Party's Caucus to screen all chairmanship aspirants in the party then.

In 2003, Okunomo aspired for the House of Assembly Seat of Ilaje constituency 2 under the platform of the PDP. He was later appointed as Special Adviser (Orientation and Public Enlightenment) to the Executive Chairman of Ilaje Local Government- Chief Adebambo Odoro under the PDP Ilaje Local Government.

In 2010, Okunomo joined the Labour Party Ilaje Government to be a part of the new Government headed by Dr. Olusegun Mimiko as Governor of Ondo State. In 2011, Okunomo was figured out by the governor as a resourceful young politician with vast wealth of progressive ideology and upon this appointed him Chairman of Ilaje Local Government from 2011 to 2013.

In 2014, Okunomo rejoined PDP. In 2016, Okunomo was elected as the publicity Secretary of PDP Ondo State. In the same year, Okunomo was made the Chairman Publicity Committee, Presidential Campaign Committee PDP Ondo State.

In 2018, Okunomo doubled as the Director-General of the campaign council for PDP Ondo South, where he co-ordinated the primary and General election of Senator Nicholas Tofowomo who polled the best results in the entire State, winning the 6 Local Government Areas of Ondo South for PDP with Over 81,000 votes.

Business Experience

Hon. Banji Okunomo is enterprising. He is a farmer, a successful agriculturist. Okunomo is an Entrepreneur of note for the past 9 years ago. Hon. Banji Okunomo is enterprising. He is a farmer, a successful agriculturist. Banji Okunomo has vast experience in Agriculture particularly fishing in the riverside area of Ondo State.

Good luck

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BBO is the man who God has ordained to take Ondo State to the greater height......... #BBO #ONDO2020

Banji Okunomo is a vibrant young man that has a well structured determination and focus to become the next Governor of Ondo State, he is in the race to rescue the people of Sunshine State from current Government of today that has put the people into hardship since 2016.

Banji Okunomo has vowed to God Almighty that he will never disappoint the people of Ondo State when he become the Governor because the people have endured enough and they are anxious to reclaim the State back to the PDP come November 2020.

All this story are not brain breaking jorh...he was just quite fortunate that he was retained after his NYSC....but the bitter aspect now is that himself and other people in that present position are not ready to take corp members to start like they did for him...I finished from the same Futa 2018 with a second class Hon's upper division in Applied Geophysis.... NYSC too deployed me to that same Port Harcourt for the national service 2018-2019, but ended up serving in a secondary school in Port Harcourt, just because this set of Banji are not making things easy and work well for we that are just coming, we waka-waka we couldn't get a PPA in such firm like NCDC... it's a pity for this our generation...I bid him all the best in his race