Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo
Honourable Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo was born on the 1st of May
1982 and hails from Oyin Akoko, Ondo State, south west Nigeria. He is
41 years of age as at 2023.
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, popularly called BTO, attended
Ansarudeen Primary School, Oyin Akoko from 1987 to 1990 and Hakda
International school in Kaduna from 1990 to 1992 before completing his
primary education at Universal Primary School, Akure in 1993. He then
proceeded to FUTA staff secondary school, Akure for his secondary
education where he was elected the senior prefect in 1998.
He gained admission into Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife in 1999 to study Electrical and Electronics Engineering. In
2002, while in his third year at the Obafemi Awolowo University, he
proceeded to the University of North London (now London Metropolitan
University) where he studied Electronics and Communication Engineering
and graduated in 2005.
He obtained a master’s degree in Digital Communication
and Networking from the same institution in 2006. He holds
certifications in eighteen professional qualifications in ICT including
the prestigious title of being one of the first set of certified ethical
hackers from Royal Britannia IT Training Academy in the United Kingdom
before he turned 24 years.
He is a politician, businessman, and entrepreneur .He
was a former member of the House of Representatives (Nigeria),
representing Akoko North East/Akoko North West Federal Constituency of
Ondo State.
During his term in the 9th assembly, he was the Chairman of the House Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
He had served in the National Assembly (Nigeria) having
been elected in March 2019 on the platform of the All Progressives
Congress (APC).
Before his advent into politics, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo was
an accomplished business and management executive with a flourishing
career in ICT, becoming the CEO of a leading indigenous ICT consultant
company in Nigeria, Matrix IT Solutions Limited, at the age of 24.
As a professional, he holds a certification in Ethical
Hacking and Counter Measures. He is also a certified CompTIA Network
Plus Engineer and a Britannia Hardware A+ Management Certificate Holder.
In Nigeria, he consulted for the World Bank and several
government agencies, including Petroleum Technology Development Fund
(PTDF), Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), National Film
and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Nigerian Content Development and
Monitoring Board (NCDMB), National Health Insurance Scheme, Abuja
(NHIS), Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), various
committees of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, Nigeria Gas Company, National Commission for Mass
Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education among others.
In collaboration with the Senate Committee on Petroleum
Resources (Upstream), Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Petroleum Technology Development Fund
(PTDF), Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), he
pioneered the first Nigerian Content Workshop (NCW) in 2016, a forum for
all stakeholders in the Oil and Gas Industry to discuss freely on the
Policy Framework to improve indigenous participation and making use of
the Nigerian Content Policy to domicile the best global productivity and
performances in Nigeria.
One of the goals of the workshop was to address the
thematic issues, challenges, concerns, and ways forward and this was
achieved with thirteen papers delivered and deliberated upon by speakers
including Mr. Aminu Galadima (Ag. Executive Secretary, Petroleum
Technology Development Fund); Mr Bank Anthony Okoroafor (Chairman,
Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria); Mr. Waziri Adio (Executive
Secretary, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative);
Engr. Geoff Onuoha (Chairman, Pipeline Professionals’ association of
Nigeria, PLAN); Mr. Tunde Adelana (Director, M&ED, Nigerian Content
Development and Monitoring Board); Alhaji Habibu Abdullahi (Managing
Director, Nigerian Ports Authority); Mr. Osagie Okunbor (Country Chair,
Shell Companies in Nigeria and Managing Director, SPDC); Mr Godwin
Emefiele (Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria); Mr Tonye Cole (MD, Sahara
Group); Mr Taofeek Adegbite (Chief Executive, Marine Platforms Ltd)
among others.
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