Ayodele Olawande

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Ayodele Olawande
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Minister of State For Youth Development
Assumed office
16 October 2023
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Education
OccupationEntrepreneur, Politician
Known forUN Strategic Communication Officer

Ayodele Olawande Wisdom is a Nigerian politician. He is currently the Minister of State For Youth under the President Bola Tinubu Administration

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Early life and education

Ayodele Olawande Wisdom hails from Ondo State, Southwest region. [1] He completed his secondary school education in Ekiti State at Christ School and then proceeded to the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti. [2] [3] [4]

Politics

He served in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari where he served as the Personal Assistant to the Special Adviser Innovation to the Vice President from 2019 to 2023. [5]

On 16 October 2021, he was elected as the Ondo State APC Youth Leader [6] and exactly two years after - 16 October, 2023, he was sworn in as the Minister of State for Youth of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. [7] [8]

Before his appointment as the Minister of state for youth, [9] He had already been nominated [10] [11] and was quizzed at the National assembly before he was confirmed as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. [12]

Other personal and political roles he held in the past include: [13]

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References

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  7. ↑ "Ayodele Olawande: Meet the 34-year-old Youth Leader Turn Ministerial Nominee". Okay.ng. 2023-09-17. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  8. ↑ "Ondo OMP charges Youth Minister, Ayo Olawande on impactful service delivery". JATS Online News. 2023-10-07. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  9. ↑ "Youth Ministers: The Progressives Forum (TPF) Hails President Tinubu On Nomination Of Dr Bio And its State Coordinator, Olawande". 2023-09-18. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  10. ↑ "Hon Ayebusiwa felicitates minister- designate, Olawande". The Guardian Nigeria News. 2023-09-16. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  11. ↑ Alade, Tunde (2023-09-20). "Progressive Youth Forum Applauds Tinubu's Choice of Dr. Bio and Mr. Olawande as Youth Ministers". The Jour. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  12. ↑ "Tinubu nominates Jamila Bio, Ayo Olawande as Youth Ministers". Phenomenal. 2023-09-17. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
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  14. ↑ "Ondo APC promises youths programmes". The Hope Newspaper. 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2023-11-05.{{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
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