Bukunyi Olateru-Olagbegi

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Bukunyi Olateru-Olagbegi
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Bukunyi Olateru-Olagbegi
Born (1990-05-17) 17 May 1990 (age 34)
CitizenshipNigeria
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, Politician
OrganizationFBSS Nigeria Limited
Political partyModern Democratic Party
Spouse Mo'Cheddah
Relatives Gbemi Olateru Olagbegi (sister)
FamilyOlagbegi Family

Bukunyi Olateru-Olagbegi (born 17 May 1990) is a Nigerian entrepreneur and politician. He is a member of the royal Olagbegi family in Owo, a city in Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria. [1] [2] He is the founder and chairman of the Modern Democratic Party. [3] In 2018, Olateru-Olagbegi's contribution to Nigerian politics was a feature of a Forbes Africa magazine article on the 2019 Nigerian elections, which credited him as one of Nigeria's young leading political figures. [4] In 2019, he was named among the 100 Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) under the United Nations. [5] [6]

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Career

Olateru-Olagbegi is the CEO of FBSS Nigeria Limited and also serves on the board of Altheus Limited, a Nigerian firm with interests in energy, human capacity development and private equity. [7] In 2016, Olateru-Olagbegi was appointed as the chairman of the central working committee for The Future Awards. [7] He also serves as the chairman of the central working committee for SME100 Nigeria. [8] [6]

Politics

In 2018, sequel to the passage of the #NotTooYoungToRun Bill at the Nigerian National Assembly, Olateru-Olagbegi at age 27, successfully registered a political party, Modern Democratic Party (MDP), with the Independent National Electoral Commission. [9] The party has been described as representing the new face of active youth involvement in politics in Nigeria. [10]

In November 2018, the MDP unveiled singer and filmmaker Bankole Wellington (Banky W.) as its candidate to contest the 2019 Federal House of Representatives elections, representing Eti-Osa Constituency. [11] Banky W eventually lost to the ruling APC candidate, Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro, in a keenly contested race. [12] The party is reported to have 65,000 members and fielded two legislative candidates in the 2019 General Elections in Nigeria. [13]

In December 2018, Olateru-Olagbegi's contribution to Nigerian politics was a feature of a Forbes Africa magazine article on the 2019 Nigerian elections. [14] [4]

Olateru-Olagbegi said

We must correct the present for the sake of the future. This is our scared duty to our country

— Let’s Build an Unstoppable Force’, Newly Registered ‘Youth Party’ – MDP Tells Nigerian Youths, Signal Newspaper

Personal life

Olateru-Olagbegi married singer Mo’Cheddah in May 2018 at a private ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria. [15]

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  2. ↑ "Meet Mo'Cheddah's Boyfriend Prince Bukunyi "BK" Olagbegi, Son Of Oba Olateru". Gist Mania Magazine. Lagos, Nigeria. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "'Let's Build an Unstoppable Force', Newly Registered 'Youth Party' – MDP Tells Nigerian Youths". Signal Newspaper. Lagos, Nigeria. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
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