Lekan Balogun (politician)

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Oba Lekan Balogun
42nd Olubadan of Ibadan
Reign11 March 2022
Coronation 11 March 2022
Predecessor Saliu Adetunji
Born1942 (age 80–81)
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
House Otun Line
ReligionMuslim
OccupationIndustrialist

Lekan Balogun (born in 1942) is a Nigerian monarch. He is the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadan.

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Birth

He was born Moshood Olalekan Balogun in Ali-Iwo compound, Ibadan North East Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria in 1942. [1]

Education

He travelled to the U.K., where he studied for his O and A levels certificates while doing a part-time job to sustain himself. Upon completion of his O and A levels program, Lekan Balogun proceeded to the Brunel University. He left the university in 1973 with a master's degree in Administration and Economics. He then had a brief stint with the Lambeth Local Government Social Services Department, where he worked for one-and-a-half years after which his academic inclination took the better of him and he enrolled for his PhD. [2] [3]

Career

Lekan Balogun was a presidential aspirant on the platform of Social Democratic Party (S.D.P.); he was also a gubernatorial candidate for the People's Democratic Party (P.D.P.) in Oyo State in the present political dispensation. In addition to this, he was a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the Fourth Republic.

Lekan Balogun represented Oyo Central senatorial district between 1999 and 2003. As a senator, he was chairman of the Senate Committee on National Planning and was a member of many Senate Committees such as Appropriations, Security and Intelligence, Police Affairs and Defence (Army). [4]

Balogun had earlier worked as a lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, an editor of the monthly magazine The Nigerian Pathfinder, and as a director with Triumph Newspaper, Kano, as well as a management consultant for multinational Organisations such as Leyland, Exiat Battery, and Nigerian Breweries. [5]

He worked with Shell British Petroleum Company where he rose to the position of the Administrator/Head, Industrial Relations, Recruitment and Scholarships, Planning and Development units. [6]

He has written and published widely. Many of his publications include:

Balogun, who was the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland (one of the two most senior chiefs in Ibadanland), was crowned the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on the 11th of March 2022. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Personal life

Lekan Balogun is a Muslim and is married to two wives with children.

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References

  1. ↑ Mujitaba, Armstrong. "Lekan Balogun at 75: Celebrating A Living Legend" . Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. ↑ Badru, Adeola. "[OLUBADAN]Lekan Balogun: The man who will be king" . Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Daniel, Kanu (23 January 2022). "Lekan Balogun: A Senator and The Coveted Crown" . Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Meet Senator Lekan Balogun,The Olubadan of Ibadan Land in-waiting". Wole Arisekola. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Akinlotan, Olasunkanmi (2 January 2022). "Profile:Who is the successor to Olubadan throne" . Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Lekan Balogun: 10 Things You Need To Know About The Olubadan-in-waiting InsideOyo". InsideOyo. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  7. ↑ David, ijaseun (3 January 2022). "Here's what to know about new Olubadan of Ibadan" . Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  8. ↑ Akinola, Ajibola (11 March 2022). "Lekan Balogun crowned 42nd Olubadan of Ibadan Land" . Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  9. ↑ Olumide, Seye; Rotimi, Agboluaje (11 March 2022). "How Makinde beat odds to install Senator Balogun as 42 Olubadan" . Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  10. ↑ Adebayo, Musiliudeen (11 March 2022). "Lekan Balogun officially becomes 42nd Olubadan" . Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  11. ↑ Nasiru, Jemilat (11 March 2022). "Lekan Balogun crowned as 42nd olubadan of ibadan" . Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  12. ↑ Ajibola, Soji (10 January 2022). "Ibadan Agog as Balogun Receives Staff of Office as 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland" . Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  13. ↑ Adebayo, Musiliu. "Olubadan Stool:Ex Oyo Senator, Lekan Balogun to succeed Oba Adetunji" . Retrieved 8 March 2022.
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