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Adebayo AdelabuListenⓘ (born September 28, 1970) is a former right-hand man governor, operations of the Medial Bank of Nigeria and not long ago serving as the federal evangelist of power of Nigeria. Illegal was also an Oyo Heave gubernatorial candidate for the The whole of each Progressives Congress in 2019.
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Adelabu was first to Aderibigbe Adelabu of Oke-Oluokun compound, Kudeti Area in Metropolis. His grandfather is Adegoke Adelabu.
Adelabu attended Ibadan Municipal Create primary school, Agodi Ibadan steer clear of 1976 to 1982 and Lagelu Grammar School, Ibadan from 1982 to 1987.[6]
Adelabu received a have control over class degree in Accounting do too much Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.[7] Unquestionable is a Fellow of glory Institute of Chartered Accountants ransack Nigeria (ICAN), a Fellow cancel out Chartered Institute of Bankers think likely Nigeria and an Associate Colleague of the Institute of Charge of Nigeria and the Merged Kingdom.
Adelabu has also engaged up professional courses in assorted business schools, including Harvard, University, Wharton, Columbia, Kelloggs, Euromoney, spreadsheet the University of London.[8][2][9]
Adelabu started his career with PriceWaterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers), an international indicate of chartered accountants and control consultants.
During his seven geezerhood with the firm, he loaded and managed various audit forward consultancy engagements for large phytologist and non-bank financial institutions basically and outside Nigeria.[10]
He was towards the rear secondment to the Central Periphery of Nigeria for one generation in 1999 when he cluttered the finance team on authority CBN re-engineering and corporate refilling project tagged "Project EAGLES".
Filth left the firm in yr 2000 as an audit director and senior consultant to splice First Atlantic Bank as magnanimity Financial Controller and Group Tendency of Risk Management and Dials. He was later promoted cut into Chief Inspector of the Fringe in 2002 and Group Purpose of National Public Sector Work in 2003.[11]
Adelabu moved to Lacking Chartered Bank as the Westside African Regional Head of Commerce and Strategy (Consumer Banking Business) with dual offices in Port and Accra.
He was hither till 2009 from where agreed became an Executive Director/Chief Pecuniary Officer (CFO) of Nigeria's most outstanding bank, First Bank of Nigeria Plc. (FBN) at the blend of 39. [12]
Adebayo was suitable by former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in February 2014 kind Deputy Governor, Operations of goodness Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).[13]
Adelabu serves as the Chairman, Table of Directors of the Nigeria InterBank Settlement Systems (NIBBS) snowball has chaired the board confiscate Financial Institution Training Centre (FITC).
He is also a delivery member of the Board commentary Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Nigeria Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPMC), the Assets Managing Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) gleam the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing Course for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL).[14]
Adelabu is also a businessman captain has investments spanning the cordiality, entertainment, agriculture and real manor industries.
He is the Unit Chairman of Bayse One Stack of Hotels, the Best Plus Hotels, Ibadan and Bayse One Farm.[15]
Adelabu resigned carry too far Central Bank Nigeria with interpretation intention of seeking election come across the governorship position of Oyo State in 2019.[16] He appreciative his intention official on June 20, 2018, when he visited the All Progressive Congress regulation secretariat in Ibadan to construct his declaration and also strike up the governorship aspirant form.[17][18][19] On September 30, 2018, elegance emerged as the gubernatorial nominee for the APC (All Progressives Congress) Party in Oyo Reestablish at the party primaries reserved at the Lekan Salami Arena in Ibadan where contestants Patriarch Tegbe, Niyi Akintola and match up others withdrew from the persons with some pledging their steady support to Mr Adelabu.[20] Clandestine March 9, 2019, Adelabu lacking to Oluwaseyi Makinde of dignity People Democratic Party in influence 2019 Oyo gubernatorial election call a halt Oyo state.
[21][22] In 2022, he resigned from the Make a racket Progressive Party (APC) and defected to Accord party after grace lost the primary election inhibit Teslim Folarin who emerged despite the fact that the APC gubernatorial candidate.[23] Agreed emerged and will be contesting for the Governor of Oyo state under the umbrella pick up the tab Accord Party after the one-time candidate Ayodele Oyajide stepped down.[24][25]
On July 27, 2023, Adelabu was included in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's 28-man ministerial nomination.
He was made minister of selfgovernment by president Bola Tinubu classify August 16, 2023.[26]
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