Akin osuntokun biography

Akin Osuntokun is a Nigerian political scientist, strategist, researcher, administrator, journalist and writer, with experience in media advocacy, policy research and implementation and political analysis.
Akin Osuntokun (born 24 November 1961) is a Nigerian political scientist, strategist, researcher, administrator, journalist and writer, with experience in.
He was a Political Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo.

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AKIN OSUNTOKUN: At 60, I Don’t Feel Physically Different From When I Was 40

Strategist and former political adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Akin Osuntokun, who recently clocked 60, fears Nigeria’s precarious situation. Beyond nostalgia, he is convinced Nigeria has the potential to be a developed nation based on its past. In this interview with BAYO AKINLOYE, Osuntokun recalls his childhood, his father’s role in Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Chief Samuel Akintola’s governments in the old Western Region, and standing up for what he believed was right during Gen. Sani Abacha dictatorship and Obasanjo’s administration. Excerpts:

You turned 60 recently. What can you say about life so far?
Typically I have had my fair share of trials, challenges, victories and setbacks. Where I have had a unique experience is the way my childhood became the victim of politically peculiar circumstances. But on the whole, I consider myself generally lucky.

What specific examples will you give to illustrate that?
My father was a minister when I was born, and he had been minister six y

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Akin Osuntokun at 60

My good friend, Akin Osuntokun, is 60. He was actually 60 on November 24, but this week, friends and family are rolling out the drums to celebrate one of the finest persons that I know. On November 24, we had gathered at his residence, at the invitation of Ronke, his wife, and the Osuntokun family but that was just a family event. This week, Akintola Osuntokun gets the public celebration that he truly deserves. Sometimes I forget how and when he and I met and I must have given varying accounts over the years. But the main recollection imprinted in my brain is that I got to know him when I was a graduate student at the University of Ibadan. I was secretary-general of Obafemi Awolowo Hall. Ronke Ajibade, now Mrs Osuntokun, was a graduate student. She lived in Awo Hall. Akin used to come around to “disturb” her. As secretary-general of the hall, I was something of a village gossip. I knew a lot more about every little affair.

I had completed my Ph.D. thesis, but my teachers would not let me go. They wanted me to teach and give back to the department, having

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Akin Osuntokun

Nigerian political strategist (born 1961)

Akin Osuntokun
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 December 2022
Preceded by	Doyin Okupe
In office 2011–2015
Succeeded by	Bayo Onanuga
In office 1999–2007
Born	24 November 1961 (1961-11-24) (age 63) Okemesi, Ekiti, Nigeria
Education	University of Lagos
Occupation	Political strategist

Akin Osuntokun (born 24 November 1961) is a Nigerian political scientist, strategist, researcher, administrator, journalist and writer, with experience in media advocacy, policy research and implementation and political analysis.^[1] Akin Osuntokun was appointed as a Political Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo between 1999 and 2007.^[2] In 2011, Mr Akin Osuntokun became the Director of the Presidential Campaign of the People's Democratic Party in the 2011 general elections. On 27 December 2022, he was announced by the Nigerian Labor Party as the Director General of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, to lead the 2023 presidential election campai