Bunmi Tunji-Ojo: 41 Year Old Incoming Minister Of Marine and Blue Economy

Tunji-Ojo was born on the 1st of May 1982 and hails from Oyin Akoko, Ondo State, south west Nigeria. He is 41 years of age as at 2023.

Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, popularly called BTO, attended Ansarudeen Primary School, Oyin Akoko from 1987 to 1990 and Hakda International school in Kaduna from 1990 to 1992 before completing his primary education at Universal Primary School, Akure in 1993.

He then proceeded to FUTA staff secondary school, Akure for his secondary education where he was elected the senior prefect in 1998.

He gained admission into Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in 1999 to study Electrical and Electronics Engineering. In 2002, while in his third year at the Obafemi Awolowo University, he proceeded to the University of North London (now London Metropolitan University) where he studied Electronics and Communication Engineering and graduated in 2005.

He obtained a master’s degree in Digital Communication and Networking from the same institution in 2006. He holds certifications in eighteen professional qualifications in ICT including the prestigious title of being one of the first set of certified ethical hackers from Royal Britannia IT Training Academy in the United Kingdom before he turned 24 years.

He is a politician, businessman, and entrepreneur.

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He was a former member of the House of Representatives (Nigeria), representing Akoko North East/Akoko North West Federal Constituency of Ondo State.

During his term in the 9th assembly, he was the Chairman of the House Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

He had served in the National Assembly (Nigeria) having been elected in March 2019 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Before his advent into politics, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo was an accomplished business and management executive with a flourishing career in ICT, becoming the CEO of a leading indigenous ICT consultant company in Nigeria, Matrix IT Solutions Limited, at the age of 24.

As a professional, he holds a certification in Ethical Hacking and Counter Measures. He is also a certified CompTIA Network Plus Engineer and a Britannia Hardware A+ Management Certificate Holder.

In Nigeria, he consulted for the World Bank and several government agencies, including Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), National Health Insurance Scheme, Abuja (NHIS), Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), various committees of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Nigeria Gas Company, National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education among others.

In collaboration with the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), he pioneered the first Nigerian Content Workshop (NCW) in 2016, a forum for all stakeholders in the Oil and Gas Industry to discuss freely on the Policy Framework to improve indigenous participation and making use of the Nigerian Content Policy to domicile the best global productivity and performances in Nigeria.

One of the goals of the workshop was to address the thematic issues, challenges, concerns, and ways forward and this was achieved with thirteen papers delivered and deliberated upon by speakers including Mr. Aminu Galadima (Ag. Executive Secretary, Petroleum Technology Development Fund); Mr Bank Anthony Okoroafor (Chairman, Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria); Mr. Waziri Adio (Executive Secretary, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative); Engr. Geoff Onuoha (Chairman, Pipeline Professionals’ association of Nigeria, PLAN); Mr. Tunde Adelana (Director, M&ED, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board); Alhaji Habibu Abdullahi (Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority); Mr. Osagie Okunbor (Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria and Managing Director, SPDC); Mr Godwin Emefiele (Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria); Mr Tonye Cole (MD, Sahara Group); Mr Taofeek Adegbite (Chief Executive, Marine Platforms Ltd) among others.