Public Figure : Let’s Meet Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun
Public Figure : Let’s Meet Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun .
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Our this week public figure and African hero of people is Prince Dapo Abiodun, The Executive Governor of Ogun state .
Prince Dapo Abiodun
Prince Dapo Abiodun , born 29 May 1960 , is a Nigerian businessman and politician, who is the Governor of Ogun State after winning the 2019 general elections under the platform of the All Progressives Congress(APC) .
Prince Dapo Abiodun was the board Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission. He is the managing director of Heyden Petroleum and the founder of First Power Limited. On 10 March 2019, he was declared Governor-Elect of Ogun State by the Independent National Electoral Commission and was sworn in as Governor of Ogun State on 29 May 2019.
Early life
Prince Abiodun was born on 29 May 1960 in Iperu Remo, Ogun State, to the royal family of Iperu. He was born into the family of Dr. Emmanuel Abiodun and Mrs. Victoria Abiodun from Iperu Remo, in Ogun East senatorial district.
Education
Prince Abiodun graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University after completing his secondary school education.
Career
He is the managing director/CEO of the Nigerian oil and gas company Heyden Petroleum Ltd (HPL). He is also reportedly the founder of First Power Limited.
Politics
Abiodun is a founding member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, although he is currently a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC) defecting after the 2015 general elections. He contested the Ogun East senatorial seat on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 Nigerian general elections which he lost to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate.
He was elected a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the platform of the defunct United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP) in 1998. He has served as a member of various presidential committees and organisations.
In 2019, he contested in the gubernatorial elections in Ogun state and won, under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He is a born again Christian and worships with the Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministry. He has testified that despite much opposition to him getting into the office of Ogun state governor God still got him there.
Private Life
He is married to Bamidele Abiodun and they have had five children.
