President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday evening, 17th August, 2023 assigned portfolio to the recently screened minister designates.
Youthful and energetic Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo was assigned the portfolio of the newly created Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy.
The unassuming young achiever is the lawmaker representing Akoko North East/Akoko North West Federal in the House of Representatives until his appointment.
Tunji-Ojo popularly known as BTO is a brilliant consultant, erudite scholar, philanthropist of note and a grassroots politician. He was born on May Ist, 1982.
He hails from Okeagbe Akoko and was born in Oyin Akoko, both located in Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State.
He became the Chief Executive Officer of a leading indigenous consulting company in Nigeria, Matrix IT Solutions Limited, at the age of 24.
His first elective position was in 1998 when he campaigned and won election as the first elected Senior Prefect of the Federal University of Technology (FUTA) Staff Secondary School, Akure, Ondo State.
He’s a graduate of the University of North London University (now London Metropolitan University).
Before reaching the age of 24, he earned certifications in eighteen professional qualifications.
He is part of the pioneer group of Certified Ethical Hackers trained at the Royal Britannia Training Academy in the United Kingdom.
He is a Management Consultant with about two decades of public and private sector experience consulting for the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB}, the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) Management Board, the Nigeria Gas Company (NGC), the National Petroleum Investment and Management Services (NAPIMS), the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) and the World Bank, among others.
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is an asset anywhere he finds himself and he is surely going to be a great asset to the newly created Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy.
It’s believed that he will bring his wealth of experience to bear on the new ministry and give the maritime industry a facelift.
Hon. Tunji-Ojo’s altruism and philanthropy came to the fore on the 27th of July, 2023 when he empowered about 1,000 market men and women from Akoko North East and Akoko North West Local Governments in Ondo State with cash grants of over N50m.