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Ibikunle Amosun is a Nigerian politician who has served as the Governor of Ogun State since 2011. He was born on 25 January 1958 in Abeokuta, Nigeria. He is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He attended the University of Lagos, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting in 1981. He later obtained a Master of Business Administration degree from the same university in 1985.
He began his career as an accountant at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in 1981. He later worked as a banker at the International Merchant Bank (IMB) from 1985 to 1989.
In 1989, he left banking to pursue a career in politics. He was elected to the Ogun State House of Assembly in 1991 and served as the Speaker of the House from 1992 to 1993.
In 2011, he was elected Governor of Ogun State and was re-elected in 2015.
As of 2021, Ibikunle Amosun's net worth is estimated to be $1.5 million.
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Nigeria |
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Nigeria |
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Ibikunle Amosun Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Ibikunle Amosun's Wife?
His wife is Olufunso Amosun
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Olufunso Amosun |
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Ayomide Amosun |
Ibikunle Amosun Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Ibikunle Amosun worth at the age of 66 years old? Ibikunle Amosun’s income source is mostly from being a successful Politician. He is from Nigeria. We have estimated
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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On June 24, 2019 Premium Times reported in an exclusive story that Ibikunle Amosun illegally purchased and imported four million rounds of ammunition, 1,000 units of AK47 assault rifles, 1,000 units of bulletproof vests and an armoured personnel carrier (APC) into Nigeria as the Governor of Ogun State without obtaining necessary approvals from the Office of the National Security Adviser and in violation of the Nigeria Firearms Act. . The report generated lots of reactions from Nigerians with civil society organisations, citizens across the country and Ogun State chapter of his political party calling for his immediate arrest.
In 2015, Amosun stood for a second term as governor. He chose, Yetunde Onanuga, as his running mate of the state governor. He had to find a new running mate as his previous deputy governor had defected to an opposition party. Amosun chose Onanuga who had been working in the Lagos State Ministry of Environment over three other possible candidates. On the 29th of May, 2019, Amosun handed over to his successor, Dapo Abiodun after completing the constitutional maximum two terms of eight years as a governor. However he was elected as the senator for the Ogun central senatorial district at the National Assembly.
Amosun was the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) for April 2011 Ogun State gubernatorial election. A report in the Nigerian Tribune on 12 February, 2011 quoted his media aide as saying he had switched to the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), but this was denied by ACN officials. Amosun won the 26 April election running on the ACN platform with 377,489 votes. Adetunji Olurin of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) polled 188,698 votes and Gboyega Isiaka of the PPN came third with 137,051 votes.
In April 2003, Ibikunle Amosun was elected to the senatorial seat of Ogun Central Senatorial district. He was an unsuccessful candidate to become Governor of Ogun State in April 2007, running on the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) platform, but was defeated by Gbenga Daniel. He disputed the result, but in August 2009 the Ogun State Election Petitions Tribunal dismissed the petition.
Amosun began his career as an audit trainee with Lanre Aremu & Co. (Chartered Accountants) 1984. Later he joined XtraEdge Consulting as a managing consultant. From 1990, he was Principal partner of Ibikunle Amosun & Co. (Chartered Accountants) in Lagos. Amosun went to the University of Westminster in London, United Kingdom, where he acquired a Master of Arts in International Finance in 2000.
Ibikunle Amosun (born 25 January 1958) is a Nigerian politician who was elected senator for the Ogun Central district of Ogun State, Nigeria in April 2003. In April 2007 he made an unsuccessful bid to be elected governor of Ogun State. He ran for governor again in 2011, and this time was elected on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform. He ran for office for the 2nd Term under the All Progressives Congress in 2015 and was re-elected and sworn into office May 29, 2015.
Amosun was born on 25 January, 1958 to a Muslim family. He attended primary school at African Church Primary school in Abeokuta (1965–1970), and then African Church Grammar school, Abeokuta (1971 – 1977). He then went to Ogun State Polytechnic, graduating with a Higher National Diploma (HND) in 1983. Amosun gained an Associate membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in 1990. He became a fellow of the Institute in 1996. He also became an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (1998).
