At exactly 12:55pm, Oyebola Ojo,
chief judge of Osun state, administered the oath of office on Oyetola Gboyega,
the new governor of Osun.
Oyetola, who won the governorship
election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was sworn
in at the Osogbo Township Stadium.
In attendance were Boss Mustapha,
secretary to the government of the federation (SGF) who represented President
Muhammadu Buhari; Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the APC; Bola Tinubu,
a national leader of the APC.
Among the governors who attended
were Rotimi Akeredolu, (Ondo), Abiola Ajumobi, (Oyo), Abdullahi, Ganduje
(Kano), and Akinwunmi Ambode, (Lagos).
Oyetola is the fifth civilian
governor of the state, created in August 1991. Before him were Isiaka Adeleke,
who ruled between 1992 and 1993, Bisi Akande,(1999 to 2003), Olagunsoye
Oyinlola (2003-2010) and Rauf Aregbesola(2010-2018).
Oyetola was born in Iragbiji in
Boripe local government area of Osun on September 29, 1954.
He went to Ifeoluwa Grammar
School in Osogbo for his secondary education which he completed in 1972
He graduated from the University
of Lagos and had a B.Sc (Hons) Insurance in 1978 and MBA in Finance in 1990.
He is also an associate of the
Chartered Insurance Institute, London and Nigeria, and a Member of the Nigerian
Institute of Management.
He started his insurance career
with Leadway Assurance Company after his NYSC in Maiduguri, Borno state, in
1980 as an assistant manager and rose to the position of area manager, control
office, Lagos.
He worked at Crusader Insurance as
Underwriting Manager, Corporate Alliance Insurance as Controller Technical
before he left to set up Silvertrust Insurance Brokers in 1990. He was on the
Board of many companies.
He is happily married and has
children.
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