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| CHIEF BOLAJI AYORINDE, SAN |
A key factor that sets leadership apart is the capacity to effectively formulate, implement, and evaluate policies and programmes for the public good.
Even the ardent critics and detractors of the Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, have adjudged him to have performed wonderfully well, and applauded him on the recent appointment of a legal luminary, Chief Bolaji Ayorinde, SAN, as the Chairman of the newly constituted State Advisory Council.
There is no doubt that the governor has transformed the Pace-Setter State in the past four years of his administration. Besides, the appointment of Chief Ayorinde is considered a reward for excellence, integrity, and honesty in line with the governor's belief of putting round pegs in round holes to achieve his vision for a prosperous Oyo State.
The overriding benchmark for the selection of members of the Advisory Council is integrity, honesty, character, and experience, which informed the choice of Chief Ayorinde as the Chairman of the Advisory Council.
Arguably, one of the foremost political titans in Oyo State today, Chief Bolaji Ayorinde, SAN, who doubled as the Special Counsel to the Governor of Oyo State, is from every logical perspective the best-primed person to chair the Advisory Council.
Other members of the Advisory Council include the former Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Senator Monsurat Sunmonu, Senator Hosea Agboola, Senator Gbenga Babalola, Oyo State SDP Governorship Candidate for the 2023 election, Barrister Michael Lana, Former AD Whip of the House of Representatives, Hon. Babatunde Oduyoye and Senator Kamarudeen Adedibu.
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| GOVERNOR SEYI MAKINDE |
Chief Mobolaji Olukayode Ayorinde, SAN, FCIArb., OFR is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Partners at B. A Law LLP; a thriving Nigerian law firm with a multidimensional law practice.
Born into the Ayorinde family of Ajimajasan Compound, Agbokojo, Ibadan, to Honourable Justice Timothy Adebayo Ayorinde, Former Chief Judge of Oyo State and Chief Mrs Christiana Adetokunbo Ayorinde, Chief Bolaji Ayorinde, SAN, had his early education at the Sacred Heart Primary School, Ring-Road, Ibadan before proceeding to the famous Government College, Ibadan and the International School, Ibadan.
In September 1981, he proceeded to the University College Buckland, Oxfordshire England, United Kingdom for his university education and obtained the University of Oxford, GCE Certificate [Law] Intermediate LLB).
Thereafter, he attended the prestigious Holborn Law Tutors, Roupell Street, London for his University of London, Bachelor of Laws LLB Hons Degree Certificate.
He proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, for his B.L. and was subsequently called to the Nigerian Bar in 1986. He was appointed Notary Public for Nigeria in 1994 and in 2005 he was elevated to the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
His areas of legal practice include General Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Company Law, Family Law, Property and Land Law, Banking, Insurance and liquidation Law, Arbitration, Maritime and Shipping Law, Public Advocacy and Parliamentary Counseling Services.
The Learned Silk has authored books and written several published and unpublished articles on topical legal and societal issues, among which are: Securing and Enforcing Maritime Claims, Juriscope 1st Edition-2001 Series; Wills and Testamentary Disposition; Judicial precedent, Law Reporting and the need for Regulation; Justice Delivery and Judicial Bias amongst others.
He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, International Bar Association, IBA, Nigeria-British Chamber of Commerce, Nigerian-Belgian Commercial Information and Documentation Centre and Commonwealth Lawyers Association. He has been a Council Member, Section on Public and Development Law, SPIDEL, of the NBA, Chairman Finance Committee, Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja Branch, and he is an active member of the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria. Furthermore, he was also a member of the Constitution Drafting Committee, Diocese of Lagos West at the inception of the Diocese. Furthermore, he is also a member of various church societies as well as several socio-cultural organizations, clubs, and societies.
He was appointed Pro-Chancellor, Chairman Governing Council, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State (2007-2011), Member Presidential Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy (2011), appointed Chairman Legal Aid Council of Nigeria (2012), Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, Chairman, Aviation & Transport Committee, Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators.
He was also the Chairman of the Oyo State Committee on the Decongestion of Prisons. Likewise, he holds the Ghana 2006/2007 outstanding African Nations Builders Gold Award, Society of Security Practitioners of Nigeria Award 2005/2007, Augustine Nnamani Chambers, Faculty of Law, University of Ibadan Distinguished Personality Award 2008, LAUTECH Alumni Award for Excellence in leadership and Administration 2007, Federation of Oyo State Students Union Platinum Award of Excellent Leadership Award 2008 and the 2010 Award for Professional Excellence by the Central Council for Ibadan Indigenes (CCII).
In November 2011, Chief Bolaji Ayorinde, SAN, was appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan as a Member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy, PACPM. In June 2012, he was appointed Chairman of the Governing Board of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria by the President. He was Conferred with the National Honour of “Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic” of Nigeria, OFR in 2014.
Chief Ayorinde SAN is an accomplished legal luminary.
He is the Deputy Chancellor Diocese of Ibadan, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion and holds the Traditional Title of Agba Ofin of Ibadanland.
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