1. Adebayo Adelabu was an Oyo State gubernatorial candidate for the All Progressives Congress in 2019.
21 Facts About Adebayo Adelabu
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Adebayo Adelabu attended Ibadan Municipal Government primary school, Agodi Ibadan from 1976 to 1982 and Lagelu Grammar School, Ibadan from 1982 to 1987.
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Adebayo Adelabu received a first class degree in Accounting from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
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Adebayo Adelabu is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and an Associate Member of the Institute of Directors of Nigeria and the United Kingdom.
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Adebayo Adelabu has taken up professional courses in various business schools, including Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Columbia, Kelloggs, Euromoney, and the University of London.
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Adebayo Adelabu started his career with PriceWaterhouse, an international firm of chartered accountants and management consultants.
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Adebayo Adelabu was on secondment to the Central Bank of Nigeria for one year in 1999 when he led the finance team on the CBN re-engineering and corporate renewal project tagged "Project EAGLES".
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Adebayo Adelabu left the firm in year 2000 as an audit manager and senior consultant to join First Atlantic Bank as the Financial Controller and Group Head of Risk Management and Controls.
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Adebayo Adelabu was later promoted to Chief Inspector of the Bank in 2002 and Group Head of National Public Sector Business in 2003.
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Adebayo Adelabu moved to Standard Chartered Bank as the West African Regional Head of Finance and Strategy with dual offices in Lagos and Accra.
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Adebayo Adelabu was appointed by former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in February 2014 as Deputy Governor, Operations of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
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Adebayo Adelabu serves as the Chairman, Board of Directors of the Nigeria InterBank Settlement Systems and has chaired the board of Financial Institution Training Centre.
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Adebayo Adelabu is a serving member of the Board of Federal Inland Revenue Services, Nigeria Security Printing and Minting Company, the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria and the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending.
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Adebayo Adelabu is a businessman and has investments spanning the hospitality, entertainment, agriculture and real estate industries.
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Adebayo Adelabu is the Group Chairman of Bayse One Group of Hotels, the Best Western Plus Hotels, Ibadan and Bayse One Farm.
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Adebayo Adelabu resigned from Central Bank Nigeria with the intention of seeking election into the governorship position of Oyo State in 2019.
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Adebayo Adelabu made his intention official on June 20,2018, when he visited the All Progressive Congress party secretariat in Ibadan to make his declaration and pick up the governorship aspirant form.
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On March 9,2019, Adebayo Adelabu lost to Oluwaseyi Makinde of the People Democratic Party in the 2019 Oyo gubernatorial election in Oyo state.
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Adebayo Adelabu emerged and will be contesting for the Governor of Oyo state under the umbrella of Accord Party after the previous candidate Ayodele Oyajide stepped down.
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On July 27,2023, Adebayo Adelabu was included in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's 28-man ministerial nomination.
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Adebayo Adelabu was made minister of power by president Bola Tinubu on August 16,2023.