1. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour was the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party for Lagos State in the 2023 gubernatorial election where he finished runner-up, losing to incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
22 Facts About Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour was the senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the Lagos West senatorial district in the 2019 Senate elections.
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour attended Chrisland Schools, up to JSS3, and then proceeded to Paris to attend Ecole Active Bilingue, where he completed his secondary education.
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has a bachelor's degree in architecture from University of Nottingham and a master's degree in the same field from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour partook in the National Youth Service Corps in 2008 after his first master's and completed it in 2009.
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour later attained a second master's degree in Research and Public Policy from the University of Lagos.
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour is the son of Barrister Olawale and Mrs Nkechi Rhodes-Vivour.
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour is nephew to a one-time justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Bode Rhodes-Vivour, grandson to the late judge Akinwunmi Rhodes-Vivour.
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour is the great-grandson of Steven Bankole Rhodes, the second ever indigenous judge appointed in Nigeria.
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour is the convener of the civil society group, Nigerians Against GMO, an a-GMO advocacy group fighting against the proliferation of Genetically Modified Foods in Nigeria.
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In 2022, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour collaborated with WellaHealth to provide free health checks and insurance for many people in Lagos who have their voter's card, in commemoration of World Malaria Day and to encourage residents to obtain their voter's card to enable them vote in upcoming elections.
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour is the founder of Spatial Tectonics, a design firm focused on unconventional construction methods to achieve affordability.
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour is a partner to Multi Development Construction Corporation.
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour sits on the board of HomeQube Ltd, E-Terra Technologies and Alkebulan Agro-Allied.
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour was one of the first beneficiaries of the Not Too Young To Run legislation.
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In 2017, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour contested the Ikeja Local Government Area chairmanship under the KOWA party.
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour lost to the candidate of the incumbent APC.
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour came second in the final polls, losing to the incumbent senator and contestant under the erstwhile ruling party APC, Solomon Adeola, by 243,516 votes to Adeola's 323,817.
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour contested the result in court, citing electoral violence and disruptions as reasons why the result should not be valid.
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour was the Labour party gubernatorial candidate in the 2023 Lagos State gubernatorial election, losing to the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour was initially one of the nominees gearing up to contest under the PDP, but pulled out just before the primary election was held.
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour defected to the Labour Party, contesting during substitute election through which the substantive candidate of the party was to be chosen, and came out victorious, getting 111 votes, to defeat former All Progressives Congress chieftain Moshood Salvador, who got 102 votes.