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1DR. OLANREWAJU JAYEOLA ADEBAYO (PhD)

DR OLANREWAJU JAYEOLA ADEBAYO (PhD

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Name:

OLANREWAJU JAYEOLA ADEBAYO

Date of Birth:

August, 1957

Nationality:

Nigerian

State/Local Government:

Ogun State, Abeokuta South Local Governmen

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Current Postal address:

National Orientation Agency (NOA)National headquarters Block B,Federal Secretariat Complex Area1,Garki-Abuja. P.M.B 27(098) 2346849 (Home).

Telephone:

0803-349-7161, 09-2346138 (Office)

Executive Director;

National Orientation Agency April 2002

Political and Civic

National Headquarters, Garki, Abuja. to date

Education.NATURE OF WORK:

Initiate and supervise the execution of the Agency’s policies/programmes in the areas of Advocacy of Government Policies/Programmes nationwide.b.

Study prevailing national issues and initiate and supervise the implementation of appropriate programmes nationwide.c.

Civic and Democracy Education Nationwided.

Governance Education Nationwidee.

Coordination of Government Relationship with the Civil Society in Nigeria

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Liaison with Development Partners

PROJECTS EXECUTED

Nationwide Voters Education Campaign towards the INEC’s computerized Registerof voters.b.

Initiated and Supervised the Nationwide Campaign on the National Identity CardProject.c.

Initiated and Executed the All Parties Conference in February 2003.d.

Initiated and Supervised the Agency’s Campaign on ``Know Your Parties`` aprogramme designed to educate Nigerians on the names and symbols of all theregistered Political Parties in Nigeria both in 2003 and 2007.e.

Initiated and Coordinated the national conference on the Nigeria Police and the CivilSociety – Building Partnership For the 2007 General Election and Beyond onDecember 1 2006 at the Sheraton Hotel, Abuja.f.

Initiated and Coordinated a Two-day Civil Society Roundtable on the 2007 GeneralElection which was held in January 19, 2007 at the Rock View Hotel, Abuja.g.

Initiated and has been Chairperson, National Technical Committee on CivicEducation

which was inaugurated in January 2006 by the then Honourable Ministerof Information and National Orientation Mr. Frank Nweke Jnr.

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Secured fund for the development and subsequent review of the Civic Education Manual with the support of the USAID

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Facilitated the development and circulation of a national curriculum onCivic Education

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Production of text-books on civic education from primary 1 to SeniorSecondary School SSS3

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Achievement of national consensus on the critical relevance of civiceducation as a major infrastructural requirement for the development and sustenance of Democracy in Nigeria

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Implementation of Community Civic empowerment Programme (Political Education/Governance Programme) in twelve communities in Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers States

Initiated and has been Chairperson, Government/Civil Society PartnershipProgramme

which is currently implementing a World Bank Supported Governance

3DR. OLANREWAJU JAYEOLA ADEBAYO (PhD)Programme in eight Pilot states. The Committee was formally inaugurated on January2006 by the then Hon. Minister of Information and National Orientation Mr. Frank Nweke Jnr. The Committee has produced a Budget Tracking Training Manual whichis part of a Civil Society Capacity Building Programme aimed at encouraging thedemand side of governance.i.

Convened the First Retreat for Civil Society organisation in Nigeria j.

Organized the first interface between the SSS and the Civil Societies in Nigeriak.

Built the Capacity of NGOs on governance in eight States (ie Lagos. Cross River,Bauchi, Kwara, Kaduna, Kano, Anambra, FCT.)

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Please note that funding of the Agency’s voters education efforts in 2003 and2004 general and local Governments elections respectively, as well as theGovernance were entirely from donor agencies. I was singularly responsible for these.

WORKING EXPERIENCE:

Director

National Orientation Agency Ogun State June 1994-April 1997Directorate, Abeokuta, June 1994National Orientation Agency April 1997-April 1999Ondo State Directorate, AkureNational Orientation Agency, Ogun State May 1999-March 2002Directorate, Abeokuta

NATURE OF WORK:

Chief Operations and Accounting Officer of the Directorateb.

Provision of Operational guidelines and policies for regularizing implementationstrategies in all local government areas of the State.c.

Organization and establishment of action plan on the utilization of resources forimplementation of approved agency’s activities.d.

Establishment of criteria for performance standards and targets within the state anddesign evaluation and monitoring systems for on-going projects.e.

Review of operational performance results and devising strategies for better performance.f.

Initiating and recommending to the Headquarter desirable changes in policies, systemsand procedures as well as major action plans.