Popoola Isiaka Olamilekan is from Osogbo, the capital city of Osun State in Nigeria. He is known to be gentle, intellectual, focus and result-oriented in his dealings.
As an in-born leader, he started holding leadership positions at his early age, right at his primary school, when he was appointed as the Health Prefect. During his secondary school days, he held positions as: the Time Keeper at year three and the Laboratory Prefect at his final year. Between 2001 and 2003, he attended the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria, and obtained a National Diploma in Electrical & Electronics Engineering. At the institution, his colleagues elected him in 2001 as an honourable representing his department at the Students' Union Representatives Council (SURC), a legislative arm of the Students' Union Government (SUG). Through the platform, he represented the institution from 2001 to 2002 at the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) where he assisted in Zone D students' mobilizations.
As an alumnus of the prestigious Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria, he studied Mining Engineering and graduated with a B.Eng (Hons.) in 2008. During his days at the university, he served at his departmental association as the Secretary (2007) and Chairman (2008), both to the Electoral Committe. His enthusiasm for SERVICE TO HUMANITY made him to join a students' association known as Junior Chambers International (JCI), FUTA LOM, in 2007. He served there as a committee member of General Legal Council. His foundation knowledges in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and quest for technical know-hows in ICT sector encouraged him to practically learn Computer Repair & Maintenance, AUTOCAD and Down-To-Home Digital Satellite Television Dish Installation, while as an undergraduate. Apart from certifications & self-confidence in those fields, he is also engaged in them, up to this moment, as means of supports to his livelihood.
In August 2008, he was privileged to be nominated, screened and confirmed as the pioneer honourable member representing the youth of Osun Central Senatorial District of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at the Nigerian Youth Parliament, the position he is holding up to this moment. At the level of the South- West caucus in the parliament, he was appointed as the Chairman, Ad-Hoc Committee on Reconcilliation.
On social developments, he is an on-line member of development groups such as: Shoes for Liberians, Dream Big, African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AUYVC), Global Help Initiatives for Palestine, Global Success Team, British Council Nigeria, Nigerian Electricity & Gas Improvement Project- NEGIP Network, Personal Development & Mentoring Club, Grace2Support Initiative, Students in Distress Resque Foundation (STUDREF), Personal Development, Let's Talk Youth, Landmark Network, Entrepreneur Network, Arise Africa... He also belongs to social networking media including: Skype, Facebook, Blogspot, TIG, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube etc. His passion for youth developments and empowerments has led him to start working assidoussly on a comprehensive and vision-driving framework to flag-off an organization on Students' Empowerment Initiative.
Currently, he is undergoing a national service under the Nigeria's National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria. Through the scheme, he is a full-time volunteer to the Millennium Development Goals Awareness Creation (MAC). This is a World Bank, British Council and NYSC collaborative Project. MAC serves as a Community Development Service (CDS) Group under the scheme and he is a member of the Group's Editorial Team.
Popoola Isiaka Olamilekan loves debating, brainstorming, skill building, advocacy, volunteering, helping the needy, researching, reading, writing, travelling, relationship, networking and friendship. His dream is to be a vanguard of change, at all levels, and to contribute his skills and strengths towards achieving a sustainable human development.
As an in-born leader, he started holding leadership positions at his early age, right at his primary school, when he was appointed as the Health Prefect. During his secondary school days, he held positions as: the Time Keeper at year three and the Laboratory Prefect at his final year. Between 2001 and 2003, he attended the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria, and obtained a National Diploma in Electrical & Electronics Engineering. At the institution, his colleagues elected him in 2001 as an honourable representing his department at the Students' Union Representatives Council (SURC), a legislative arm of the Students' Union Government (SUG). Through the platform, he represented the institution from 2001 to 2002 at the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) where he assisted in Zone D students' mobilizations.
As an alumnus of the prestigious Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria, he studied Mining Engineering and graduated with a B.Eng (Hons.) in 2008. During his days at the university, he served at his departmental association as the Secretary (2007) and Chairman (2008), both to the Electoral Committe. His enthusiasm for SERVICE TO HUMANITY made him to join a students' association known as Junior Chambers International (JCI), FUTA LOM, in 2007. He served there as a committee member of General Legal Council. His foundation knowledges in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and quest for technical know-hows in ICT sector encouraged him to practically learn Computer Repair & Maintenance, AUTOCAD and Down-To-Home Digital Satellite Television Dish Installation, while as an undergraduate. Apart from certifications & self-confidence in those fields, he is also engaged in them, up to this moment, as means of supports to his livelihood.
In August 2008, he was privileged to be nominated, screened and confirmed as the pioneer honourable member representing the youth of Osun Central Senatorial District of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at the Nigerian Youth Parliament, the position he is holding up to this moment. At the level of the South- West caucus in the parliament, he was appointed as the Chairman, Ad-Hoc Committee on Reconcilliation.
On social developments, he is an on-line member of development groups such as: Shoes for Liberians, Dream Big, African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AUYVC), Global Help Initiatives for Palestine, Global Success Team, British Council Nigeria, Nigerian Electricity & Gas Improvement Project- NEGIP Network, Personal Development & Mentoring Club, Grace2Support Initiative, Students in Distress Resque Foundation (STUDREF), Personal Development, Let's Talk Youth, Landmark Network, Entrepreneur Network, Arise Africa... He also belongs to social networking media including: Skype, Facebook, Blogspot, TIG, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube etc. His passion for youth developments and empowerments has led him to start working assidoussly on a comprehensive and vision-driving framework to flag-off an organization on Students' Empowerment Initiative.
Currently, he is undergoing a national service under the Nigeria's National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria. Through the scheme, he is a full-time volunteer to the Millennium Development Goals Awareness Creation (MAC). This is a World Bank, British Council and NYSC collaborative Project. MAC serves as a Community Development Service (CDS) Group under the scheme and he is a member of the Group's Editorial Team.
Popoola Isiaka Olamilekan loves debating, brainstorming, skill building, advocacy, volunteering, helping the needy, researching, reading, writing, travelling, relationship, networking and friendship. His dream is to be a vanguard of change, at all levels, and to contribute his skills and strengths towards achieving a sustainable human development.
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