Adebayo Adenrele
Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State, will on thursday inaugurate members of the newly constituted Economic Management Team, in a bid to improve the economic fortune of the State.
The inauguration is coming barely three months after the appointment of Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi as Chief Economic Adviser to the Government.
The members, in a statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Yinka Oyebode, will serve on part time basis and assist Oyebanji in the formulation of economic and financial policies as well as promotion of investment in line with the administration’s shared prosperity agenda.
Members of the Economic Management Team are:
1. Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi (Chief Economic Adviser/Head of Team)
2. Mr Feyisayo Charles Ogoji
3. Mr Falil Ayo Abina
4. Mr Tope Adebayo
5. Dr Olugbenga Oyewole
6. Ms Folakemi Fatogbe
The quartet of Akin Oyebode (Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development); Mr Niyi Adebayo (Special Adviser, Budget, Economic planning and Performance Management); Mrs Tayo Adeola (Special Adviser, Investment, Trade and Industry) and Mr Ebenezer Boluwade (Special Adviser, Agriculture and Food Security) are internal members of the team.
Oyewole served as Public Financial Management Consultant, Office of Accountant General, Ekiti State, August to September, 2019; he has also served as Technical Director, Public Financial Management, Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI), USAID/Nigeria States Accountability, Transparency and Effectiveness (State2State). He has provided support to Lagos, Kano, Ondo and Kebbi States on Public Finance Management, budget and planning.
A strategic planner of repute, Oyewole, had, at different time, served as Public Financial Management Expert, French Development Agency; Debt Management Consultant, West African Institute for Financial Management (WAIFEM)/Debt Management Office State-By-State Debt Sustainability Training for Nigerian States from October 2021 to December 2022, among other several high-level responsibilities.
MS FOLAKEMI FATOGBE
Folakemi Fatogbe, a banker and risk management expert was a former Director, Risk Management at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). She is the Chief Executive Officer/Founder, De-Risking Lab, and the Creative Director/ Founder of Oyaato.
Born in United Kingdom to Ekiti parents, Fatogbe attended St. Louis Girls Secondary School, Ondo, for her secondary education. She studied Communication Arts at the University of Ibadan and started her banking career at the Public Relations Department, Owena Bank. She later bagged an MBA in Finance and International Business at the Cardiff Business School, UK. From there, she went into UK banking sector and started in financial control and corporate strategy at the NatWest Banking Group, Head Office in the City of London.
She later worked for the Bank of England as a Senior Risk Analyst covering Emerging Markets, (African and Gulf banks). She also worked as Programme Director for Banking at NCR and from there to Lloyds Financial Markets, the Royal Bank of Scotland, and Chase Cooper Consulting as a Risk Consultant. She joined the CBN upon her return to Nigeria In the heat of the 2008/2009 global financial crises. She was headhunted into the dual roles of Special Adviser to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor on Banking Reforms and Risk Management as well as Director of Risk Management.
The inauguration of the Economic Management Team members will take place at the Exco Chamber, Governor’s Office, Ado-Ekiti on Thursday, July 6, 2023, by 12noon.
The Biodun Oyebanji administration is committed to building a very strong economic base for the state and ensuring prosperity for the people. The Governor is attracting very good and experienced hands from various sectors and in different parts of the world, to assist in achieving this laudable goal.
This is in addition to work
ing with development partners, institutions and private sector players to stimulate economic growth and development in Ekiti State.