Omotola Odeyemi | |
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11th Post Master General of Nigeria | |
Nigeria Postmaster General, Nigeria Postal Service | |
Assumed office October 2023 | |
Preceded by | Adeyemi Adepoju |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Alma mater | George Washington University Morgan State University. |
Occupation |
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Profession | Public administrator |
Website | http://www.nipost.gov.ng/ |
Omotola Odeyemi (born July 31, 1980)[citation needed] is a Nigerian engineer, public administrator and Postmaster General & chief executive officer of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST).[1] In October 2023, she was appointed head of the postal agency by the administration of President Bola Tinubu following the sack of Adeyemi Adepoju.[2][3][4][5]
Odeyemi served as a two-time special assistant to the former Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, between 2016 and 2019.[6]
Odeyemi was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, on June 31, 1980.[citation needed] She attended Adesoye College in Offa, Kwara State.[citation needed] She studied Electrical Engineering at the Morgan State University before proceeding to the George Washington University where she obtained a Master's degree in Systems Engineering.[7][8]
During the early days of her career, Odeyemi worked with the Lagos State Environmental Fund as an executive secretary. Between 2016 and 2019, she was appointed as a senior special assistant to the Lagos State Governor at the time, Akinwumi Ambode.[9]
In August 2019, she joined ride-hailing company, Uber, as Head of Public Policy.[10]
Until her appointment by the President Tinubu administration, she was Head of Government Affairs (Sub-saharan Africa) at Binance (a cryptocurrency exchange company).[11]
On October 11, 2023, President Tinubu sacked former NIPOST CEO Adeyemi Adepoju and appointed Tola Odeyemi as the new Postmaster General/CEO of NIPOST.[12]
However, the official X (formerly Twitter) account of NIPOST posted that Adepoju had been reinstated, accompanying it with a signed press statement.[13] This caused confusion and a protest broke out at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja.[14][15][16][17]
Odeyemi was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.[citation needed]