Hottestgistnaija.com
Former Lagos PDP Governoship Candidate and Senator Candidate for Lagos Central Ade dosunmu got a shock of his life when Angry Apapa Youths walked him out of a meeting with him for daring to give the youths 20,000 naira to get their support and warned him to stay clear of Apapa as he will get zero Vote from that Area in this Election,According to naijahottestgist findings Ade had asked for an Audience with the United Apapa Youth forumn and after he had spoken to them on the need for change and how Sen Tinubu needs to be changed,He gave them 20,000 to buy drinks and this spank Anger in the youths who returned Ade’s Money to him and warned him never ever to come back to Apapa and assured him that he will get zero vote from Apapa,An Embrassed Ade quietly let the meeting embrassed and has been sending emisaries to the boys who have rebuffed him.
Despite Dr Ade Dosunmu strong credentials and work experience,his entry into politics has not been successfull at all,he was beaten black and blue by Gov fashola in 2011 leaving an horrible impression as a Colourless politician,Ade was born on October 24, 1963 in Isale Eko to the famous Dosunmu family of Lagos. He had his Primary education at Surulere Baptist School and attended Jibril Martins Memorial Grammar School Lagos for his Secondary and Higher School certificate education. After successfully completing his Higher School Certificate Examination (HSC), he proceeded to the University of Ibadan where he graduated with B.Sc (Hons) degree in Sociology. He also obtained a Masters degree (M.Sc) in Industrial Sociology from University of Lagos and later proceeded to ObafemiAwolowo University, Ile-Ife where he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree (Ph.D) in Public Administration. He is an expert on Public policy.
He started his career as a Productivity/Research Officer with the National Productivity Center a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Employment,Labour and Productivity. He rose to the position of Senior Research Officer between 1988 – 1994 before joining the service of Lagos Building Investment Company Limited as Deputy Manager (Administration). Between 1994-2002 he rose to the position of Assistant General Manager (Administration and Corporate Planning) where he had full responsibilities for General Administration, Human Resources management and Corporate Planning. He joined the Nigeria Ports Authority as Assistant General Manager (Superannuation and Investment) where he was responsible for the coordination of both the Pension Portfolio and Investment of pension funds. A position he held till August 2006 when he was appointed by the Federal Government of Nigeria as Executive Director, (Finance & Administration) in the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). In that capacity, he was responsible for the Financial Management, General Administration, Corporate Services and Research functions of the Agency.
Following the exemplary manner with which he discharged his duties as Executive Director, by May 2007, Dr. Ade Dosunmu was appointed by the Federal Government of Nigeria to the exalted position of Director General/Chief Executive officer of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), a position he held till July 2009. As the Director General of the Apex Maritime Safety Regulatory Agency in Nigeria he doubled as the Alternate Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the International Seabed Authority, Kingston, Jamaica. During his tenure in NIMASA, he was Chairman of the Technical Committee on Nigeria’s re-election and instrumental to Nigeria’s election into the Council of International Maritime Organization (IMO). He represented Nigeria on the council of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and that of the International LabourOrganisation (ILO), Geneva.
Dr. Dosunmu lectures Public Policy at the University of Lagos and has served as Resource Person to the Association of African Development Finance Institute (AADFI) Cote d’Ivoire (1998 – 2000) Council Member, Association of Nigeria Development Finance Institutions. (ANDFI) (1997 – 2001) Member, Development Committee of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (1997 – 2001) Secretary, Lagos State Inter-ministerial Committee for National Productivity day Celebration and Director, Leasing Company of Nigeria (LECON), a subsidiary of Bank of Industry (BOI)
A Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration of Nigeria, Fellow, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and fellow of the Certified Institute of Shipping, full Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPMN), an Associate member of Nigerian Institute of Training & Development (NITAD) and NigeriaInstitute of Management. Dr. Dosunmu has attended many Courses, Seminars and Workshops both local and international among which are Anatomy of shipping at Cambridge Academy of Transport, Cambridge University, UK, Finance for Non Finance Managers at WITS Business School, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Pension Reform Course, organized by Crown Agents in London and many others. He also presented papers at several local and international fora.
In recognition of his numerous strides, he has received many Awards and Honours, some of which are Gold Merit Award for the Best Maritime Administrator of the Year 2008, Maritime Personality of the Year 2008, Maritime Chief Executive of the Year 2008, Exemplary Contribution to Maritime Pollution Control and Sustainable Development of Nigerian Eco System 2007, Outstanding Public Service Entrepreneur 2007, Exemplary Leadership Award 2007. United Nation Human Right Award of Excellence as ICON of Youth Development in Nigeria. He was recently honoured for his contributions to National Development by the President Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. GoodluckEbele Jonathan with the prestigious National honour of the Member of the Order of the Niger (MON). Dr. Dosunmu is the first Chief Executive of any Maritime Agency to be so honoured. He has six (6) publications to his credit. He’s happily married and blessed with children,A lot of people who heard about the 20,000 story believes that Ade is broke and apart from that he has little or no visibility in all the areas he is running and a lot of people expect a free ride by the incumbent Mrs Tinubu
