Profile of Olatokunbo Ajala Ekundayo
Transformative Leader for the month of January is Mrs. Olatokunbo Ajala Ekundayo.
Mrs. Olatokunbo Ajala Ekundayo is presently the deputy executive secretary of Coker Aguda Local Council Development Area. She attended the Oriwu Model College and proceeded to the University of Hull, North Humberside, the United Kingdom where she obtained a Bachelors degree in political science and sociology. She has at different times been a broadcaster with Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and worked with various communications outfits including; Insight communications, Cutler Ogilivy Public Relations and is the CEO of NIMA Communications.She is a politician, a former aspirant for Chairmanship in her Local government Coker Aguda under the Action Congress of Nigeria and House of Representatives at separate times in her political career. She was appointed as a member of the transition committee in Coker Aguda Local Council Development Area and is presently the Deputy Executive secretary of Coker Aguda Local Council Development Area.
She is a politician, a former aspirant for Chairmanship in her Local Government Coker Aguda under the Action Congress of Nigeria and House of Representatives at separate times in her political career. She was appointed as a member of the transition committee in Coker Aguda Local Council Development Area and she is presently the Deputy Executive secretary of Coker Aguda Local Council Development Area.
HER VIEWS ON WOMEN AND POLITICS
Princess Olatokunbo has urged Nigerian women to grow their political aspiration beyond the parish level by playing actively in national and municipal political levels. She said “the argument that many women are not in politics is not sustainable going by their numbers at political rallies and campaigns,
According to her “women possess the numerical strength to take charge of public affairs but unfortunately we are still involved in politics at the parish and community level, if more of us can grow beyond the local government terrain in our political aspirations, capturing federal political power by one of us is assured in a short time. Women constitute an appreciable number of the educated class in this country and the electorate and therefore can use the potential power to change fortunes in the society. The proper and constructive organization of women in our society from all walks of life, including the market women, will provide nothing short of relevance in politics for us”.