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ADESHOLA OLUWASEUN AFARIOGUN

SELF INTRODUCTION

HOME ADDRESS:       No 9, Adeosun Church Street, Off Doctor Bus stop, Itele Road, Oke-ola, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria

PHONE NUMBER:      +234 803 324 8636

I am a Social and Policy Entrepreneur, a Development Catalyst, an actor in the field of Democracy and Good Governance with over Seventeen Years (17) experience with Perspectives on Social Development, Citizens engagement, Research and Development, Advocacy and Social Change, Monitoring and Evaluation, Effective Partnership and Networking, Financial Management and Reporting, Governance and Management Issues. I was trained by West African Civil Society Institute (WASCI) Ghana in NGO Management. I am an Alumni of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) with adaptable and creative skillset in ICT.

I am the Lagos State Focal Person (SFP) for the British Council EU Funded Agents for Citizen-driven Transformation (ACT) Project. I am a member of Ecowas Emergency Response Team – EERT with training from the Ecowas Commission, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Humanitarian Dialogue – HD amongst others. I provide Community Support Services to Shell Nigeria Gas – SNG Limited in Otta and Agbara of Ogun State, Nigeria. 

I am a Pioneer member of the Nigerian Youth Parliament, I represented Ogun West Senatorial District at the Nigerian Youth Parliament. I served at the National Youth Council of Nigeria as the State Secretary in Ogun State.

I provide institutional support, capacity building and mentoring to Non-Governmental Organisations - NGOs, Community Based Organisations – CBO, Youth Groups, Women Groups and other Citizens Groups.

I manage African Foundation for Environment and Development – AFED (www.afedev.org) as the Executive Director. The organisation focuses on the Local Government Arm of the Government in the implementation of their policies and programs, with the hope of building effective governance and service delivery viz-a-viz democratic dividends at the local government level.

I am committed to service.

Home and Property. Surveying

 

UPDATED PROFILE OF AARE  SURVEYOR (DR.) SEGUN OSIFESO, FNIS,

Aare Surveyor (Dr.) Segun Osifeso is one of the successful children of Late Pa Daniel Soetan  Osifeso who was the only son of David Osifeso of the renowned  Wunnomo / Matuluko Oguja Royal Family of Iyanro in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. He is one of the 18 children of the large polygamous family.

He started his education in Ibadan and later proceeded to Western Germany, now Federal Republic of Germany, where he completed his studies graduating in Survey Engineering. He thereafter went to the world renowned Enschede, the Netherlands based International Institute for Aerial Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC) and qualified in Air Survey Navigation (PGD), thus becoming the first Nigerian to qualify in such field in this   highly specialized Institution purposely established by the UNESCO for special trainings for Earth Sciences and Air Surveying  programmes, among others.

Aare Segun Osifeso later came back to the country in 1976 and has since then been practising the surveying profession as a private practitioner till date. He founded Mapcotec Nigeria Limited for Air, Land and Sea operations and has successfully executed projects for both the government and the private sector.

As a renowned surveying professional and a man of impeccable character, his wealth of experience has, on several occasions been sought by the government, which made him to have served at various times as a member of the Land Use Allocation Committee of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government, Ogun State and at the state level, where he served on both the Ogun State Agricultural Committee and the Ogun State Boundary Adjustment Committee.

In recognition of his immense contributions to the actualisation of peace in the African continent through his membership of the Board of Trustees of African Peace Foundation, Abuja, where the Late South African President, Dr. Nelson Mandela, was the pioneer President, he was on June 30, 2017 awarded Ph. D in Humanities (honoris causa) by the Ecole Professionelle Specialise-La-Cite Universite, Cotonou, Republic of Benin. Also in appreciation  of his contributions to humanity, he was on March 19, 1992 honoured with the Professional Recognition Award by the Federal Republic of Germany through the German Embassy in Nigeria.

Surveyor Segun Osifeso, a member of the Ogun State Government owned Olabisi Onabanjo University Development Foundation, is a philanthropist who has contributed generously to various organizations like Churches, Mosques, Orphanages, Nursing Homes and to the needy. It is also on record that as a result of his philanthropy and contributions to the nation's socio - economic growth, the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Ota Branch, honoured him with the Award of Excellence on December 17, 2015, while the Olota of Ota, Oba (Professor) Abdulkabir Adeyemi Obalanlege, and all Awori Obas in Ogun State honoured him with d Chieftaincy title of the Aare Atunluse of Aworiland on Saturday, May 25, 2019. In addition to the laurels, the Diocese of Awori (Anglican Communion) conferred on him the 'Award of Christian Service' on Sunday, July 28, 2019 and also for his sterling contributions to the Nigerian Society of Engineers ( Ikeja Branch) in particular and the engineering profession over the years in general, the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) Ikeja Branch, honoured him as the winner of  the prestigious 2019 Ikeja Engineer Award on Friday, August 30, 2019

A member of the Rotary Club International, with classification “Air Survey” and a Fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors, Aare (Dr. ) Osifeso, who relaxes by playing lawn tennis and golf, has travelled all over the world visiting Alaska, Brazil, USA and Japan amongst others.

A man of the world and a man of all seasons, he aspires to be great and cultivates the friendship of the high and mighty in the land. For him, the biblical statement, “seeth thou a man diligent in his work, he will stand before kings and not before mere men”, is a testament and way of life. He has been blessed and he is a blessing to others.

Surveyor (Dr.) Segun Osifeso is happily married to  Chief (Mrs) Margaret Olufunmike Segun-Osifeso, who is the Yeye Aare Atunluse of Aworiland, and the marriage is blessed with children.