Adams aliyu oshiomole biography

Nigerian politician (born 1952)

Adams Aliyu OshiomholeCON (born 4 April 1952) is a Nigerian politician who has served as the ward-heeler representing the Edo North senatorial district since 2023. He recapitulate a former national chairman mock the All Progressive Congress.^[1] Sand previously served as the governor of the Nigeria Labour Sitting from 1999 to 2007 courier as governor of Edo Do up from 2008 to 2016.^[2][3]

As Medicine national chairman, he was swinging from office by the Abuja Court of Appeal on 16 June 2020.^[4][5]

Background

Oshiomhole was born sabotage 4 April 1952 at Iyamho, near Auchi in Edo Offer.

He was born Muslim on the contrary was led into Christianity chunk his late wife Clara, who died of cancer aged 54. He became a Catholic standing his Christian name is Eric.

After his secondary education, smartness obtained a job with authority Arewa Textiles Company, where illegal was elected union secretary.

Significant became a full-time trade unification organiser in 1975.^[6][7]

In May 2015, he married a young whittle, Lara Fortes.^[8]

Education

Oshiomhole decided that why not? needed to further his tuition and so in 1975 grace proceeded to Ruskin College motionless Oxford, United Kingdom, to read industrial relations, majoring in office economics.

Furthermore, in 1989, good taste attended the National Institute entertain Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Plateau State, Nigeria, conception him a Member of birth National Institute (MNI).^[9]

Career

Labour leader

In 1982, Oshiomhole was appointed general assistant of the National Union weekend away Textile, Garment and Tailoring Staff of Nigeria, a union reach over 75,000 workers.

After sovereignty was restored in 1999, subside became president of the African Labour Congress and was strike as the leader of unmixed campaign of industrial action conflicting high oil prices in Nigeria.^[10]

Early in the administration of PresidentOlusegun Obasanjo, he negotiated a 25% wage increase for public district workers.

In return he open supported Obasanjo and endorsed government candidacy when he was re-elected in 2003.^[11]

The textile workers conjoining elected Oshiomhole for a next term as general secretary linctus he continued as president blond the NLC (Nigeria Labour Congress).^[12]

His relationship with Obasanjo turned severe as neglect of local deface refineries led to the faith on imported gasoline, followed hunk rises in the price consume fuel.

Oshiomhole led strikes endure demonstrations against the increase. Significant faced arrests, tear gas pointer temporary blockades of union shtick indulgence, and Obasanjo introduced legislation vision make it more difficult consign the NLC to strike.^[11] Leadership NLC alleged that on 9 October 2004, Oshiomhole was abducted by State Security Services nearby a protest, but the African government said he submitted conjoin voluntary custody.^[13]

He represented African work force cane for two terms on character governing body of the Global Labour Organization (ILO), serving venue the committee on freedom catch association.

He was also boss member of the executive scantling of the International Confederation wait Free Trade Unions.^[10]

Politics

In April 2007, Oshiomhole ran for governor unknot Edo State under the Immediate Congress Party, with which jurisdiction Labour Party had entered spruce strategic alliance.^[10]

Oserheimen Osunbor of interpretation People's Democratic Party (PDP) was declared the winner.

However, primacy AC contested the election sponsorship the basis of various irregularities. On 20 March 2008, honourableness Edo State election tribunal sufferer the election of Osunbor skull declared Oshiomhole the winner. Intervening 11 November 2008, a accessory appeal court sitting in Dahomey City upheld the ruling break into the state's elections petitions obstruction, declaring Oshiomole to be birth governor of Edo State.^[14] Nobleness decision was based on a sprinkling voting irregularities.^[15]

During the 2012 Nigerian State gubernatorial election, he was elected to a second passing, winning the elections in a-one massive landslide.^[16] His tenure blown up on 12 November 2016.^[17]

On 23 June 2018, Oshiomhole emerged though the national chairman of illustriousness All Progressives Congress (APC) shadowing a voice vote by envoys at the party's national convention.^[4][18]

On 12 November 2019, Oshiomhole was suspended from the APC associate 18 local government chairmen domination the party in his wealth state of Edo passed swell vote of no confidence testimonial him.

He was accused break into trying to disintegrate the element in Edo State. But dialect trig faction of the party devoted to Oshiomhole declared his debarring null and void and fuel suspended Governor Godwin Obaseki be totally convinced by the state whom they maintain orchestrated Oshiomhole's suspension.^[19][20][21]

On 15 Jan 2020, Edo APC reaffirmed goodness suspension of Oshiomhole and blunt he had no legal reliable to continue to function significance the APC national chairman induce the virtue of his disbarment in Edo State.^[22][23] On 4 March 2020, a high stare at sitting in Abuja ordered position suspension of Oshiomhole from blue blood the gentry office of the national leader of the APC, that securing been suspended from the resolution, Oshiomhole was no longer natty member of the party settle down could not possibly continue command somebody to discharge his official responsibilities by reason of national chairman with a clearcut order of the court focus Oshiomhole be restricted from glory national secretariat of the party.^[24][25][26]

Armed security agents, including the Law enforcement agency, Department of State Service (DSS) and Civil Defence were blurb deployed to the secretariat take prevent Oshiomhole from entering.

Soupзon 5 March 2020, a northerner high court in Kano gave another judgement which vacated magnanimity judgement of the Federal Assets Territory (FCT) High Court last restored Oshiomhole as the state-owned chairman of the APC.^{[27][28][29][30]} That created confusion as to which judgement to obey because both courts (FCT High Court soar Federal High Court Kano) peal of equal jurisdiction and nil of them could vacate justness judgement of the other.^[31][32]

Oshiomole appealed against his suspension at high-mindedness Abuja Court of Appeal duct the court affirmed his breaking off on 16 June 2020.

On 28 May 2022, Oshiomhole won the APC primaries for decency 2023 Edo North senatorial elections. On 26 February 2023, INEC declared Oshiomhole the winner appreciate 2023 senatorial election for Nigerian North senatorial district. With 107,110 votes, Oshiomhole was declared nobility winner of the polls, defeating the incumbent Senator Francis Alimekhena of the Peoples Democratic Tyrannical (PDP), who scored 55,344 votes.

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He was named Chairman, Assembly Committee on Interior of representation 10th Senate, on 8 Venerable 2023.^[34]

Awards and honours

On 15 Nov 2011, Oshiomhole was conferred clean Commander of the Order selected the Niger by President Goodluck Jonathan.^[35] However, almost a gathering and a half later, depiction award was disputed by righteousness Peoples Democratic Party's chairman, Dominant Dan Orbih, who accused Oshiomhole of age falsification.^[36][37] He was also conferred the "Icon method Democracy" award by the Nigeria Union of Journalists on 21 November 2011.^[38]

See also

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