Tunde Adeniran

Tunde Adeniran
Professor
Minister of Education.[1][2]
In office
June 1999 – January 2001
Ambassador of Nigeria to Germany.[3]
In office
2004–2007
Personal details
Born (1945-09-29) 29 September 1945 [4]
Orin-Ekiti, Ido-Osi LGA, Ekiti State, Nigeria
PartySocial Democratic Party (SDP)

Tunde Adeniran (born 29 September 1945) is a Nigerian scholar,[4] politician,[1] diplomat,[4][3] and former minister of education.[5][2][6][7][8] Before entering politics in 1998, he was a staff of the United Nations and a political science lecturer at the University of Ibadan, after years of lecturing in Nigeria and America.[4] He is the author of several books and journal articles.[9][10]

Education

Adeniran is a graduate of University of Ibadan, Nigeria and Columbia University, USA.[11][4]

Political career

From 2004 to 2007, Adeniran served as Nigeria's ambassador to Germany.[4][3][1] From October to December 1985, Adeniran was a member of Nigerian delegation to the 40th session of the United Nations General Assembly. He was director of the Directorate for Social Mobilization (MAMSER) from 1987 to 1992 and chairman from January to August 1993.[4] He was a member of the Committee on Nigerian National Defence Policy for the year 2000.[4] He was a member of the Advisory Committee on Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1985. Adeniran was also a member of the Political Bureau from January 1986 to March 1987.[4] Prior to that, he was a member of the Ondo State Economic Advisory Council from 1980 to 1983. In 1982, Adeniran was a member of Ondo State Local Government Review and Reorganization Committee (Justice Akintan Panel).[4] At party level, Adeniran was a member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) until his defection to the Social Democratic Party in 2018.[12][13][14]

Achievements

During his time as the head of the Nigerian mission to Germany, Adeniran worked to improve the image of Nigeria and restore German investors' confidence in the Nigerian economy. Adeniran established exchange programmes meant to deepen collaboration between Nigerian and German institutions in the areas of health, environment and education.[4] As education minister, Adeniran introduced a number of reforms to aid the development of the Nigerian education sector.[4]

Awards and honours

Adeniran has received several awards and honours. He was awarded the American Medal of Honour in 2001.[4] He became a fellow of the Nigerian National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) in 2002.[4] He received the Ambassador of Peace/Gold Medal Award for Leadership in 1998 and the Ekiti Parapo Merit Award in 1996. In 2002, Adeniran was conferred with a Fellow of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Nigeria (FFPO).[4]

Community service and advocacy

Adeniran thinks that "unless Nigeria makes education free and compulsory up to the secondary school level, and insist on proper training of teachers and quality education for Nigerians", the country would not be able to effectively use technological innovations to ease governance and economic activities including electronic voting.[4] Adeniran called for reforms in Organisation of African Unity that will provide strategies that meet the challenges of conflicts and disputes in African nations. According to Adeniran, "African disputes need a peace-making and peace-keeping machinery for their resolution".[10] On Monday 23 April 2018, Adeniran and other SDP leaders called on "all patriotic Nigerians who believe in national unity, justice, equity and progress to come together and rescue the nation."[8] On Nigeria's image, Adeniran thinks every Nigerian has a responsibility to represent the country well in every aspect and every area of life. He remarked that "we need to continue the promotion of good image through our activities at home and abroad and the correct and credible interpretation of developments" in Nigeria.[4] On the economy, Adeniran thinks Nigeria needs to remain consistent in her economic policies in order to experience significant results. He stated that "through my investment drive, I have realized that we need to remain consistent in our economic policies". He called for synergy among various government agencies, ministries and missions involved in the investment drive.[4] Adeniran thinks Nigeria's local government system, rather than be an instrument of development, is the most tragic aspect of the country's democratic system as it is not run as it should be.[4]

Adeniran is a church leader and a knight of John Wesley.[4] He is involved in a number of charity and community service.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Book Announcement: Tunde Adeniran, serving the fatherland through a life of social & political activism – Tola Adenle". emotanafricana.com. July 7, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Sakin Babalola (October 11, 2016). "South-West PDP Leaders Meet, Set-Up Peace Committee". citymirrornews.com. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "ENGINE OF NATIONAL REAWAKENING AND DEVELOPMENT,Professor Tunde Adeniran, Ambassador of Nigeria to Germany". www.africanheritagemagazine.de. September 22, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Taiwo Danjuma (October 10, 2005). "INTERVIEW (NIGERIAN AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY)". nigeriaworld.com. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  5. ^ "PDP Under-publicised Jonathan's Achievement, Says Adeniran". scannewsnigeria.com. March 14, 2015. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  6. ^ Peleg, Ilan (June 1985). "International Violence. Edited by Tunde Adeniran and Yonah Alexander". The American Political Science Review. 79 (2). Cambridge University Press: 571–572. doi:10.2307/1956730. JSTOR 1956730.
  7. ^ "Longest serving education minister (1999 2013)". www.slideshare.net. 2013-09-26. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  8. ^ a b Muyiwa Adeyemi (April 24, 2018). "Falae, SDP leaders berate major political parties for 'lacking ideology'". leadership.ng. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  9. ^ "The Politics of Wole Soyinka By Tunde Adeniran". www.sunshinenigeria.com. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  10. ^ a b "PACIFIC SETTLEMENT AMONG AFRICAN STATES: THE ROLE OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY". journals.lib.unb.ca. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  11. ^ Adeniran, Tunde (1974). "The Dynamics of Peasant Revolt". Journal of Black Studies. 4 (4): 363–375. doi:10.1177/002193477400400401.
  12. ^ Olusola Fabiyi (March 4, 2018). "Why I left PDP with my supporters –Adeniran". punchng.com. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  13. ^ Chibuzo Ukaibe (March 5, 2018). "Gana, Adeniran, Others Must Be Wooed Back To PDP – Dickson". leadership.ng. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  14. ^ Nicholas Uwerunonye (March 2, 2018). "Jerry Gana, Tunde Adeniran Defect To SDP". independent.ng. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
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