Ademuyiwa Adebola
| Ademuyiwa Adebola | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Taofeek |
| Born | Adebola 6 November 1991 Iseyin |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Nigerian |
| Other names | Alimosho Boy |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Lagos State Polytechnic |
| 💼 Occupation | Advocate (Children Education) |
| Notable work | The Ademuyiwa Initiative For Education (TAIFED) |
Adebola pronounced aa-DEH-BowLaa (born Ademuyiwa Adebola Taofeek on 6 November 1991) is a Nigerian Digital Communicator, blogger, panel speaker, socio-economic, and political commentator. In 2018, he was named PALEC's Youth and Education Advocate of the Year[1] and was appointed the Lagos State coordinator for the Buhari New Media Center.[note 1]
Early life and education[edit]
Adebola is from Ikire, Osun State. He was born in Iseyin, Oyo State, and was raised there and in Lagos State. His father was a Military Officer and Adebola grew up in the Ikeja Military Cantonment[2] and one of the survivors of the Ikeja Bomb blast.[3] He attended the Lagos State Polytechnic and studied Food Technology. Digital skills knowledge acquisition brought a change to Adebola's life for the better and he gives back to communities through his initiatives.[4] He had opined that fixing primary and secondary school education for children is the best foundational base for Nigeria's education system.[5]
Career[edit]
Adebola has written blogposts for Opera News Hub, Nigerian Bulletin, PrecisionNG, Abusidiqu and the UnilagEfiwe blogs and had been published on omojuwa.com, an online opinion paper published by Japheth J. Omojuwa. He was selected by the PALEC Awards due to his advocacy work, and he was awarded PALEC[1] Youth and Education Advocate of the Year in 2018. The Vanguard described him as a motivated individual and believer in Opportunities.[4] He writes for The Paradigm, a Nigeria based online investigative reports magazine. He recommended[6] "I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Nobel Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai, as one of the best books to read on child education. In 2018, he was appointed the Lagos State coordinator for the Buhari Center,[7] a new media initiative for President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.[note 2]
TAIFED[edit]
TAIFED is an initiative that teaches school children digital skills. Founded in 2014, Taofeek had taught over 1000 school children in Egan and Ilero areas in Southwest Nigeria. Before TAIFED, Adebola was the Public Relations Officer (PRO) for a now rested Better Nigeria Youth Forum.[8] He facilitates the training of school children in photography, cinematography, programming, bead making, baking, digital marketing, graphics design, and programming.[9]
TAIFED uses hashtags to launch their advocacy campaigns. #MaskUpEgan[10] was for distribution of free face masks to the Egan community in Igando, Alimosho LGA in Lagos State at the rise of the COVID19 incidence, #OneChildAtATime I(2015) & II(2018) was for the distribution of writing materials and textbooks to school children at Ilero community, Ipokia LGA, Ogun State and Egan Junior Secondary School’s Library, Igando, Alimosho LGA, Lagos State.
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "PALEC Awards 3.0: 10 South-South campuses come together in latest leadership conference » YNaija". YNaija. 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ↑ "Pulse speaks to 4 people who survived the Ikeja Military Cantonment bomb explosions in 2002". Pulse Nigeria. 2019-01-26. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ↑ Editors, History com. "Explosions trigger deadly panic in Nigeria". HISTORY. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Meet Ademuyiwa Adebola Taofeek, the young digital communication expert". Vanguard News. 2019-08-24. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ↑ "Quality tertiary education is expensive, Nigeria must accept this reality to fix her education system – Ademuyiwa Adebola Taofeek". The Paradigm. 2020-04-26. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ↑ "Adebola Taofeek Book Recommendations". BookAuthority. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
- ↑ "2019: Buhari new media center launches interactive website". The Sun Nigeria. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ↑ BNYF (2015-05-12). "Press Release of Better Nigeria Youth Forum's #HopeForTheChildren project". Better Nigeria Youth Forum (B.N.Y.F). Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ↑ "Digital communication expert organises training in Lagos". TheCable. 2019-08-24. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ↑ "Meet Ademuyiwa Adebola, the man behind #MaskUpEgan". The Paradigm. 2020-05-17. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
External links[edit]
- "One Child At a Time via Rural Exploration" on YouTube
- List of Nigerian bloggers
- Adebola articles
- website
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