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==Career==
==Career==
Water Survey (Nig.) Limited offered Bimbo Daramola a permanent employment four months into the [[National Youth Service Corps|NYSC]] scheme in Kaduna.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} He resigned from Water Surveys (Nig) Ltd in 1993 and took up an appointment at [[Savannah Bank]]. After Savannah Bank, Daramola co-founded Rucie Communications and became its Deputy managing director.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} The company produced a documentary, titled ''From Prison to Presidency'', which chronicled the life, times and works of former President [[Olusegun Obasanjo]]. Daramola is chief executive officer of [http://www.thebridgeconcepts.com The Bridge Concepts Nigeria Limited].{{Verification failed|date=October 2020}}
Water Survey (Nig.) Limited offered Bimbo Daramola a permanent employment four months into the [[National Youth Service Corps|NYSC]] scheme in Kaduna.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} He resigned from Water Surveys (Nig) Ltd in 1993 and took up an appointment at [[Savannah Bank]]. After Savannah Bank, Daramola co-founded Rucie Communications and became its Deputy managing director.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} The company produced a documentary, titled ''From Prison to Presidency'', which chronicled the life, times and works of former President [[Olusegun Obasanjo]]. Daramola is chief executive officer of [http://www.thebridgeconcepts.com The Bridge Concepts Nigeria Limited].{{Verification failed|date=October 2020}} He is also the convener of the [https://nigeriaskitsindustryawards.com/ Nigeria Skit Industry Awards]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-07|title=Nigeria Skits Industry Awards gets presidential endorsement|url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/nigeria-skits-industry-awards-gets-presidential-endorsement/|access-date=2021-11-26|website=Tribune Online|language=en-GB}}</ref>


==Politics==
==Politics==
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Daramola took oath of office as Member, House of Representatives, representing Oye/Ikole Ekiti-North Federal Constituency 1, [[Ekiti State]], on Monday, 6 June 2011 during the inauguration of the Seventh House of Representatives. He is the Vice-Chairman of House of Representatives' Committee on [[Millennium Development Goals]], and member of the following House of Representatives' committees: Army, Banking & Currency, Civil Society and Donor Agencies, and Diaspora.<ref>{{cite web |author=National Assembly |title=HON. DARAMOLA ABIMBOLA OLUWAFEMI |url=http://www.nassnig.org/nass2/portfolio/profile.php?id=HON.%20ABIMBOLA%20OLUWAFEMI%20DARAMOLA |year=2011}}</ref>
Daramola took oath of office as Member, House of Representatives, representing Oye/Ikole Ekiti-North Federal Constituency 1, [[Ekiti State]], on Monday, 6 June 2011 during the inauguration of the Seventh House of Representatives. He is the Vice-Chairman of House of Representatives' Committee on [[Millennium Development Goals]], and member of the following House of Representatives' committees: Army, Banking & Currency, Civil Society and Donor Agencies, and Diaspora.<ref>{{cite web |author=National Assembly |title=HON. DARAMOLA ABIMBOLA OLUWAFEMI |url=http://www.nassnig.org/nass2/portfolio/profile.php?id=HON.%20ABIMBOLA%20OLUWAFEMI%20DARAMOLA |year=2011}}</ref>
Daramola moved a motion titled ''Emerging Threats to Nigeria's Internal Security and the Need for the Establishment of Department of Homeland Security'', to address the menace of security challenges facing Nigeria, as posed by the [[Boko Haram]] [[sect]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Clifford Udujihe |title=We need more will than dialogue to tackle insecurity – Rep Daramola |url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/we-need-more-will-than-dialogue-to-tackle-insecurity-rep-daramola/ |quote=... That was the very first motion of the Seventh Assembly of the House of Representatives and I moved it. I remembered that people were like 'is this man a ranking member?' |date=14 March 2013}}</ref>
Daramola moved a motion titled ''Emerging Threats to Nigeria's Internal Security and the Need for the Establishment of Department of Homeland Security'', to address the menace of security challenges facing Nigeria, as posed by the [[Boko Haram]] [[sect]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Clifford Udujihe |title=We need more will than dialogue to tackle insecurity – Rep Daramola |url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/we-need-more-will-than-dialogue-to-tackle-insecurity-rep-daramola/ |quote=... That was the very first motion of the Seventh Assembly of the House of Representatives and I moved it. I remembered that people were like 'is this man a ranking member?' |date=14 March 2013}}</ref>
Daramola moved a motion to investigate claims by the Asset Management Company of Nigeria that 140.9 billion Naira (about US$1 billion), owed by Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited and Forte Oil Plc as a result of fuel subsidy scam had been paid. An ad hoc committee, headed by [[Femi Gbajabiamila]] to verify the repayment claims.<ref>{{cite news |author=John Ameh |title=Reps Panel to Probe N140.9bn |url=http://www.punchng.com/news/otedola/ |newspaper=Punch |date=12 October 2012}}</ref> was constituted. Daramola was appointed by the House of Representatives to head the ad hoc committee to probe the allocation of plots of land to companies and individuals in the [[Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)|Federal Capital Territory]] (FCT) and possible cases of fraud in the process from 2010 till date.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jacob Segun Olatunji, Kolawole Daniel |title=Lawmakers to probe land allocations in FCT from 2010 till date |url=http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/17609-lawmakers-to-probe-land-allocations-in-fct-from-2010-till-date.html |newspaper=Tribune |date=25 July 2013 |access-date=8 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927231322/http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/17609-lawmakers-to-probe-land-allocations-in-fct-from-2010-till-date.html |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Daramola moved a motion to investigate claims by the Asset Management Company of Nigeria that 140.9 billion Naira (about US$1 billion), owed by Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited and Forte Oil Plc as a result of fuel subsidy scam had been paid. An ad hoc committee, headed by [[Femi Gbajabiamila]] to verify the repayment claims.<ref>{{cite news |author=John Ameh |title=Reps Panel to Probe N140.9bn |url=http://www.punchng.com/news/otedola/ |newspaper=Punch |date=12 October 2012}}</ref> was constituted. Daramola was appointed by the [[House of Representatives]] to head the ad hoc committee to probe the allocation of plots of land to companies and individuals in the [[Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)|Federal Capital Territory]] (FCT) and possible cases of fraud in the process from 2010 till date.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jacob Segun Olatunji, Kolawole Daniel |title=Lawmakers to probe land allocations in FCT from 2010 till date |url=http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/17609-lawmakers-to-probe-land-allocations-in-fct-from-2010-till-date.html |newspaper=Tribune |date=25 July 2013 |access-date=8 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927231322/http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/17609-lawmakers-to-probe-land-allocations-in-fct-from-2010-till-date.html |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


===Table of motions moved and bills presented by Daramola===
===Table of motions moved and bills presented by Daramola===
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==Comments on national issues==
==Comments on national issues==
===Fuel subsidy removal===
===Fuel subsidy removal===
During the national debate on fuel subsidy removal that eventually led to [[Occupy Nigeria]] protests, Daramola was one of Nigerian legislators invited to a meeting with Dr. [[Goodluck Jonathan]], Nigeria's President. At the end of the meeting, Daramola said "Mr. President did not sufficiently convince me or my other colleagues in the House of Representatives. I don't want to be graphic on what happened there but I am telling you that it was a faux pax. I don't think he achieved any purpose. I don't think he moved the story forward. I would say that his reasons did not appeal to members of the House of Representatives."<ref>{{cite news |author=Paul Odenyi |title=Fuel subsidy: ‘Jonathan can’t convince Senators, Reps’ |url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/12/fuel-subsidy-'jonathan-can't-convince-senators-reps'/ |date=1 April 2012 |newspaper=Vanguard }}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>{{Dead link|date=October 2020}}
During the national debate on fuel subsidy removal that eventually led to [[Occupy Nigeria]] protests, Daramola was one of Nigerian legislators invited to a meeting with Dr. [[Goodluck Jonathan]], Nigeria's President. At the end of the meeting, Daramola said "Mr. President did not sufficiently convince me or my other colleagues in the [[House of Representatives]]. I don't want to be graphic on what happened there but I am telling you that it was a faux pax. I don't think he achieved any purpose. I don't think he moved the story forward. I would say that his reasons did not appeal to members of the House of Representatives."<ref>{{cite news |author=Paul Odenyi |title=Fuel subsidy: ‘Jonathan can’t convince Senators, Reps’ |url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/12/fuel-subsidy-'jonathan-can't-convince-senators-reps'/ |date=1 April 2012 |newspaper=Vanguard }}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>{{Dead link|date=October 2020}}


===Near crash of the Nigeria capital market===
===Near crash of the Nigeria capital market===

Revision as of 13:17, 26 November 2021

Bimbo Daramola
In office
2011–2015
ConstituencyEkiti North Federal Constituency 1
Personal details
Born (1967-11-09) 9 November 1967 (age 57)
Nigeria
Political partyAll Progressives Congress (APC)
Residence(s)Abuja and Ekiti, Nigeria
Alma materChrist's School, Ado-Ekiti
OccupationLawmaker

Abimbola Oluwafemi Daramola (born 9 November 1967) is a Nigerian scientist and legislator in the House of Representatives of Nigeria, representing Ekiti North Federal Constituency, Ekiti State, South-West Nigeria[1] since 2011.[2]

Early life

Bimbo Daramola was born in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State by Francis Adebayo Daramola, a former chairman (Mayor) of Oye Local Government Area[3] when Oye Local Government Area was under Ondo State, out of which Ekiti State was carved in 1996 by the military government of Nigeria then headed by late General Sani Abacha.

Education

Daramola started his formal education at Emmanuel Anglican Primary School, Ado-Ekiti and St. Joseph Primary School, Aramoko-Ekiti in 1973. He had his secondary school education at Christ's School Ado Ekiti, which was founded by Archdeacon Henry Dallimore.[4] He studied Geology in 1984 at the then Ondo State University, which was renamed to University of Ado Ekiti, and now Ekiti State University.

He graduated in 1989 and was thereafter posted to Kaduna State, North West Nigeria, where he participated in the one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corps at Water Survey (Nig) Ltd. He got his master's degree in Business Administration, at the University of Ilorin in 1995.

Career

Water Survey (Nig.) Limited offered Bimbo Daramola a permanent employment four months into the NYSC scheme in Kaduna.[citation needed] He resigned from Water Surveys (Nig) Ltd in 1993 and took up an appointment at Savannah Bank. After Savannah Bank, Daramola co-founded Rucie Communications and became its Deputy managing director.[citation needed] The company produced a documentary, titled From Prison to Presidency, which chronicled the life, times and works of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Daramola is chief executive officer of The Bridge Concepts Nigeria Limited.[failed verification] He is also the convener of the Nigeria Skit Industry Awards[5]

Politics

In 1998, Daramola met with a team of Bola Ahmed Tinubu Campaign Organization which was then responsible for campaign co-ordination of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who was contesting for the governorship seat of Lagos State under the platform of Alliance for Democracy to canvass the use of mobile bill board for its campaign.[citation needed] He also took his mobile billboard proposal to the campaign team of then yet-to-be-elected President Olusegun Obasanjo who was the presidential aspirant of People's Democratic Party. The team accepted his proposal and "by association," he became a member of PDP."[6] In 2011, he was nominated by Action Congress of Nigeria to contest the seat of his constituency, Ekiti North 1 (Oye-Ikole Local Govt. Areas) Federal Constituency, which he won. He is currently the leading candidate for the Gubernatorial ticket in Ekiti State for 2018 under the auspices of APC as a Youth sensation, Crowd puller and an astute grassroots mobilizer.[citation needed]

Legislative activities

Daramola took oath of office as Member, House of Representatives, representing Oye/Ikole Ekiti-North Federal Constituency 1, Ekiti State, on Monday, 6 June 2011 during the inauguration of the Seventh House of Representatives. He is the Vice-Chairman of House of Representatives' Committee on Millennium Development Goals, and member of the following House of Representatives' committees: Army, Banking & Currency, Civil Society and Donor Agencies, and Diaspora.[7] Daramola moved a motion titled Emerging Threats to Nigeria's Internal Security and the Need for the Establishment of Department of Homeland Security, to address the menace of security challenges facing Nigeria, as posed by the Boko Haram sect.[8] Daramola moved a motion to investigate claims by the Asset Management Company of Nigeria that 140.9 billion Naira (about US$1 billion), owed by Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited and Forte Oil Plc as a result of fuel subsidy scam had been paid. An ad hoc committee, headed by Femi Gbajabiamila to verify the repayment claims.[9] was constituted. Daramola was appointed by the House of Representatives to head the ad hoc committee to probe the allocation of plots of land to companies and individuals in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and possible cases of fraud in the process from 2010 till date.[10]

Table of motions moved and bills presented by Daramola

S/No Date Title of Motion/Bill
1. 20 June 2011 Emerging Threats to Nigeria's Internal Security and the need for the Establishment of the Department of Homeland Security[11][12]
2. 6 October 2011 Motion on the 'Urgent need to investigate the federal government's N30bn National Identity Card Scheme Project'[13]
3. 29 February 2012 Motion on the Utmost Disregard and violation of the rights of Nigerians by Airline Operators in Nigeria and the need to get the Airline Operators to comply with Global Standards and best practices with regard to Consumer Welfare
4. 7 March 2012 Motion on the need to forensically review every aspect of Nigeria's relationship with South Africa, particularly our economic interest beyond the entry denial of interest 125 Nigerias' and associated immigration issues[14]
5. 15 June 2012 A Bill for an Act To Be Known as "Disaster Location Protection Act
6. 3 July 2012 Presentation of National Emergency Management Agency (Establishment, etc) (Amendment) Bill[15]
7. 14 July 2012 Deployment of 3500 Soldiers to Edo State for the purpose of the forthcoming Gubernatorial Elections[16]
8. 11 October 2012 Investigation of Final Settlement of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited and Forte Oil Plc. outstanding debts of N140, 999, 620, 395.80 owed Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria[17]
9. 7 November 2012 Urgent need to remove all disused, broken-down and unserviceable aircraft from the precincts, premises and airsides of all the Airports in Nigeria.
10. 26 July 2013 The Urgent Need to Investigate the Use of Public Funds by the Bank of Industry Under the Power and Airlines Intervention Fund[18]

Comments on national issues

Fuel subsidy removal

During the national debate on fuel subsidy removal that eventually led to Occupy Nigeria protests, Daramola was one of Nigerian legislators invited to a meeting with Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria's President. At the end of the meeting, Daramola said "Mr. President did not sufficiently convince me or my other colleagues in the House of Representatives. I don't want to be graphic on what happened there but I am telling you that it was a faux pax. I don't think he achieved any purpose. I don't think he moved the story forward. I would say that his reasons did not appeal to members of the House of Representatives."[19][dead link‍]

Near crash of the Nigeria capital market

Daramola was a member of the second ad hoc committee mandated by the House of Representatives to investigate the near collapse of the Capital Market. Described as someone who "have an uneven temperament"[20] He told the Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu who was trying to exonerate CBN from the financial crises that bedevilled Nigeria's finance sector, to accept blame for the "failure of institutional regulations." “The abuses took place directly under your watch. It was because you did not do your job. It is your fault; it is an institutional failure." CBN, through Moghalu had earlier blamed the near collapse of Nigeria's capital market to abuses of banks.[21]

References

  1. ^ National Assembly (2011). "HON. DARAMOLA ABIMBOLA OLUWAFEMI".
  2. ^ "Bimbo Daramola – Channels Television". Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  3. ^ Ekiti State Government. "Oye Local Government Area".
  4. ^ "History of Christ School, Ado Ekiti". Archived from the original on 16 July 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Nigeria Skits Industry Awards gets presidential endorsement". Tribune Online. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  6. ^ Daniel Kanu (17 February 2013). "Why I dumped Obasanjo for Atiku–Daramola". Daily Independence. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  7. ^ National Assembly (2011). "HON. DARAMOLA ABIMBOLA OLUWAFEMI".
  8. ^ Clifford Udujihe (14 March 2013). "We need more will than dialogue to tackle insecurity – Rep Daramola". ... That was the very first motion of the Seventh Assembly of the House of Representatives and I moved it. I remembered that people were like 'is this man a ranking member?'
  9. ^ John Ameh (12 October 2012). "Reps Panel to Probe N140.9bn". Punch.
  10. ^ Jacob Segun Olatunji, Kolawole Daniel (25 July 2013). "Lawmakers to probe land allocations in FCT from 2010 till date". Tribune. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  11. ^ "We need more will than dialogue to tackle insecurity – Rep Daramola".
  12. ^ Bimbo Daramola. "Insecurity and Challenges of Good Governance in Nigeria".
  13. ^ Adesua Tsan (7 October 2011). "Reps To FG: Suspend N30bn National ID Card Project". Leadership.
  14. ^ Editors (8 March 2012). "Reps Seek Review of Bilateral Relations With South Africa". Leadership. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  15. ^ Fourth Republic 7th National Assembly (28 November 2012). "Second Session No.60: Order Paper".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Channels Television (11 July 2012). "Deployment of soldiers to Edo causes commotion in House".
  17. ^ John Ameh (12 October 2012). "Reps Panel to Probe N140.9bn". Punch.
  18. ^ Tordue Salem (26 July 2013). "Reps probe BOI over N176bn disbursement". National Mirror.
  19. ^ Paul Odenyi (1 April 2012). "Fuel subsidy: 'Jonathan can't convince Senators, Reps'". Vanguard.[permanent dead link‍]
  20. ^ Onwuka Nzeshi (1 April 2012). "Capital Market:House Begins Journey Afresh". ThisDay. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  21. ^ John Ameh (3 May 2012). "Manipulation by banks caused capital market crash – CBN". Punch. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013. ...It was because you did not do your job
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