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Hon. Eluwole Sunday Adedipo

Commissioner for Education

Hon. Eluwole Sunday Adedipo, a native of lle-Ife, was born about six decades ago. He started his Elementary Education at St. Mark's Anglican Primary School, Ogunleye, lle-Ife, between 1965 and 1972.

In 1973, he proceeded

Hon. Eluwole Sunday Adedipo, a native of lle-Ife, was born about six decades ago. He started his Elementary Education at St. Mark’s Anglican Primary School, Ogunleye, lle-Ife, between 1965 and 1972.

In 1973, he proceeded to St. David’s Secondary Modern School, Lagere, Ile-Ife, where he spent three years before moving to CAC Commercial High School, Ilesa, in 1976.

He finished his Secondary Education at CAC Commercial High School Ilesa in 1980.

In 1984, he got admitted into the Oyo State College of Education and graduated in 1987.

He later attended Obafemi Awolowo University in 1989

Hon. Eluwole Sunday Adedipo attended several conferences among them were Train the Trainers ‘Workshop on Modern Techniques of Adult Literacy’ organized by UNDP/Osun State Government between 28th -29th   June, 1995.

2.  Sensitization and Mobilization of the Clientele organized by the UNDP/Osun State Government for Traditional Rulers and Community Leaders (July 3-7, 1995).

3.  A 5 day Vocational Training Workshop for the Supervisors at Local Government

Levels, organized by the Osun State Mass Education Agency in conjunction with the United Nations Developments Programmed (UNDP) in Ilesa zone (24th  – 28th March, 1997)

Hon. Eluwole Sunday Adedipo is a member of

1. Institute of Personnel Management (AIPM)

2. Nigerian Institute of Personnel Management (AMNIPM) Positions

•President National Ife Descendant Student Association – 1987

• Auditor General, Community Development Committee (CDC) – 1992.

• Secretary Community Development Committee between 1993-1994

• Secretary Sub-committee for the Creation of Additional Wards and Local

Governments out of the former Ife Central Local Government

• Founding Member of National Ife Descendant Student Association (NIDSA)

Summer School.

• Foundation Member of Ife Youth Vanguard (IYV)

• Foundation Member Great Ife Movement (GIM)

•Secretary Works Committee, First Ife Day Celebration

•Procurement Officer Agency for Community Development Association for the Construction of Parakin Civic Centre (The biggest of its type in Osun State).

• Member Ife Development Board (IDB) 2018 till date

• Member Management Committee Ife Development Board (IDB)

• Chairman Economic Planning and Development of Ife Development Board on

Vision 2030.

• Chairman INEC Voter’s Online Registration Exercise, Ife zone

• Member Transition Committee appointed by His Excellency Sen. Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, in August, 2022.

• Member Asset and Inventory Committee of His Excellency Sen. Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke upon his assumption of office.

•Hon. Eluwole Sunday Adedipo has touched many lives in his own little way,

• One of such notable philanthropic gesture was the donation of PVC suspended ceiling costing Hundreds of Thousands of Naira to Orisun F.M Radio Station,

• Oke ‘tase, Ile-Ife, during the reconstruction of the Radio Station, in 2005.

• Hon. Eluwole Sunday Adedipo is a seasoned politician.

He started his partisan politics in the year 1980 when he became a registered

member of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN)

• In 1980, he was the Secretary of Iremo ward 1 under Social Democratic Party (SDP).

• In 1992, he contested Election into the Federal House of Representative under the Defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) and lost to Hon. John Olawole Fasogbon.

•That same year, he contested for the post of State Secretary of Social Democratic Party (SDP) when the post was zoned to lle-Ife, but he later stepped down for Mr.Albert Awofisayo.

• In 1997, he contested for the post of Local Government Chairman under the Defunct Democratic Party of Nigeria (DPN). That Election was obviously rigged and that prompted him to proceed to the Election Petition Tribunal headed by Rtd. Justice Olayinka Ojutalayo. As a result of the Palace Intervention, he withdrew the case from the Election Tribunal without any financial inducement or compensation.

• In February 2016, he contested the bye-election to the State House of Assembly and won on the platform of People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

• He was a Supervisor, Osun State Mass Education Agency (Part Time); A UNDP

Programme (1989-1998)

• He joined the Foreign Service and became the Consular Assistant/Protocol Officer, Embassy of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Beijing, P.R. China 2000-2004

•He is the National Vice President of Environmental Providers Association of Nigeria

(ESPAMP) and the President for the South West.

• He was a member of the 6″ Osun State House of Assembly Representing Ife Central

State Constituency between 2016-2019.

• Hon. Eluwole Sunday Adedipo is married and blessed with wonderful children.