DR. ADEKUNLE OSIBOGUN
Adekunle is a dual qualified lawyer and an arbitrator, with experience in dispute avoidance and complex disputes. He has practiced as a corporate lawyer and dispute resolution expert for over fifteen years, with expertise in commercial disputes and investor-state disputes. His corporate practice covers a wide range of areas including banking, intellectual property, technology law, company law, insurance, and real property.
He started his legal career as a barrister in the law chambers of Afe Babalola & Co, before joining the law firm of Banwo & Ighodalo where he developed his trade as a commercial lawyer and arbitrator. Presently, Adekunle is a Partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution Practice at Osibogun & Partners, where his practice covers a wide spectrum of advisory work, drafting and advocacy, in commercial law, banking law, intellectual property law, company law, consumer protection, insurance law, property law, asset tracing and recovery, and media law. He also specializes in domestic and international arbitration.
Adekunle has led on international research projects and delivers professional research consultancy services to organizations together with the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development. He is a core member of the Buckinghamshire Council, and plays an active role in different committees including the Council’s Education and Planning Committees. He leads on the governing board for numerous community impact organistations, including the Consumer Awareness and Financial Enlightenment Initiative and Healthwatch. His research interests covers a range of constitutional and public law issues, focusing on governance structures and systems, separation of powers and checks and balancing mechanisms.
He is passionate about many issues, especially education, and committed to championing the cause for schools to be more accountable in areas of performance, standards, safeguarding, fair access and special educational needs. Achieving a doctorate, peers seek his valued expertise for community development projects, while he promotes relationships between businesses and educational institutions/training providers, towards tackling unemployment and creating opportunities.
Dr. Adekunle Osibogun has boundless energy, intelligence and is a formidable person in action. He is counted on within his community, nationally and internationally, for getting the job done when challenges rise high.
Publications
‘The Citizen’s Book on Governance’: Creating political awareness amongst Nigerians
The Citizen’s Book on Governance is a concise practical guide on Nigeria’s democracy and system of governance, in light of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The book’s objective is to enlighten Nigerians on and about the roles of their democratic institutions, their fundamental rights and civic duties, within the democratic system of government. The Book was written by Adekunle Osibogun, an alumnus and past Student Union President of the University of Buckingham, in support of a youth initiative tagged Project A.N.Y.
Project A.N.Y is an initiative designed by YPNI to educate and enlighten youths on democracy and good governance, and empower them to conceive and develop practical socio-political and economic values, necessary for their positive contributions and active participation in public management and the political affairs of their immediate community. The acronym ‘A.N.Y’ stands for ‘Awaken Nigerian Youths’ and points out that ‘any Nigerian Youth’ can be a leader, so all Nigerian Youth should be enlightened on the operations of government and the concept of good governance. It is believed that the Citizen’s Book on Governance will aid and develop political consciousness amongst all Nigerians.
My work
Project Awaken Nigerian Youths
Project ANY
Project Awaken Nigerian Youths (hereinafter referred to as “Project ANY” or “Project”) is aimed at tackling Nigeria’s under-development by enlightening the youths on the fundamentals of good governance and mobilising them to become active participants in the governance of their communities. Project ANY seeks to encourage the youths to believe in Nigeria as a nation whose time to move forward has come, and the youths have been saddled with the responsibility to move our country forward.
Project Objective
Project ANY seeks to mobilise progressive-minded youths to take interest and actively participate in governance; enlighten the youths on the fundamentals of good governance; and empower the youths to start making the desired progressive change, by example, in their immediate community. The Project is based on the belief that any Nigerian Youth can be responsible to effect the desired change, so every Nigerian Youth must be empowered.
Project Strategy
The strategy adopted for Project ANY is as follows:
Mobilise + Enlighten = Empower
Mobilisation Campaign
Project ANY aims to create an avenue for the progressive-minded youths to identify the limitations to our national development and propose practical solutions to our national under-development, by focusing on their areas of competence. Project ANY shall rally, encourage and engage the progressive-minded youths in constructive and intellectual discussions on the way forward, and inspire them to actively participate in the governance of their communities.
Enlightenment Campaign
Project ANY aims to embark on a mass enlightenment campaign of progressive-minded youths on the citizens’ role in governance, the operations of government and the criteria for good governance. The Project coordinators intend to have sensitisation sessions on issues like functionality of democracy, analysis of the policies and operations of the various sectors, internal democracy in political parties, implementation and effects of the budget, amongst others.
YPNI
Young Progressive Nigerians Initiative
Our Purpose
The Young Progressive Nigerians Initiative is a non- partisan, socio-political organisationaimed at encouraging and promoting a sense of patriotism and nationalism among progressive–minded Nigerians.
Our Mission Statement
Our Mission Statement, “We are one Nation and our time to move forward has come”, signifies our belief in the concept of Nigeria as a unified Nation despite its diverse cultures, traditions, and tribes; and our belief that our generation has been saddled with the responsibility to move our country forward.
Our Objectives
• To define and impact Nigerian core values on the youth;
• To progressively re-orientate the youth on patriotism;
• To provide a means for citizens to demonstrate their patriotism;
• To enable progressive–minded citizens interact and discover the cultures, traditions, languages, and history of Nigeria;
• To provide a conducive environment for progressive-minded citizens to develop policiesfor improving every sector of Nigeria;
• To develop and sustain the ideology of true Nigerianism;
• To celebrate the achievements of progressive-minded Nigerians;
• Any other object that is ancillary to the aforementioned.
We believe that the youths have been entrusted with the future of our nation, and as its guardians, they have the responsibility to ensure that Nigeria has a future better and greater than the past and present, a future of better governance, a future where tribe or religion is secondary to patriotism, and patriotism is rewarded, a future of true Nigerian pride!
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