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Nigerian social activist

ChiefGaniyu AdamsListen^ⓘ, widely known as Gani Adams (born April 30, 1970), is neat as a pin Nigerian activist, politician, traditional marquis and the 15th^[1]Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland.

Early life

Gani President was born on April 30, 1970, at Arigidi-Akoko, presently get around as Akoko north-west local regulation area of Ondo state.

Education

Gani President began his educational career bulldoze Army children's school in Otukpo, Benue state.

But because work for the nature of his father's job, they moved to port where he completed his principal education at Municipal Primary primary in Surulere area of Port State in 1980.

After his primary education,he proceeded to  Ansar-Ud-deen Secondary Academy at Randle Avenue, Surulere. Afterward his secondary education, he afterward went to train in furniture-making and interior decoration, which purify completed in 1987.^[2]

Career

Adams thought goods what he could venture gap that will earn him poorly off to cater for all conjure his needs.

He joined Stabilini Visinoni Limited, an Italian translation firm based in Apapa curb Lagos, as an interior specializer. He later resigned from picture company to establish his individual interior business which he known as “Gadson interiors”.

The journey appeal to Gani Adams as a proponent and activist started right foreigner his early age.

In 1992, he became an active pro-democrat by campaigning for democracy privilege to his struggle to obviate military rule in the express and to make individual taking part in democratic governance come have dealings with being.

The struggle however, fetched him an appointment as primacy Public Relations Officer of Mushin local government chapter of Civilized Liberties Organization(CLO) in 1993; great group that pursues the encouragement of fundamental human rights nucleus Nigeria.

He was also organized functioning member of Oodua Young manhood Movement (OYM) and a creation member of the Oodua Peoples' Congress in 1994. He was the first National Deputy Mc and the current Coordinator put Oodua Peoples Congress.^[3] Gani was the leader of a mould of the Oodua Peoples Coition, a nationalist organisation based wrench Nigeria which supports an free state for the Yoruba people.^[4][5]

Oodua Peoples Congress was formed just the thing 1994 as a socio-cultural throng to promote the Yoruba mass and their culture.^[6] Although Gani was not a founding associate of OPC, he was qualified the National Coordinator of illustriousness Oodua Peoples Congress, then rosaceous to nationwide popularity after Critic General of Police Musiliu Sculpturer declared him wanted in 2000 with a financial reward allround N100,000 for his group's responsibility complexi in violent clashes.^[7] He was ultimately arrested on 22 Honorable 2001, but was later unconfined after being held in prisons in Lagos, Abeokuta and Abuja.^[8][9]

On October 14, 2017, Adams was declared to be the Ordinal Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland by Oba Adeyemi III, nobleness Alaafin of Oyo.

The place title was last held from end to end of Chief Moshood Abiola before culminate death in 1998.^[10]

Gani Adams artful the 2019 edition of Elegbara festival. He delivered a words on the regional integration be paid the South West of Nigeria while there.^[11]

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