Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello
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| Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello | |
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Ogun Central Senator
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| Constituency | Ogun Central |
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| Born | April 27, 1967 |
| Political party | People's Democratic Party (PDP) |
| Residence | Abeokuta |
| Profession | Veterinarian, Epidemiologist |
Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello (born April 27, 1967) is a Nigerian Senator who represents Ogun Central Senatorial District of Ogun State.[1] Obasanjo-Bello is the daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Oluremi Obasanjo.[2]
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[edit] Education
Obasanjo-Bello attended Corona School in Victoria Island, Lagos, Capital School in Kaduna, and Queen's College in Lagos. She obtained a degree in veterinary medicine from the University of Ibadan in Ibadan in 1988, a masters' degree in epidemiology from University of California, Davis in Davis, California, United States in 1990, and a PhD in the same subject from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, US in 1994.[3]
[edit] Political career
Before her senatorial election, Obasanjo-Bello was Ogun State Commissioner for Health.[1]
[edit] Abia State indictment
Prior to the April 2007 general election, the government of Abia State indicted numerous current and former public officials, including Obasanjo-Bello, on corruption and other charges; in December 2007 a Federal High Court in Umuahia nullified the indictments on the grounds they were not filed in accordance with Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution.[4] [5]
[edit] Senate career
Obasanjo-Bello was elected to the Senate on April 28, 2007 on a People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform; her Action Congress (AC) opponent Remilekun Bakare challenged this outcome, but the Ogun State Election Petition Tribunal upheld her victory.[6]
She is the Chairman of the Senate's Health Committee, and a member of the Security & Intelligence, Land Transport, Science & Technology, Education, National Planning, and Inter-Parliamentary Committees.[1]
[edit] EFCC investigation
In April 2008,Obasanjo-Bello came under investigation by Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) due to the investigations involving the Former Minister for Health and her minister for (state) Health Prof. Adenike-Grange for embezzlement of public funds. The Ministry at the end of the financial year did not return all the unspent funds to the government coffers. The amount was 300 million Naira, which was alledgely didtributed among the Minister, her minister of state,top civil servants, the committee over seeing health in the house of representatives and the senate, which she is the chairman of. The Minister and her deputy were forced to resign after returning their share of the loot, they were later arrested and posted bail. Iyabo Obasanjo Bello refused, to return the portion of the loot, 10 million naira, claiming that the nine members of her committee "lobied"for funds from they ministry they had over-sight of. She claimed that it was spent on a conference attended by some members of the health committee in the senate organized in another (Ghana) country on capacity building. She has so far refused to appear before the EFCC after being summoned. She was charged to court, along with the minister and other cvil servants and she refused to appear to in court. A week later a high dram ensued when officials of the EFCC tried to arrest her at her home in the Maitama district of Abuja city, after several simultanous stake outs by law enforment officials that had her jumping over her fence to evade arrest by nigerian law enforcement officers. In December 2007, Obasanjo-Bello came under investigation by Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) due to a dispute between her and Austrian firm M. Schneider GMBH and Co.[7] The corporation claims that Obasanjo-Bello used the alias "Damilola Akinlawon" to sign a contract regarding the financing of a company; this newly-formed company was used to bid on ₦3.5 billion worth of energy-related contracts offered by her father's government.[8] [9] (Akinlawon is Oluremi Obasanjo's maiden name).[2]
Obasanjo-Bello described the allegation as "blackmail", and said she was being targeted because she was the daughter of the former President.[10]
[edit] Works
- Olowonyo, MT; MA Adekanmbi and Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello (2004). "Findings on the Use of Antenatal Facilities in Ogun State". Nigerian Medical Practitioner 45 (5): 68-71.
- Olowonyo, MT; S Oshin and Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello (2006). "Some factors associated with low birthweight in Ogun State, Nigeria". Nigerian Medical Practitioner 49 (6): 154-157.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello. NAssNig.org. National Assembly of Nigeria. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
- ^ a b Obi, Rita. "Obasanjo's first love", The Sun News Online, The Sun Publishing, 2005-03-29. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Profile. Iyabo 4 Senate. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ "Federal High Court Voids Yar’Adua's Indictment", The Independent, 2007-12-07. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Muraina, Funso; Davidson Iriekpen. "Yar'Adua - I Won April Poll", Thisday (allAfrica), AllAfrica Global Media, 2007-12-07. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Larewaju, Kolade. "Election tribunal upholds Obasanjo-Bello's election", Vanguard Online, Vanguard Media, 2007-12-11. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Ogbuenyi, Nosike. "EFCC Probes Iyabo Obasanjo", Thisday, Leaders & Company, 2007-12-22. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Muraina, Funso. "Iyabo Obasanjo Named in N3.5bn Contract Row", Thisday, Leaders & Company, 2007-12-20. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
- ^ Ajani, Jide; Innocent Anaba and Emmanuel Ulayi. "Iyabo Obasanjo: EFCC contacts Austrian firm", Vanguard Online, Vanguard Media, 2007-12-20. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ "…It's Pure Blackmail, Says Ex-President's Daughter", Thisday, Leaders & Company, 2007-12-20. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
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