Ansarudeen Primary School, Oyin Akoko
Primary education begins in his home community in Akoko North-West, Ondo State (1987–1990).
Wikipedia — Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo01 / The story
FROM AKOKO.
TO THE NATION.
A journey through education, enterprise and public service.
Born 1 May 1982 in the Akoko country of Ondo State, in what is now Akoko North-West Local Government Area.
Wikipedia — Olubunmi Tunji-OjoSworn in as Minister of Interior at the State House, Abuja, on 21 August 2023, alongside 44 other ministers.
Premium Times, 21 Aug 2023He is the only child of the late Tunji Ojo and Mrs Yinka Tunji-Ojo, an accountant trained at Bayero University, Kano, who rose to General Manager, Finance and Investment, at Odu’a Investment Company.
Blueprint, 15 Jan 2024His father was killed in Kaduna in 1992, during religious violence, when he was ten years old.
Channels TV, 29 May 2025Raised by his widowed mother, he hawked tomatoes and pepper at Oja-Oba market in Akure as a boy.
Akoko Stars profile, 28 Jan 2018When the family could not raise his final-year examination fee, a pastor, Dr Ayo Val, paid it.
Akoko Stars profile, 28 Jan 2018He is married to Abimbola Tunji-Ojo (née Otegbeye) of Owo, Ondo State; they have two children.
JATS, 12 Apr 2024Learning & formation
THE EARLY YEARS.
Hakda International School, Kaduna
The family moves north; he schools in Kaduna from 1990 until the 1992 violence that took his father’s life.
Wikipedia — Olubunmi Tunji-OjoUniversal Primary School, Akure
Back in Ondo State with his mother, he completes his primary education in Akure.
Wikipedia — Olubunmi Tunji-OjoFUTA Staff Secondary School, Akure
Secondary schooling from 1993 to 1999 at the Federal University of Technology staff school, where he was elected Senior Prefect in 1998.
Wikipedia — Olubunmi Tunji-OjoObafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
Admitted to study Electrical and Electronics Engineering; he left in his third year (2002) to continue his studies in the United Kingdom.
Leadership — The reformist’s visionUniversity of North London
Graduates in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the University of North London, now London Metropolitan University.
bto.ng — AboutMaster’s, Digital Communication and Networking
Completes a master’s degree in Digital Communication and Networking at London Metropolitan University.
Wikipedia — Olubunmi Tunji-OjoCertified Ethical Hacker
Among the first cohort certified in Ethical Hacking and Counter Measures by the Royal Britannia IT Training Academy, UK; also holds CompTIA Network+ and A+ credentials and is reported to have accumulated eighteen professional ICT qualifications before the age of 24.
Leadership Awards, 2023Honorary Doctorate, Joseph Ayo Babalola University
Conferred an honorary Doctorate in Public Administration at JABU’s 11th convocation, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State, on 22 January 2021 — the origin of the “Dr” in his title.
bto.ng — JABU honoursOAU Award of Excellence in Public Service
His first alma mater, Obafemi Awolowo University, honours him with an Award of Excellence in Public Service on 13 December 2025.
Peoples Gazette, 13 Dec 2025Enterprise & experience
BEFORE PUBLIC OFFICE.
Describes himself as a business management and consulting executive with over seventeen years across the public and private sectors, specialising in project and strategic management.
bto.ng — AboutLists sector experience in oil and gas, information technology, agriculture, research, finance, management consultancy and manufacturing.
bto.ng — AboutThe site’s standing invitation: “Join me in renewing hope together.”
bto.ng — HomeNetwork Security Analyst, Techworks UK
Works in network security in the United Kingdom from 2004 to 2006, with clients reported to include Barclays, HSBC and Apple.
ThisDay, 25 Oct 2019Chief Executive at 24
Returns to Nigeria and becomes Chief Executive of Matrix IT Solutions Limited, an indigenous ICT consulting firm, at the age of 24.
Leadership Awards, 2023Consulting for the state
His firm advises the World Bank, the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, JAMB, the National Film and Video Censors Board, NCDMB, NHIS and the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority.
Leadership Awards, 2023New Planet Project Limited
Co-founds New Planet Project Limited with his wife on 3 March 2009; he resigned as a director on 1 February 2019 on entering public office.
TheCable, Jan 2024First run for the House
Contests the Akoko North-East/North-West seat under the Action Congress of Nigeria and places second.
Akoko Stars profile, 28 Jan 2018Nigerian Content Workshop
Pioneers the first Nigerian Content Workshop with the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream), the Ministry of Petroleum, NNPC, PTDF and NCDMB.
Leadership Awards, 2023