Management Whole Planet Initiative

ADEBUKOLA MARGARET

Founder

ADEBUKOLA MARGARET is a passionate, young, creative, and visionary lady. She started her food production company in 2013 as a chef and caterer in her undergraduate days. Having scaled the business and across space, she expanded to include natural spices and condiments. This was aided by her orthodox knowledge of herbs for human and societal well-being. She established Amaz Foods; a company that specializes in the production of organic foods, spices, and condiments as well as Continental and African native foods for households, parties, and events. Adebukola is a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University where she bagged a bachelor's degree in International Relations and graduated with Upper Credit Division. In her resolute quest for a greener society, she founded Whole Planet Initiative 2019; a movement for sustainable environmental management. She has to this end bagged an MSc in Disaster and Risk Management at the prestigious University of Ibadan. Having completed her studies as a safety officer, and disaster and risk manager at the Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies of the Premier University of Ibadan, she is commendably skillful in the knowledge of hazards and disaster management. Her knowledge of advocacy and project execution is top-notch. This can only be a product of her stern upbringing, business, and career exposure; and self-development. These together make her a rare breed. Adebukola combines the attributes of a born and thought leader. She’s self-motivated, disciplined, courageous, industrious, astute, friendly, and dutiful. The long years of leadership roles she took from primary school to the university level reflected in her manners of approach and perspective. She was the Senior Prefect Girl of Ebenezer Baptist Primary School in 2002. Best Student in Art in her secondary school, Vice President of Ijero Local Government Students’ Association OAU Chapter 2012, and Assistant General Secretary of the Federation of Ekiti State Students’ Union 2012. Honorable Member Representing Faculty of Administration in OAU SUG 2014. United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Volunteer in compulsory national service year and yet volunteer to promote the course till date. She represented the Ibarapa zone NYSC SAED Festival in 2016. She’s a supporter of civil and development groups that promote the development and well-being of human society. Adebukola is vast and experienced in conducting research, operational support, data mining, report writing, record management, administrative systems, mail & file management, office software, office safety procedures, MS Office & other special applications. She is a quick learner, very analytical, multitasks, responsible and dependable. Her attention to detail is highly commendable. She’s motivated and enthusiastic with a strong work ethic. A very ambitious, articulate, tactful, helpful, friendly, well-mannered, and endowed with a smart appearance. These make problem-solving a seamless exercise for her. Adebukola is currently the Executive Director of Whole Planet Initiative; an organization that raises a banner for the sustainability of our natural environment, thereby fostering a greener planet.

Olugbenga Joseph Ayeni

Board Member

Gbenga Ayeni is a lead Consultant at *AYENCO INTEGRATED SERVICES*, an outfit into administrative and secretariat agency services to both corporate organizations and private individuals. He graduated from Ekiti State University, where he obtained a BSc in accounting with Honors. He observed his one-year compulsory service to humanity in Oyo state, due to his commitment and dedication, he was appointed Corper Liaison Officer (C.L.O) Oyo West Local Government. During this period, he was able to mobilize funds to construct a public Toilet for community use and won the Most Influential/Popular Corp member award in 2014 Batch C. He has vast experience in accounting and finance having worked as an Accountant in a telecommunications company before joining a Humanitarian Organization. First as an Accountant then as Chief Finance Officer and later as Finance Manager due to his dexterity in management as operation expands, coordinating the operations of the organization in Lagos, Abuja, Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Benue and Ile Ife offices until the expiration of his contract. He has been privileged to attend a finance summit in Bangkok, Thailand on *Fighting Fraud in NGOs* and *Planning for financial sustainability* in 2018. He has managed the finance of several humanitarian projects in the Northeastern part of Nigeria, targeting the internally Displayed People funded by WFP, FAO, GFFO and UN WOMEN just to mention but few . He is a seasoned social commentator and writer whose first book was published in 2017 titled "The Road to Damascus " He is a cerebral Finance researcher and research writer who is always committed to breaking all odds in achieving any set goals. Hence, making it easy for him to see success before seeing obstacles in achieving it. He is currently a store accountant at Babcock University. Gbenga Ayeni believes that no one is an island and hence people are meant to complement one another.

Prince Oluseyi Olawuyi

Board Member

Migration and Environmental Consultant

Oludayo Pelumi

Researcher & Analyst

Oludayo holds a B. Tech in Industrial Chemistry from the Federal University of Technology Akure, and thereafter, developed keen interests and acquired experiences in environmental preservation and sustainability; waste resource management; data analytics for actionable insights; and entrepreneurship and innovation. He is a professional member of the Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria (ICCON), the West Africa Peace Advocates Network (WAPAN) and the African Network of Youth Policy Experts (AfriNYPE). Oludayo currently serves as the Special Assistant on Innovation and News at the National Film and Video Censors Board, an agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Ayanrinde Rachael Tijesu

Researcher

Profile Ayanrinde Racheal is an enthusiastic individual with excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills. She graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, where she obtained a BSc in International Relations with second-class upper. She observed her one-year compulsory service to humanity in Kano State. She joined road safety community development service and she engaged in teamwork to control traffic on market days. She has experience in sales in which she worked as a sales representative in a computer accessories company for three years. She is a cerebral researcher, She obtained her Master's degree in International Relations from Landmark University. She participated in Covenant University Conference on E-Business and E-Government in Nigeria (CUCEEN 2021), where she collaborated with other researchers to present a paper on “Digital transformation and the fight against corruption in Nigeria’s public sector”. It has been published in PERSPEKTIF Vol 11, No 3. She also participated in the International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA) 39th Conference, She presented a paper titled “Digital Open Government and Transparency in Nigeria: The Constraints and Prospects”. The paper has been accepted for publication by IBIMA. She collaborated with other researchers to write and publish a paper titled “Covid-19 and Fundamental Human Rights: Projecting Nigeria’s Leadership Response to the Pandemic” in the Ilorin Journal of Business and Social Sciences. Vol 23, No 2. She has accepted papers titled “The remote cause of #ENDSARS Conundrum: An Assessment of Nigeria Government from 2015-2020” in the Journal of Positive School Psychology and “Herders Farmers Crisis and Food Security in Nigeria: A Case of Benue State” in Baltic Journal of Law and Politics. She is currently a volunteering member of Whole Planet Initiatives Non-governmental organization. Ayanrinde Racheal believes that a successful person is one that impacts lives.