DATE OF BIRTH: born. 1952
OCCUPATION: Politician, Lawyer
MARITAL STATUS: Married
INTRODUCTION
Lai Mohammed is a popular Nigerian politician, He served as Chief of Staff to former governor of Lagos state, Bola Ahmed Tinubu He was the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In 2015 he was appointed by president Buhari to be Nigeria's minister of information.
EARLY LIFE AND BACKGROUND
He was born into the family of alh mohammed adekeye in 1952. He earned a bachelor’s degree in French from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in 1975 and Law degrees from the University of Lagos and the Nigerian Law School in 1986 and Alhaji Lai Mohammed as a Lawyer co-founded the legal firm of Edu & Mohammed as a Senior Partner in 1989.
Alhaji Lai Mohammed is a Lawyer and Co-founded the thriving legal firm of Edu & Mohammed as a Senior Partner in 1989. Alhaji Lai Mohammed is an Astute Businessman and an active politician and is the National Secretary of Actions Congress Nigeria (ACN).
In October 2002, Alhaji Lai Mohammed was a candidate for governor in the April 2003 Kwara State elections on the Alliance for Democracy platform. He was assaulted and five vehicles in his convoy were smashed in front of Senator Suleiman Ajadi's campaign office at Oke-Onigbin during a festivity.
Alhaji Mohammed served as the Chairman of Optmedia Limited, a subsidiary of Afromedia Plc since December 18, 2008. He served as a Director of Afromedia PLC since May 2011. Alhaji Mohammed is also a fellow of the Nigerian
CAREER AND LIFE
Alhaji Lai Mohammed is an Astute Businessman and an active politician and is the National Publicity Secretary of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Nigeria. Alhaji Mohammed served as the Chairman of Optmedia Limited, a subsidiary of Afromedia Plc since December 18, 2008.
He served as Chief of Staff to former governor of Lagos state, Bola Ahmed Tinubu
He is the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He served as a Director of Afromedia PLC since May 2011. Alhaji Mohammed is also a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and worked as Public Relations Officer for almost 10 years with the Nigerian Airport Authority, now Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
In October 2002, Alhaji Lai Mohammed was a candidate for governor in the April 2003 Kwara State elections on the Alliance for Democracy platform. He was assaulted and five vehicles in his convoy were smashed in front of Senator Suleiman Ajadi’s campaign office at Oke-Onigbin during a festivity.
In 2015 he was appointed to be the minister of information by president Buhari.
This is because most of the names that featured on the list are prominent politicians who have been associated with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for a long time, making people believe that they are professional politicians.
Many do not know that these politicians were professionals before joining active politics. The senate on its part, has started doling out the Curriculum Vitae (CV) of the nominees in order to let Nigerians know their background and their past achievements.
FEW FACTS AND BRIEF BIO
Below is the CV of Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the ministerial nominee from Kwara state and the current national publicity secretary of the APC.
* Mohammed was born on December 6 1951 and he is from Irepodun local government of Kwara state.
* He holds a B.A. (Hons) French (1976) (Ife), LL.B (1985) (Unilag) & B.L (Hons) (Nigerian Law School) (1986)
* He also attended Centre Audio Visuel de Langues Modernes, Vichy France.
* He worked as as Senior PRO, Principal PRO & Assistant Cheif PROat the Nigerian Ports Authority between 1978 & 1987
* He was Principal Partner at Edu & Mohammed (Attorneys – At – Law) between 1989 and 1999.
* He is also a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
* He was a foundation member of the Social Democratic Party and member of the National Democratic Coalition.
* He was the coordinator of Bola Tinubu Campaign Organisation in 1998 and later served as Chief of Staff to Tinubu between 1999-2002.
* He later contested for the governorship position in Kwara state under the platform of the Alliance for Democracy.
* Lai Mohammed is the author of the book ‘Witness to History‘ 2003 & Leadership Nigeria Politician of the Year 2008 & 2012.
CONTROVERSIES
No scandal in particular.
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| Lai with the president |
SOURCES: dailymail.com.ng. wikipedia.org. naij.com takemetonaija.com
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