Adebayo Adewusi
Adebayo Ismail Adewusi is a Nigerian academic, lawyer, public administrator, politician and twice a former Commissioner in Lagos state. He was appointed commissioner for Finance between the year 2004 to 2006 and later as commissioner for Budget and Planning. He was also a governorship aspirant in Oyo State, Nigeria. In December 2019, Adewusi succeeded Barrister Bisi Adegbuyi as the Postmaster General and CEO of Nigerian Postal Service by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari
He was later replaced by the incumbent Tola Odeyemi in October 2023 by the administration of President Bola Tinubu
Early life and education
Adewusi hails from Eruwa in Ibarapa East Local Government Area of Oyo State. He was born on May 20, 1958, to the family of Pa Kareem Babatunde Adewusi and Madam Faderera Asabi Adewusi, in Anko Eruwa. His father who was a peasant farmer and traditional drummer. He attended Baptist Secondary Modern School in Eruwa and earned his West African School Certificate at the Technical College, lle-Ife, Osun State. He studied Computer Science at The Polytechnic, Ibadan before proceeding to the University of Ife and graduated with a First Class Honours in Economics. He also had his M.Sc. from the same university. In 1993, He obtained his PhD in International Monetary Economics from the Keio University in Tokyo, as a Monbusho Scholar.He also had a LLB degree from the University of Lagos in 2000.