OAU Confers Lifetime Leadership Achievement Award On NPA Chairman, Prince Dayo Adeyeye
All is set for the Faculty of Administration, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, to confer on the Chairman of Nigerian Port Authority, Prince Dayo Adeyeye the Lifetime Leadership Achievement Award.
The award ceremony under the distinguished leadership lecture, titled ” Mentorship: A Tool For Fostering Progressive Democracy”, will take place on Tuesday, 2nd December 2025 at the Oduduwa Hall, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
The time is 10.00am.
Dayo Adeyeye, a Prince of Ise- Ekiti, south West Nigeria was a spokesman of the Afenifere, the Pan Yoruba socio-political organisation.He was also a minister of State for Works under the Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
In 2023, he also led a political campaign group called South West Agenda, SWAGA, for the actualization of presidential ambition of President Bola Tinubu.
Born on 4th April 1957, Prince Adeyeye studied Political Science at the University of Ibadan and the University of Lagos, obtaining bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 1978 and 1981 respectively. Not done yet, Prince Adeyeye bagged a degree in Law from the University of Lagos in 1986. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1987.
Adeyeye had stints in journalism at the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria and The Punch Newspapers, holding various editorial positions.
He was the Principal Partner at Dayo Adeyeye & Co. law firm before plunging into political activism as a member of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), fighting against military rule and the return to democracy.
As Director of Publicity for Chief Olu Falae’s Presidential Campaign; Adviser, Policy and Press Matters for MKO Abiola for President Campaign Organisation in 1993 and spokesperson for Alliance for Democracy (AD), Prince Adeyeye played active roles in the political developments of the country.
He was appointed Executive Chairman of Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board in 2007 and Minister of State for Works in 2014. Prince Adeyeye also served as the Pro-Chancellor of Ekiti State University in 2015.
A grassroots politician, Adeyeye ran for the Ekiti South Senatorial District election in 2019 and was declared winner of the poll but later lost at the election petition tribunal.
Prince Adeyeye has served on many committees and has won accolades for his outstanding performance as an astute public administrator.
