Mr Olusola Israel Ojo

Olusola Ojo obtained his first degree (BSc.) in Forest Resources Management (with specialization in Fisheries Management) from the University of Ibadan in 1981, a Master’s Degree in Fisheries Management in 1985, and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria in 1990. He started his working career as a Fisheries Development Officer with the Nigeria Federal Ministry of Agriculture where he functioned in various capacities, serving on programmes and projects on fisheries development, monitoring and evaluation, IFAD Community Development Programmes, National Food Security Programmes, Environmental Impact Assessment Projects, National Medium Term Investment Programme of NEPAD Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) and other Natural Resources Management Programmes. He joined the African, Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) Group of States Secretariat in Brussels as the Expert in charge of Rural Development, Food Security and the Environment. With vast knowledge in development cooperation instrument management, he manages a number of Intra-ACP programmes within the framework of the European Development Fund in the area of Rural Development, Natural Resources and the Environment.