Life Of A Star!!! Habby Birthday Tunde Badru Afrika AKA Dat Iwo Boi

Tunde Badru

Today is Badru Babatunde Muhaliy's Birthday, Iwo city gist crew is bringing to you the biography of the young achiever.

 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BABATUNDE MUHALIY BADRU

Tunde Badru (Full names; BABATUNDE AHMAD MUHALIY AKINDUNBI AKANBI BADRU [aka Afrika II, Dat Iwo-Boi]) was born at Iwo General Hospital on 27 April 1987 to the family of Alhaji Adegbenro Daud Badru and Late Alhaja Taiwo Arike Badru. He was named after his grandfather who was a renowned Islamic scholar. Paternally, he’s a 5th generation grandson of the Great Amin warrior of Iwoland and of Alapini Royal Dynasty of Oyo Empire (same ancestor with the current Alaafin of Oyo). His mother, also a princess, was granddaughter of Alasamu Oyelekan of Asamu in Olaoluwa LGA of Osun State.

Young Badru began his basic education in 1990 at Our Lady of Fatima Nursery and Primary School Iwo where he spent 3 years in the nursery and 5 years in the primary. There, he holds a standing record of topping his class for 13 consecutive terms. In 1998, having obtained the best grade in Osun State in the national common entrance examination, he gained admission to Federal Government College Ogbomoso in pursuance of his parents’ dream of attending the same secondary school with his teacher and mentor, George Akinyemi Iwilade. Sadly, George was murdered less than a year after he was admitted to the college. In 2002, Badru was made the deputy Imam of the school’s Muslim Students Society of Nigeria and in 2003, he became the Imam, a position he held till he graduated in 2004, just like his father and grandfather.

After making his papers at one sitting, Badru was offered admission to study Agriculture in the University of Ilorin in 2005 and graduated in 2010 with a Second Class Honour, Upper Division. During his 5 years stay in the institution, he held the following positions;

Ex-officio, The Greeners Club, University of Ilorin Chapter. 2009 – 2010

Member, Students Representative Council, Students Union, University of Ilorin. 2008 -2009

Member, Finance Committee, The Students Union, University of Ilorin. 2008 -2009

Public Relations Officer, The Greeners Club, University of Ilorin Chapter. 2008 – 2009

Editor-in-Chief, Greenlight Magazine. A Publication of Greeners’ Club, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. 2008 to 2009.

Senate Clerk, The Senate, Nigerian Association of Agricultural Students, University of Ilorin Chapter. 2007 – 2008

General Secretary, Federation of Iwoland Students Union, University of Ilorin Chapter. 2006 – 2007

AFRIKA II

Tunde Badru had his NYSC Programme and served at Gwoza Local Government Secretariat in Gwoza, Borno State between Oct 2010 and Oct 2011. During this period, he served as Assistant Registration Officer I and Polling Officer during the INEC Registration Exercise and 2011 General Election respectively. He also served as the Secretary for Muslim Corpers Association of Nigeria, Gwoza Chapter.

Tunde Badru joined Centre for Appropriate Technology for Rural Women (CAPTEC), a civil society organisation, immediately after his service year in December 2011, as the Programme/Project Manager, a position he held till his resignation in November 2015. During this period, he attended over 30 workshops and was part of the Kwara State contingent on Inclusive Education summit in 2013. He served in numerous capacities including;

CSO Facilitator and Trainer on School Based Management Committees (SBMCs), Safe Spaces for women and children committees. An Education Sector Support Programme in Nigeria (ESSPIN) / Civil Society Organisation / Kwara State Government Partnership. Funded by Department for International Development (DfID)/United Kingdom Agency for International Development (UKAid). January 2012 till November 2015.

Member of Kwara State Team on Inclusive Education team organised at ESSPIN National Secretariat, Abuja. 10 to 18 April 2013.

Member of Civil Societies Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) Kwara Advocacy team for Global Action Week 2013 themed “Every Child needs a Teacher” conducted in Ilorin, Kwara State. 20 to 26 April 2013.

Member of Planning Committee, International Day of the Girl-Child 2013 themed “Innovating for Girls’ Education” organised by Civil Societies Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) Kwara State. 11 October 2013

Member of Planning Committee, Global Action Week 2014 themed “Education and Disability: Equal Right Equal opportunity” organised by Civil Societies Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) Kwara State. 04 to 09 May 2014

Member of Planning Committee, International Day of the Girl-Child 2014 themed “Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the cycle of violence” organised by Civil Societies Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) Kwara State. 11 October 2014

Member of Planning Committee, International Day of Women 2015 themed “Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Make it happen” organised by Civil Societies Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) Kwara State. 17 March 2015

Tunde Badru, while working for CAPTEC, enrolled for his M. Sc Programme in Agricultural Extension in the year 2012 at the University of Ilorin and his programme was approved as completed by the University Senate in December 2014, obtaining a Progressive Average of over 70%. It was during this period that he served as the Public Relations Officer, Post Graduate Students Association (POGSASS) of the University of Ilorin between 2013 and 2014.

DAT IWO BOI

Through Facebook activism, he was discovered by Mr Kabiru Adeniyi Adisa Kulukulu in 2012 who invited him to join Iwo Leadership Club and thus established him with his community (a community which he has previously never ventured into before) socially and politically. Later, he became the Pioneer Secretary of Iwoland Development Coalition (IDC). His involvements in these movements were strengthened through the efforts of Mr Adeniyi Ismail Rufai (RAI) who he’s yet to meet physically.

Tunde Badru also volunteers for Guildance Community Development Foundation as a facilitator. He’s a consultant in various fields including;

Rural Development

Rural Sociology

Inclusive Education

Safe Spaces for Women and Children 

Community Engagement and Learner Participation

Graphic Design 

Script Writing 

Information Handling 

Community Health System Strengthening Response

Media Engagement 

Effective Communication, Advocacy and Lobby

Harmonised Organisational Capacity Assessment

Self-Assessment 

Online Publishing: Internet Design and Development

Child Protection 

Data Usage and Scorecard Generation Training.

Tunde Badru possesses two academic publications.

 

The entire member of iwocitygist.com is celebrating with Tunde Badru on the occasion of his birthday. We pray that may he continue to excel in all his life endeavors. Happy Birthday.