Biography of Yusuff Ola-Gold, Mutalub

                           

Yusuff Olatunji,  Mutalub  was born  on  13th  of  June,  1988. He  started  his  elementary  education  at Ebenezer Baptist  Nursery  and  Primary, Iwo where  he  was  the  senior prefect  boy  for the  1999/2000  set. He  proceeded  to  A1  Comprehensive  Grammar, Iwo.  He  completed his  secondary  school education  as one  of the  best  students  of  his set.  Ola-Gold  as  he  is  fondly  called proceeded to  Ebonyi State  University, Abakaliki where  he  graduated in  the  year  2014  with Second  Class  Honor  (Upper  Division)  in Geology  and Exploration  Geophysics.

 Yusuff Mutalub  served his fatherland  at  the  famous  Government  Technical College,  Ibadan,  Oyo  state.  While  serving  as  a corps  member, he  was  the coordinator  of  Editorial  CDS group  of Ibadan  South East  Local government.  He  was  recently  admitted to  the  prestigious  University  of Ibadan to continue his postgraduate studies (MSc) in Engineering and Environmental Geology. Yusuff has been  working  as  a  community  developer  and  social  crusader  tactical for the  past  one  decade but  technical  for  close  to  two  years.
                                            
He  is  a  social  commentator,  an advocate  of  good  governance  and inclusive  development facilitator. He  is an  aggressive  writer  and  has written a  good  number  of  articles on  social-political situation  of Nigeria  and  Africa at  large,  some  of which  have  featured in  both print  and online media including skytrendnews.com.

Yusuff believes  that  a  man  who  want to  be  great  in  life  must  be  able to  find  a  balance  between his personal, professional and  social  goals.  Being  a  trained  geologist, he  was  able  to  combine  that  with  his social  and  community  engagement. He  derives his  motivation  from  his  parents,  Mr and  Mrs Akinlabi Mutalub  who  are  both  humanitarians  per  excellence.  His love  for humanity  grows  better  during  his  days in  the  university  when he  joined ROTARACT  Club  of  Federal Teaching  Hospital, Abakaliki (ROTA-FETHA). He  was  opportune  to  attend  a  number  of  trainings, seminars  and  conferences  on  Leadership, personal development and  social  services.  He  was a  participants  at  the  2012  Conference  of  all  Rotractors in Nigeria  (2012  NIGEROTA, portharcourt,  Rivers  state).
                                              
  He  equally  attended Julius Ali  Ucha Leadership Summit, Enugu in the year 2012. Com Yusuff  Mutalub  just  like  his parents  is  a lover  of  his community. He  is  so  passionate  about  the development  of Iwoland  that  he  always  want  to  use  the  slightest  advantage  at  his  disposal to  add  value to  the land.  During  his undergraduate  days, he  was  an active  and  participatory  member  of  Federation  of Iwoland  Students Union,  National Headquarters. He  was an aspirant  for  the post  of Vice  President during  2010  FILSU  National  Headquarter  General  Election. He  equally  served on  various committee  of the union.

  He  single  handedly  facilitated the  inauguration  of both National Association  of Osun  State Students  and  Federation  of  Iwoland  Students  Union, Ebonyi State  University  Chapter and  as  well  served as the  pioneer  president  of  both students  union  body.  He  also  demonstrated his  doggedness  and political  will by  serving  as  the  Ag.  General  Secretary  of  Odua Students  Association  (A body  of  all students from  Yoruba speaking  states),  Ebonyi state  University  Chapter between 2010  and  2012.  He  was  equally the General Secretary  of Nigerian  Mining  and  Geoscience  Society, (NMGS),  Ebonyi state  university chapter between 2011  and  2012.  Com  Yusuff  was a  vibrant  student union  leader  and  a  voice  to  reckon with  in  students  activism.

Yusuff Ola-Gold  participated  in  a lot  of  research  work  on  Iwo  history,  development  and  political participation.  His  contribution  to  the  development  of Iwoland  has been  recognized within  and  outside Iwoland.  He  was  one  of  the  five  man  committee  sent  to  Ile Ife  by  Oluwo  of Iwoland, Oba AbdulRasheed Adewale Akanbi to  do  findings and  investigation  about  the history  of Ooni  Luwo  Gbagida, the  first  and the last  female  Ooni  of Ife  and  the  mother  of  Prince  Adekola  Telu,  the progenitor  of Iwo kingdom.  He equally  served  as  a  member of Iwo Action  Council (IWAC)  education  committee  during  the  IWAC silver jubilee  anniversary  in  2015.  He  was  equally  a  committee  member  of  2016  Greater Iwo  Empire  children’s Day  celebration.  

He  is  as well the  chairman  of  Community  Development  committee  of Iwoland Development Coalition (IDC). Yusuff believes  that it  is  better  to  light  the  candle than  to  curse  the darkness,  he  believes  youths  are  the engine  room  of any  nation  and  they  have  a  major  role  to  play  in  the  process  of building  an enviable future  for  Iwoland  and  Nigeria at  large.  He  is of  the  opinion  that  youths  serve  as  the  bridge  between today and tomorrow of our fatherland.
                             
Distinguish  ladies and  gentlemen, I am  pleased to  inform  you  that this  erudite  young  man  is  the  initiator of HArise  Organization  of  Nigeria (HON), an  organization/social  enterprise  that  is  working  on  building  a new generation  of  youth through  developing  and  restructuring  their  mindsets  towards achieving  success in  all ramification.  He  equally  co-founded and  chartered  a good  number  of  organization  including Inxpire.com,  Iconicus-Ibadan,  Youth  Alliance  for  Development  among  others.

He  presently  works  as the Executive  Director  for  a  civil society  organization  in  Ibadan, GCDF. He  loves  writing  and  reading classic books. He  also  has a  diploma  from  SCRIPLOGUE  Academy, Ibadan  (A school of  writing  and  public speaking).  He  is  also  a  graduate  of College  of Sustainable Citizenship,  affiliated to  Robert  Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland. He  has attended several seminars and  national  conferences  on Leadership,  Good  governance,  Social  responsibility  and  community  development.  He  is also  the  Osun state  Coordinator  of Global  Youths  Peace  and  Empowerment Initiatives, GYPEI. In  his words;  “I love  Iwoland, I love  my  country  and  I love  to  serve  humanity.

 I believe  my  life  is  a donation  to  the  rest  of  the  world  and  I believe  the best  way  to  serve  God  is  to  serve  humanity.” Com Ola-Gold  has received  a  good  number  of award;  Graduate  Award  by  ROTA-FETHA, 2013,  Award  of Excellence  in  Leadership  by  SCRIPLOGUE, 2015  and  Award  of Excellence  in  Community  Development, FILSU  OUA  Chapter,  2016.

Yusuff  is a  member  of  professional bodies  like  Nigerian  Mining  and  Geoscience  Society  (NMGS),  Society of Exploration  Geophysicists (SEG) and  as well a  member  of  civil  society  network like  Child  Protection Network (CPN),  Committee  for  Defense  of Human  Right  (CDHR)  and  many  others. He  is single  and always ready to mingle.
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