Olatunji Ariyo

Who is Olatunji Ariyo?

Olatunji Ariyomo is an engineer and a technology advocate variously described as one of the 'issues in Ondo State politics' and a 'firebrand'. Popularly called 'Tunji L'ght Ariyo, he is a youthful leader and motivator in Ondo State, Nigeria. He trained as an Energy Engineering expert at the University of Sheffield and as a Civil and Structural Engineer at the Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria. Ariyo is an advocate of a technology driven economic sector in Nigeria. He was nominated International Poet of Merit by the International Society of Poets in 1995. He won the overall best candidate prize at the Professional Examination of the Nigerian Society of Engineers in 2005 and has served twice as Senior Aide to the Governor of Ondo State, Nigeria on information technology. He was the pioneer coordinator of the Ondo State Information Technology Development Centre. He was so appointed by Dr. Olusegun Agagu in 2005. He is a playwright, a poet and the author of the book “Odundun, African Legendary Monarch” one of the approved texts for secondary school education in Ondo State.