Bamidele emerges majority leader of 10th Senate
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has announced Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti) as the majority leader of the 10th Senate.
Mr Bamidele is a ranking senator representing Ekiti Central and chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters in the 9th National Assembly.
Mr Bamidele, who is the Founder, Principal Attorney & Head of Chambers at the Law Office of Opeyemi Bamidele & Associates, is a New York Attorney, Member of the 7th House of Representatives and three-term Member of the Lagos State Cabinet between 2000 and 2011 when he served as Honourable Commissioner in different ministries and under two Governors.
He served as the senior legislative aide to then-Senator Bola Tinubu in 1992.
Mr Bamidele graduated with honours in 1986 from the University of Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, with a Bachelor of Arts degree and, subsequently, from the University of Benin, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree with honours, in 1990.
After his call to the Nigerian Bar, Mr Bamidele launched a full-time legal career in 1992. He obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M) degree from the Franklin Pierce Law Centre at the University of New Hampshire Law School, Concord, New Hampshire, U.S. He specialised in Intellectual Property Law, with a bias in International Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, including the Licensing of International Transfer of Technology.
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