President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the conferment of a national honour on the senator representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District of Ekiti State, Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, on October 11, 2022.

This was disclosed via a statement issued by the senator’s media office on Thursday.

According to the statement, Bamidele, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, and the Chairman, Southern Senators’ Forum in the 9th Assembly, is listed among the recipients of the 2022 National Honours Award of the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON).

Also attached with the statement was the letter which conveyed the award of honour to Senator Bamidele and signed by the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-government Affairs, Senator George Akume.

The letter dated September 16 read: “I have the honour to formally inform you that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has approved the conferment of the National Honours on you, in the rank of CON, Commander of the Order of the Niger.

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“The ceremony is scheduled to take place at the International Conference Centre, Abuja on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, at 9 a.m.”

Bamidele was a member of the 7th House of Representatives between June 2011 to June 2015, where he served as the Chairman, House Committee on Legislative Budget and Research.

He also served as the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Lagos State between July 2007 and February 2011.

Before then, he had served as the Commissioner for Youths, Sports and Social Development in Lagos State from July 2003 to May 2007 as well as the Special Adviser to the Governor on Political and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Lagos State between July 2000 to May 2003.

Bamidele obtained Bachelor of Arts (with honours) degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, in 1986; Bachelor of Laws degree (with honours) from the University of Benin, Edo State and graduated from the Nigerian Law School in  1992.

He thereafter proceeded to the University of New Hampshire’s Franklin Pierce Law Centre, USA where he bagged a Master of Law degree in Intellectual Property Law and Licensing and Transfer of Technology in 1996.

Bamidele passed the New York Bar Exams and was called to the New York Bar as an Attorney and Counselor at Law of the State of New York in January 1999.

The Star