Olanrewaju Suraju

In his 23 years of work experience, Olanrewaju has pioneered, served on the board of and supported the creation of several civil society organisations, networks and coalitions in Nigeria and across Africa.

Olanrewaju is currently the Chairman of Human and Environmental Development Agenda, a Nigeria-based NGO and Civil Society Network Against Corruption.

He has also worked as consultant and board member to several development agencies, international NGOs, law enforcement agencies and inter-governmental agencies.

Olanrewaju studied Development, Law and Social Justice at postgraduate level at the Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands, NGO Management at the University of Manchester, and Public Administration from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State. He was a Students Union President at Yaba College of Technology as an undergraduate.

Olanrewaju is a public commentator, campaigner and analyst at national and international levels. He was an active participant in Nigeria’s fight against military regimes in the 1990s and was detained by the military regime of late General Sani Abacha.

As a renowned human rights and social activist, with an interest in accountability, food security, leadership, human development, anti-corruption and good governance, Olanrewaju has worked and collaborated with many progressive fronts and has held many positions of responsibility.

He is a specialist on topics such as human rights, good governance, accountability, networking and citizen mobilisation at local and international levels.