Onaolapo Soleye

Onaolapo Soleye is a Nigerian scholar and former Minister of Finance during the military regime of General Muhammadu Buhari. He was also a former commissioner for Finance and Industry in Ogun State. He sits on the board of the Obasanjo Presidential Library.

Education

Dr Soleye attended Baptist Boys’ High School, Abeokuta, one of the earliest secondary school established in Nigeria. He trained as a Sociologist and studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science and University of Manchester.^[1]

Soleye's major policy actions during his tenure as Minister of Finance include:

"Obasanjo Farms Withdraws From Okitipupa Oil Palm Board", Daily Trust, January 21, 2002

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Finance Ministers of Nigeria

Festus Okotie-Eboh Obafemi Awolowo Shehu Shagari Asumoh Ete Ekukinam James Oluleye Sunday Essang Onaolapo Soleye Kalu Idika Kalu Chu Okongwu Olu Falae Abubakar Alhaji Aminu Saleh Kalu Idika Kalu Anthony Ani Ismaila Usman Adamu Ciroma Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Nenadi Usman Shamsuddeen Usman Mansur Muhtar Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Kemi Adeosun

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