Ex Nigerian Envoy To UK, Ambassador Sarafa Tunji-Isola To Chair 7th Penpushing Anniversary



The immediate past Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Ambassador Sarafa Tunji Isola has been billed to chair the 7th edition anniversary lecture of Penpushing Media.

The event which was slated to hold on Thursday 31st July, 2025 at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital will witness creme-de-la-creme of the Society.

The founder, UN Capital Africa, Dr Oby Ezekwesili will deliver lecture as the keynote speaker for the event, as other invited guests like Oba Abdul-Razaq Adenuga, the Ebumawe of Ago-Iwoye will also be present.

A graduate of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, England in 1981. He attended the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, USA, and the University of llorin.

He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Sarafa started his working career as a Lecturer in Marketing, Statistics & Economics at the Federal College Of Education, Katsina in 1983.

In 1997, he was elected the Chairman Of Abeokuta North LGA, at the fourth Attempt, and was subsequently elected the Chairman of the Conference of Local Government chairmen in Ogun State. He later became the Coordinator of South-west Local government Chairmen.

In 2002, Ambassador Isola was invited by the USA Department Of State on a study tour of the USA Financial Systems through the International Visitors Programme.The tour took him to the Department Of State, Capitol Hill, Federal Reserve Bank-New York, New Jersey, University of Texas, Commodity Exchange-Chicago, Bank Of America-Arizona, Silicon Valley/San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

A seasoned administrator and grassroot mobilizer, Ambassador Sarafa Tunji Ishola in 2003 as appointed the Secretary To Ogun State Government by the Otunba Gbenga Daniel (now Senator representing Ogun East).

In 2007, Ambassador Isola was appointed Minister Of Mines And Steel Development, Federal Republic Of Nigeria.

Sarafa Ishola in 2021 was appointed the High Commissioner Of Nigeria to the United Kingdom by late President Muhammad Buhari where he later became the Chairman of the Accreditation Committee of the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth.

Sarafa as fondly called is a chieftain of All Progressives Congress and one of the guber hopeful as far as the Ogun State governorship in 2027 is getting closer.


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