PRINCE SEGUN AKANNI
Before his appointment, Prince Segun Akanni was the Personal Assistant to the Aare Ona Kakanfo. He was born to a Royal family in Ileogbo, Ayedire Area of Osun and had his both Primary and Secondary schools education in Ileogbo.
He holds a Diploma and Degree in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management (IRPM). from the Lagos State University, LASU Ojo, Lagos .
Akanni also holds a Diploma in Tourism management from the International School of Aviation in Ghana.
He joined Oodua People’s Congress in the late 1998 in Ijeshatedo, and later moved to Ojo area of Lagos state where he started his career in OPC as the zonal secretary of Tedi zone. In 1999, he was elevated to the position of Local Government Publicity Secretary in Ojo.
His commitment to the emancipation of the Yoruba race earned him an appointment in the office of the National Coordinator of the OPC in year2002
as the Protocol Officer II and media Assistant to Otunba Gani Adams.
In 2007, Akanni became The Personal Assistant to Otunba Gani Adams, the position he maintained until his new appointment as The Chief of Staff to the New AARE Gani Adams.
Prince Akanni has been to over fifty countries in the course of propagating the gospel of Oodua Progressive Union (OPU) with Aare Onakakanfo, OPU, an organization formed by the Are Onakakanfo for the Yorubas in diaspora with Chapters in over seventy eight counties.
Akanni wrote a book in honor of Otunba Gani Adams titled The Volunteer of Savanah in 2015. He is married to Mrs Folashade Akanni with kids.
