Rotimi is a member of several committees, including Constitution Review;
Interior; Foreign Affairs; Public Accounts; Navy; Judiciary; Insurance and
Actuarial Matters; Labour, Employment and Productivity; Land Transport; Niger
Delta Development Corporation; and North East Development Corporation. He
was also a member of the committee that produced the legislative agenda for the
10th Assembly. So far, his bills and motions have shown preparation and capacity,
earning him recognition as one of the 12 lawmakers in the House of
Representatives to watch in 2024 by the parliamentary-focused publication,
OrderPaper Nigeria.
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1981, Rotimi hails from Odo-Ayedun-Ekiti, in Ikole
Local Government, Ekiti State, Nigeria. He was raised in the tradition of the
Christian faith, academic excellence, Pan-African orientation, and Yoruba omoluabi
values. His worldview, character, devotion to public service, passionate pursuit of
the common good, and advocacy for equality and the protection of vulnerable
segments of society were shaped by, and are deeply rooted in these early
influences.
Rotimi attended Corona School Victoria Island, Lagos, for his primary education,
Federal Government College Ido-Ani for the first year of his secondary education,
and Kings College Lagos, where he completed his secondary education in 1997.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in Geography from the University of Ibadan,
where he served as President of the Nigerian Universities Geography Students’
Association (UI Chapter), and President of the Fathers’ House Project.
Through the Fathers House Project, he played a key role in addressing the menace
of cultism and allied vices on campus at the time, working closely with Late Prof.
Olumuyiwa Awe, who then chaired the Unibadan Anti-Cultism Committee.
He furthered his education with a master’s degree in Diplomacy and Strategic
Studies from the University of Lagos; a diploma in Film Production from the
Toronto Film School; and a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Relations from
Mohawk College, Hamilton, Ontario. He also holds certifications from the
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Edmund Walsh School of
Foreign Service, Georgetown University; the Woodrow Wilson Centre for
International Scholars; the United States Institute of Peace; and the Pan Atlantic
University, Lagos.
His career trajectory lies at the nexus of the public, private, and civic sectors, at
the national and subnational levels of government. Following his National Youth
Service in Lagos, Rotimi began his career in Public Relations and Marketing
Communications, working in companies such as Rosabel Leo Burnett, Verdant
Zeal, and in the Corporate Communications department of BGL Plc, before
transitioning into politics and public service. During the first tenure of Dr. Kayode
Fayemi as Governor of Ekiti State (2010 – 2014), he served progressively as Special
Assistant to the Governor (Corporate Communications), Senior Special Assistant,
and subsequently as Principal Private Secretary to the Governor.
In these roles, he was central in the administration’s communications and
strategy, policy development, knowledge management, content production, and
management of proprietary initiatives. Notably, he coordinated the process that
resulted in the creation of the Ekiti State logo on March 6, 2011, under the
oversight of the late former deputy governor H.E. Mrs. Funmi Olayinka. He also
authored the Ekiti Charter of Values which was adopted for use in all Ekiti public
schools in 2012. Rotimi later served as Special Adviser on Investment Promotions
to the Minister of Mines and Steel Development from 2015 to 2018. During this
time, he was a member of the committee that developed the 20-Year ‘Roadmap for
the Growth and Development of the Nigerian Mining Sector.’
Rotimi spent some time in Canada studying and honing his skills in
Communications for Development (C4D) as a niche which leverages social impact
storytelling to support social change and progressive government reforms. As
co-founder of Great and Mighty Things Inc., he has produced and directed
numerous short films and documentaries on various social themes in Nigeria and Canada.
The company, now being run by co-founder Babatunde Agunloye, is one
of the fastest growing minority-run film companies with a series 'Realm 2' aired
on FibeTV in Quarter 1, 2024.
He is a member of the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) and
previously served on the boards of the Canadian Public Relations Society –
Hamilton, as well as STAND Canada, an organization advocating to make
preventing and ending genocide a cornerstone of Canadian foreign and domestic
policy. In 2020, he served as a member of the Residents’ Reference Panel on
Automotive Insurance that made policy recommendations to the Ontario
provincial government on improving the administration of the auto insurance
industry.
