Jumoke Oduwole

Olajumoke Omoniyi Oduwole is a Nigerian jurist and academic. She was appointed the Prince Claus Chair holder from 2013–2015. She graduated from the University of Lagos with a second-class upper LL.B degree in law in 1998 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1999. She obtained a LL.M degree with a slant in Commercial law from the Cambridge University, England in 2000 where she was as a DFID-Cambridge Commonwealth Trust scholar. Oduwole is the executive secretary to the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council in Nigeria.

Jumoke Oduwole in 2022

Quotes

• Doing business in Nigeria is rife with uncertainties. But, we must come to terms with our faults in a failing system. Joining the rot in the system simply makes it more difficult for the next person to thrive.
  • Excerpt from her Independence Day speech titled Fast forward

• Realize that our work is our citizenship and there is no time for small dreams.
  • The need to do business with integrity and excellence and look out for each other

• Another area key to making business work is facilitating the smooth entry, exit and movement of people.
  • Speaking at a radio interview in Lagos (17 April 2017)

• Starting a business is crucial because it is invariably the first step taken by a business owner seeking to formalise his or her idea.
  • In an interview with TheCable (27 April 2017)

• Nation building is not just a government burden. We each have a role to play. We have to see the glass as half full and work in a coordinated manner, knowing that there’s no point pointing at somebody else to deliver the Nigeria of our dreams. Each person has a responsibility.
  • Speaking on Nation Building.

• With the right people, both leaders and followers. With the right mindset and the right actions, ten years is enough to transform the trajectory of every single facet of this nation, and to have us firmly on the path of a developed nation in perpetuity.
  • Speaking on the progress Nigeria can make as a nation

• It would be almost impossible to attract and retain private investments without an enabling environment. No private enterprise can scale, expand, and create new job opportunities if the environment is not investment-friendly.
  • Speaking on how to attract more investors into Nigeria

• A supportive and a conducive environment is needed to accelerate the pace of economic recovery, regain investor confidence, attract fresh investments and generate employment opportunities.
  • Speaking on how to attract more investors into Nigeria (2)

Speaking on the automobile sector's capability of generating a high number of employments for teeming Nigerians.

• There is no economy in the world that has developed without having a vibrant auto assembly and production industry because of the volume of jobs that the sector can create. There is a need for a policy that will take us to where we want to be.

• The auto industry is pivotal and critical to the growth of our economy and so we are taking our time to shape the automotive policy so that we can compete with other players on the continent and enable those who have invested resources derive maximal value.

• We need an auto policy that will be enduring. We don’t want a policy that we will have and after a few years, we will need to change it and that is why we are calling for more contributions.
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Quotes about Jumoke Oduwole

• A renowned academic and administrator, Oduwole’s work is particularly hallmarked by the garlands which Nigeria has won on account of improving the ease of doing business.
  • Jumoke Oduwole is a renowed academic... by John Egwu