Dr. Victor Alewo Adoji has picked up Kogi State governorship nomination form.

The banker turned politician will be running for the governorship under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He picked up the form on Wednesday, July 24th, 2019.

He contested for the Kogi East Senatorial District in the last election.

For those who don’t know, he is an illustrious son of the Igala kingdom. He is an indigene of Okula-Aloma in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State.

Born 29th May, 1971. He began his elementary education at St Paul’s Primary School, Sokoto and later proceeded to the prestigious Federal Government College, Sokoto State for his secondary education where he distinguished himself both in character and learning.

He attended University of Jos where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and later to Bayero University Kano where he bagged a Masters degree in Economics in the year 2000.

He earned a Masters degree in Business Administration in 1999 with bias in Corporate Strategy, from Bayero University, Kano. He also has a Masters degree in Entrepreneurship from the ITTL-DRC, University of Phoenix, USA and holds a PhD in Credit Management.

Recently, he bagged another Doctoral degree after a five-year research on Middle Management and Corporate Entrepreneurship. He got the Doctoral degree in Business Administration (DBA) with focus on Leadership, Governance and People Management.

He is a fellow, Institute of Credit Administration (FICA), Fellow, Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria (ICEN) and an International Certified Credit Fellow (ICCF). He is a Member of several Professional and academic bodies in Nigeria and beyond.