The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has appointed a lawyer, Banji Alabi, as the Chairman of the Governing Council, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic (RUGIPO) Owo, Ondo State.
Alabi, who is also an accountant and tax consultant, was born on January 30, 1962 in Owo, Ondo State to Chief Alabi Osokiya, a foremost Western Nigeria building contractor and Madam Abigail Simisola Alabi, a textile trader and sewing mistress. Both are of blessed memory.
Alabi attended Imade College, Owo, for his secondary School education and Ondo State Polytechnic, Owo (now RUGIPO) where he bagged OND in Accountancy and later, Yaba college of Technology,Yaba, Lagos for HND in Accountancy.