Professor Robert Ajayi Boroffice (born 23 April 1949) is a public servant who was elected Senator for Ondo North, in

Ondo State Ondo State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Oǹdó) is a state in southwestern Nigeria. It was created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. It borders Ekiti State to the north, Kogi State to the northeast, Edo State to the east, Delta State to t ...

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on 9 April 2011.

Early career

Boroffice was born on 23 April 1949 in Oka-Akoko, Ondo State, South Western, Nigeria. He became a lecturer at the

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in 1975, and Professor of Zoology at the

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in 1986. He once held administrative positions at the Lagos State University including Head of Department, Dean of Faculty, and Chairman of the Committee of Deans.

Public servant

Boroffice was appointed Coordinating Director for Science in the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure in 1992. He worked on biotechnology, Information and Communication Technology and Space Science and Technology which led to establishing the National Biotechnology Development Agency, National Information Technology Development Agency and the

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. In 2004, Boroffice was awarded the title of Officer of the

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(OON) by former President

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. In March 2011, Boroffice was given the 2011 Golden Merit Award in Space Science by the World Federation of Science Journalists.

Political career

Boroffice faced little opposition in his bid to become Labour Party candidate for the Ondo North Senatorial District. He gained the support of traditional rulers in the Akoko area of Ondo State. In an interview before the April elections, he criticized politicians who lacked integrity and honor, making promises they could not keep in order to get elected, and then focusing on making money once elected. In the election, Boroffice gained 84,290 votes. Runners up were the incumbent Senator

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of the

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(PDP) with 51,112 votes and Agunloye Olu of the

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with 36,601 votes. On December 28, 2011, Boroffice decamped to the Action Congress of Nigeria so that he could pursue his ambition of becoming the next governor of Ondo state. Later, he decamped to the

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, the ruling party. On 2 July, the president of the Nigeria’s Senate, Ahmed Lawal, announced Borrofice as one of the deputy majority leader of the 9th senate.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boroffice, Robert Ajayi Living people 1949 births Members of the Senate (Nigeria) People from Ondo State Academic staff of the University of Ibadan Labour Party (Nigeria) politicians Officers of the Order of the Niger Academic staff of Lagos State University All Progressives Congress politicians