Board of Advisors

EBI OBARO: A CANADIAN IMMIGRATION CONSULTANT PER EXCELLENCE

Ebi Obaro is a seasoned Canadian immigration consultant with wealth of experience that spans nearly a decade.

Ebi is the Founder/President of Maple Education Canada Inc. She has the honour of being the first to introduce Canadian education consultancy to Nigeria. A Canadian/Nigerian; she had her education both in Nigeria and in England. She is also a member of the Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants. She has wealth of experience in immigration matters. She oversees both the Canadian and the Nigerian offices.

She is blessed with five children.

MRS. FOLASADE ADEFISAYO

Sade Adefisayo was the Executive Director of Corona Schools’ Trust Council, which has several Primary and Secondary Schools.  She led the Council for over 8 years and retired in August 2010. She is presently running the Corona Secondary School, Agbara on a consultancy basis.

Sade has over 28 years working experience spanning banking operations, Trade Finance, Organizational Restructuring, Human Resource Management, Training and Treasury Management, a significant part of which was in the banking industry.

She is widely traveled and has attended several courses and conferences in Europe and Africa.

Sade worked in other organizations including UBA, Tetra Pak International, Lagos where she was the Financial Manager before moving to Corona Schools Trust Council.

She is dedicated to improving other people’s life and has served as a volunteer to many NGOs.

She was a Merit Award winner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and a University Scholar of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.  Both awards were for academic excellence.

FEMI ADESINA

 Since he took a degree in English Studies from the then University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1986, Femi Adesina has done nothing other than journalism.

The 25-year odyssey (as at now) has seen him traversing radio, television and print media, from a Youth corper at LTV 8 in 1986, to a Current Affairs Officer, Radio Lagos between 1988 and 1989, and Features Writer, Vanguard Newspaper, 1989 to 1991. In May 1991, he joined Concord Press as Senior Staff Writer, rose to become Chief Correspondent, and later Deputy Features Editor. By December 1995, he was promoted Features Editor of National Concord. Within the next four years, he became Deputy Editor, and ultimately, Editor, National Concord.

With the demise of Concord Press after the travails and death of the publisher, Bashorun M.K.O. Abiola, in military detention, Adesina joined the Nigerian Tribune as a visiting member of the Editorial Board between May 2001 and September 2002. He was on this assignment till he was invited to be part of the team that set up The Sun Newspaper in January 2003. He was editor of Daily Sun between January 2003 and June 2008. Under Adesina’s editorship, the paper won almost all the reputable media awards in the country, and in 2007, he was named Editor of the Year, by the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA).

He is a Deacon of the Foursquare Gospel Church, married to Adenike, a nurse, and blessed with two children, Oluwatobi and Oluwatosin. He is also author of a book on soccer, a game he follows passionately.

Femi Adesina is currently the Deputy Managing Director/Deputy Editor-in Chief of The Sun Newspapers.