Governing Council

Professor Yemi Osinbajo served as the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for two consecutive terms, from May 2015 to May 2023. Prior to this, he was Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State (1999–2007), where he spearheaded far-reaching judicial reforms that became national models.

A Professor of Public Law at the University of Lagos and founding partner of SimmonsCooper, Professor Osinbajo holds the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). His international legal engagements include serving in the justice sector of the United Nations mission in Somalia, the UN Secretary-General’s Committee on Rules of Conduct and Discipline for Peacekeeping Forces, Ethics Advisor to the Board of the African Development Bank, and Independent Director of Citibank Nigeria.

During his tenure as Vice President, he chaired the National Economic Council, oversaw the Economic Sustainability Plan, and chaired the Inter-Ministerial Energy Transition Implementation Working Group which launched Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan in 2022. He founded the North-East Children’s Trust and TEXT Foundation to empower orphaned and vulnerable youth through education.

Beyond office, Professor Osinbajo chairs the Climate Action Platform for Africa (CAP-A), founded Climate Positive, serves as High Representative for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and is a Guardian of the Africa Innovation Foundation (Timbuktoo). In 2026, he was appointed Co-Chair of the Future of Development Cooperation Coalition and serves on the Council of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.

Dr. Cosmas Maduabuchukwu Maduka, CON, was born on December 24, 1958, in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. His early life was marked by adversity, having lost his father at the age of four. This loss thrust him into socio-economic hardship and denied him access to formal education. Nevertheless, through resilience, faith, and unwavering determination, he overcame these early challenges and rose to become one of Nigeria’s most accomplished and respected business leaders.

In 1977, Dr. Maduka founded Coscharis Motors as a one-man trading business. Over the years, the enterprise evolved into Coscharis Group, a wholly Nigerian-owned conglomerate with diversified interests across key sectors of the economy. Today, the Group operates in automotive, auto assembly, auto care and components, logistics and leasing, information technology, agro-allied services, medical equipment, food and beverages, and chemical and allied products.

Coscharis Motors holds exclusive franchise rights for globally renowned automotive brands including BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Ford, Renault, and Geely. With operations across all six geopolitical zones of Nigeria and an international presence in Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Japan, the Group has become a significant force in the African business landscape.

Dr. Maduka is widely regarded as a pioneer in Nigeria’s automobile industry and a symbol of entrepreneurial excellence. In recognition of his outstanding service to the nation, he was conferred with the national honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) in 2012. He has also received honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (2003), and Afe Babalola University (2016), as well as an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Directors (2024). He served on the Board of Access Bank Plc for 12 years (2000–2012), was President of the Nigerian Table Tennis Federation (1996–2008), and is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School Executive Education Program (2009).

Dr. Okechukwu Enyinna Eñelamah is the Chairman of African Capital Alliance (ACA), a leading independent investment management firm sponsoring funds and managing investments across a variety of sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa. He served as the Federal Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment in Nigeria from November 2015 to May 2019.

Prior to his cabinet appointment to the federal government, he served as the CEO of African Capital Alliance. Dr. Eñelamah’s previous private equity background was gained from Zephyr Management L.P. and Capital Zephyr Limited in New York and Johannesburg. Earlier in his career, he worked with Arthur Andersen in Nigeria and London, as well as Goldman Sachs in New York and London.

After first qualifying as a medical doctor, Dr. Eñelamah transitioned to business and finance, qualifying as a chartered accountant in Nigeria. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Dr. Eñelamah is married with five children and is an ordained Pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). Outside his executive responsibilities, he dedicates time to family life, mentoring next-generation leaders, reading, and healthy living.

Matthews A. Ojo earned his PhD in Theology (1987) from the University of London, UK, and served as Professor of Religious Studies at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, until 2023. Between 2013 and 2018, he served with distinction as the Vice-Chancellor of Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria.

In 2023, Professor Ojo served as a volunteer missionary at the Liberia Baptist Theological Seminary in Monrovia, Liberia. From January 2024 through February 2026, he served as the pioneer President of William R. Tolbert Baptist University in Virginia, Montserrado County, Liberia.

His academic research focuses on contemporary African Christianity, with specializations in Pentecostal and Charismatic movements, the history of Christian missions in Africa, new religious movements, youth and religion, and media in religious ecosystems.

He has published extensively across international journals and academic presses, including his foundational book, The End-Time Army: Charismatic Movements in Modern Nigeria (2006). He is an active contributor to the Oxford Handbook on Baptist Studies (2026), continuing his research on the growth and impact of African faith traditions globally.

Ike Mark Nwachukwu is a Professor of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria. He earned his Master’s and Doctorate degrees from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, specializing in Agricultural Communication and Agricultural Extension respectively.

Professor Nwachukwu has published over one hundred papers in journals, proceedings, and invited keynote addresses, alongside twelve textbooks in agricultural extension, community development, and communication as author and editor. He previously served as a Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and as Research Advisor at Shell Petroleum Development Company, Port Harcourt (2012–2013). Over his academic career, he has graduated more than 35 Ph.D. scholars.

He has served in leadership capacities across the Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria (AESON), Nigerian Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (NIFAAS), and Agricultural Society of Nigeria. He is the Founding President of The Society for Community and Communication Development Research and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Community and Communication Research.

A devoted teacher of the Word and discipler of believers, Professor Nwachukwu surrendered his life to Christ at age twelve and remains actively committed to faith-based education. He is married to Olayinka, a Professor of Soil Science, and they are blessed with three married daughters.

John C. Eñelamah is a widely traveled apostolic leader, social reformer, pastor, teacher, mentor, discipler of men and women, conference speaker, and author. His primary calling is to strengthen the Church by spreading the fires of revival and reformation, equipping believers to transform society through the proclamation and application of the Kingdom Gospel.

Apostle John is the President/Founder of Kingdom Apostolic Revival Ministries (KARM), Founding Pastor of EndTimes Revival Ministries (ERM), and a co-founder of the influential Apostles in the Marketplace (AiMP) Network. He hosts the radio broadcast Lessons from the School of Life and co-leads the Institute for Success in Marriage alongside his wife, Ngozi.

As convener of the Mission To West Africa (MTWA) conferences, Apostle John trains bishops, pastors, marketplace leaders, and collegiate ministers across Africa to exert transformative cultural impact. He founded The Fred Eze Enelamah Institute to institute a world-class standard for leadership and character reformation in Nigeria and across the African continent.

A graduate of Quantity Surveying from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, he holds ministerial licensing from Life Ministerial Association (LMA), Irvine, California, and is a Fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. He is the author of titles including Understanding the Laws of the Universe, Life Planning, and Blueprint for Nigeria.