Olalekan Biliamin Oba
Civic leader, mentor and author. Building platforms, people and institutions, one rung at a time.
I don’t believe in change as an event. I believe in change as a system, something we build rung by rung, until everyone has a place to stand.
Born in Ikorodu. Built for the long game.
Olalekan Biliamin Oba is a civic leader, communicator and author from Ikorodu, Lagos. He studied Mass Communication, spent four years chairing the National Youth Council in Lagos, and keeps building platforms that outlast the people who start them.
The work, up close.
All the work
Changing the Narratives
Four years leading Lagos youth through the National Youth Council.
Drug Abuse Preventive Advocacy
From the launch at Alausa to schools across Lagos State.
Police Youth Dialogue
Young people and the police in one room, talking it through.
Ounje Eko
Food packs shared with families across the state.
Ride for Peace
A bike ride through the streets, with peace as the point.
Young leaders, Abuja
Working sessions with the next generation of leaders.
Forward Lagos
A civic movement giving every Lagosian a structured way to take part.
One Rung at a Time.
Eighteen short chapters on becoming. Written for anyone who is still climbing.
Honours from the ground up.
- Youth Advocate of the Year, Lagos Youth Awards
- Youth Exceptional Leadership Award, IKODASS
- Ikorodu Man of the Year
- Ikorodu Young Achievers Award
- Commonwealth programme, Oxford University
Out in the field.
