Adebayo Johnson Bankole

Adebayo Johnson Bankole (October 29, 1945) is a Nigerian politician and a two time commissioner in Oyo State, Nigeria. Honourable Adebayo Johnson Bankole served as a commissioner under both Governor Alao Akala and Governor Kolapo Ishola’s administration.

He was born in Ghana in 1945 and was brought to Nigeria in 1951. He lived with his uncle at Ajinapa, which is his ancestral home in Orire Local Government in Oyo State, where he started schooling in 1952. He was transferred to St. David’s Anglican Primary School, Ogbomosho in 1954 because the school he was attending at Ajinapa didn’t have enough students to continue standard one then. He finished there in 1958 before proceeding to African Secondary Modern School where he finished in 1961. From there, he went on to Staff Training Centre in Kaduna, coupled with the tuition courses he took, he was able to pass both Ordinary and Advanced GCE.

At the same time he was working with the Nigerian Airways as a shorthand typist until 1971 when he left Nigeria for the USA. He started schooling over there in 1972, and in June 1974, He completed his course and was awarded the Bachelor of Science in Accounting. He later proceeded to Bible College, the business arm of City University of New York, where he had his Master’s in Business Administration in 1976. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) then came to the US for recruitment, he attended the interview and was successful. At that same time, the Federal Government also gave him appointment, so he had three appointments at the same time; the CBN, the Federal Government and the Oyo State Government.