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Governor Adams Oshiomhole
Nigeria

Governor Adams Oshiomhole

Governor of Edo State; Former Nigeria Labour Congress President

Date of Birth: 1953

Education: Economics and Industrial Relations, Ruskin College, Oxford University, United Kingdom; National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru.

Career: Union Leader, Arewa Textiles Company, 1969; Trade Organiser, 1975-82; General Secretary, National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, 1982; 4th President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, 1999 to date; Governor of Edo State, 2007 to date.