Oluseyi Bajulaiye is a Nigerian diplomat. He is a senior

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official with a background in

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activities dealing with refugees and humanitarian programs.

Career

Since 2005, he is the Deputy

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and

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in the

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. And following the departure of titular Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator Manuel Aranda da Silva in June 2007, he has since that time been the acting

and

- a function which also carries the title of Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and which is the highest United Nations post in the country, besides that of

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Ashraf Qazi (nominated in September 2007, and previously vacant). During his mandate in the

, he was at the forefront in coordinating the United Nations response to the

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. In particular, he appealed to the international community to fund the response in an amount exceeding US$20 million. In September 2007, he was also the official hosting the visit of

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, and he helped ensure that the issues of

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and

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were on the agenda. In 2018, Bajulaiye was appointed as a Member of the Board of Lagos State Teaching Hospital,

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, Nigeria.

References

Nigerian officials of the United Nations Nigerian diplomats Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Yoruba people {{Nigeria-diplomat-stub