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PROFILE
SEN. (PROF)
ROBERT
AJAYI
BOROFICE
Deputy Senate Leader
Professor Robert Ajayi Borofice (born 23 April
1949) is a public servant who was elected Senator In 2004, Robert Borofice was awarded the title of
for Ondo North, in Ondo State, Nigeria on 9 April Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) by former
2011. President Olusegun Obasanjo.
In March 2011, Borofice was given the 2011 Golden
Born April 23, 1949 (age 70) Oka-Akoko, Western Merit Award in Space Science by the World Fed-
Region, British Nigeria (now Oka-Akoko, Ondo eration of Science Journalists.
State, Nigeria).
Boroffice faced little opposition in his bid to be-
Political party: All Progressives Congress (APC) come Labour Party candidate for the Ondo North
Profession; Academic, Public Servant Senatorial District. He gained the support of tradi-
He became a lecturer at the University of Ibadan tional rulers in the Akoko area of Ondo State.
in 1975, and Professor of Zoology at the Lagos In an interview before the April elections, he crit-
State University in 1986. He once held administra- icized politicians who lacked integrity and honor,
tive positions at the Lagos State University in- making promises they could not keep in order to
cluding Head of Department, Dean of Faculty, and get elected, and then focusing on making money
Chairman of the Committee of Deans. once elected.[6] In the election, Boroffice gained
He was appointed Coordinating Director for Sci- 84,290 votes. Runners up were the incumbent Sen-
ence in the National Agency for Science and Engi- ator Bode Olajumoke of the People's Democratic
neering Infrastructure (NASENI) in 1992. He worked Party (PDP) with 51,112 votes and Agunloye Olu of
on biotechnology, Information and Communication the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) with 36,601
Technology and Space Science and Technology votes.
which led to establishing the National Biotechnolo- On December 28, 2011, Boroffice officially de-
gy Development Agency (NABDA), National Infor- camped to the Action Congress of Nigeria so that
mation Technology Development Agency (NITDA) he can pursue his ambition of becoming the next
and the National Space Research and Develop- governor of Ondo state. Later on, he decamped
ment Agency (NASRDA).[1] In 1999 Boroffice was to the All Progressives Congress the current
made the Director General of NASRDA, a post he ruling party.In the 2nd of july,the president of the
held for 10 years. Under his leadership, NASRDA Nigeria s senate(Sen.Ahmed lawal) announces
launched 2 satellites; a low orbit earth observa- borrofice as one of the principal officers (Deputy
tions microsatellite (NigeriaSat-1) in 2003 and a majority leader) of the 9th senate.Borrofice is the
communication satellite (NigcomSat-1) in 2007.[2] current Deputy Senate leader of the Senate.
He also laid the groundwork for the building of Ni-
geriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X, which were launched
in August 2011, from Russia.
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