Yemi Adamolekun

Yemi Adamolekun (born 12 January 1975) is a Nigerian activist and the founding executive director of Enough is Enough, a civil society organisation that advocates for better governance in Nigeria. She is also a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Adamolekun participates in political discussions and was awarded a Global Citizen Prize in 2022.

Early life and education Adamolekun was born on 12 January 1975 and grew up on the campus of Obafemi Awolowo University at Ifẹ in Nigeria. She was educated at the University of Lagos, later studied at the University of Virginia, and pursued postgraduate qualifications at the London School of Economics and the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford.

Career

Adamolekun began her career working at Navigant Consulting in the US, then returned to Nigeria to work at Alder Consulting. Adamolekun commented to AllAfrica: "part of why Nigeria is unpeaceful is huge amounts of poverty: people fighting over scarce resources, insecurity, distrust – people desperate to survive". During the elections, Enough is Enough began its "RSVP" campaign, encouraging people to Register, Select, Vote and Protect. It also demanded more transparency in the National Assembly and participated in the "BringBackOurGirls" movement following the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping.

Other events In 2018, Adamolekun's name appeared on the list of Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD).

Alongside Israel Aye, Ndidi and Yemi Osinaike, Adamolekun was on a panel which asked political candidates questions in the Lagos gubernatorial debate before the 2019 Nigerian general election. She then became a spokesperson for the Not in My Church movement, when Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo returned to the Common Wealth of Zion Assembly church a month after leaving it in the wake of underage rape allegations.

In November 2019, she attended a demonstration in support of Omoyele Sowore in Abuja and alleged that members of the State Security Service had attacked her and broken her mobile telephone whilst she was recording two journalists being beaten up. She had pledged to attend every court hearing of Sowore. In December 2019, Sowore was released and re-arrested the following day, and Adamolekun was at another demonstration which was attacked by unknown people. In 2022, she was awarded a Global Citizen Prize.