Truetells Nigeria reports that Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, also known as GRV, is a Nigerian architect, activist, and politician from Lagos State, Nigeria. Rhodes-Vivour was born and raised in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria.
GRV is the Labour Party’s (LP) gubernatorial candidate for Lagos State in the upcoming 2023 Lagos State gubernatorial election. He previously ran for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial seat of Lagos West in the 2019 Nigerian Senate elections.
Apart from his political ambitions, GRV is well-known in Nigeria for his activism in the areas of good governance, human rights, and youth empowerment. He founded a number of non-profit organizations, including The Freedom Foundation and Project Africa. He has also received recognition for his architectural designs, winning several awards in the field.
He attended Chrisland primary and secondary schools until JSS3, and then went to Paris to finish his secondary education at Ecol Artive Berlin.
He holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Nottingham and a Master of Architecture degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
He joined the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) after finishing his first master’s degree in 2008 and completed it in 2009.
He later earned a second master’s degree from the University of Lagos in Research and Public Policy (UNILAG).
Rhodes-Vivour comes from a family of lawyers. He is the son of Barrister Olawale and Mrs. Nkechi Rhodes-Vivour. His uncle is former Supreme Court Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, and his grandfather is the late Judge Akinwunmi Rhodes-Vivour. He is the great-grandson of Steven Bankole Rhodes, the country’s second indigenous judge.
When he was in the United Kingdom, he worked for Franklin Ellis Architects. Before entering politics, he worked for SISA, Cliff Consulting (now Building Partnership CCP), and Patrick Wayi in Nigeria.
Rhodes-Vivour ran for the Ikeja Local Government Area chairmanship under the KOWA party in 2017. He claimed that the lack of godfatherism in the party drove him to run under the platform. He was defeated by the incumbent APC candidate.
In 2019, he ran for the Senate seat of Lagos West on the PDP ticket. His campaign points were to revamp the infrastructure within the district and well as to get out the incumbent who he term as a “absentee senator spending more resources pursuing a futile governorship bid in Ogun State, rather than focus on Lagos West that have already given him their mandate”. He finished second in the final polls, trailing incumbent senator and former ruling party APC candidate Adeola ‘Yayi’ Olamilekanola by 243,516 votes to Adeola’s 323,817. Rhodes-Vivour received 39.40% of the votes, while Adeola received 41.38%. He challenged the outcome in court, citing electoral violence and disruptions as reasons why the outcome should not be considered valid.
He is the Labour Party’s gubernatorial candidate for the Lagos State gubernatorial election in 2023. He was initially one of the nominees preparing to run for the PDP, but backed out just before the primary election.
He crossed over to the Labour Party, contesting a substitute election in which the party’s substantive candidate was to be chosen, and won with 111 votes, defeating former All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Moshood Salvador, who received 102 votes.
Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour family – He is married to Dr. Ify Rhodes-Vivour (née Aniebo), a molecular geneticist by profession, who is the daughter of Augustine Aniebo, the former military administrator of Kogi and Borno states.
Gbadebo is a successful architect with extensive experience. However, as soon as his estimated net worth is known, it will be included.
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