Western Atlantic Corporation pride herself with professionals and Directors with packaged experiences spanning over 45 years in the field of Mortgage and Real Estate both in Nigeria and the United States of America. These entire curriculum has been packaged to bring the desired value to the industry. It is designed to metamorphose Nigerian “Practitioners to Professionals” by providing the needed qualitative Education and Training for both Real Estate and Mortgage practitioners in Nigeria.

IDENTIFYING PSIN AS STRATEGIC PARTNER

As an organization that is poised for success, we leave no stone unturned to identify a viable, purposeful and committed arm of Government to leverage on in promoting this much needed Human Capital needs for our Nation in such a time as this. The Public Service Institute of Nigeria (PSIN) is the central learning institution for the Nigerian Public Service, and plays a crucial role in developing people for a first class public service. The Institute offers a comprehensive suite of programs that build strategic capacity in the public service, focusing particularly on core areas in public governance, leadership, public administration and management.

The Institute is committed to promoting national ethics as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Federal Civil Service four core principles of Stewardship, Trust, Engagement, and Professionalism (STEP), applicable Codes of Ethics in conducting government business, and to providing service to the public in a timely, fair, honest and transparent manner.

A very unique and striking feature of the PSIN is their genuine urge for strategic networking and forming partnerships that work. We found our niche in this area, and that has formed the basis of our Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) The Administrator / CEO of the Public Service Institute is Dr. Abdul-GaniyuObatoyinbo, a man with a passion for success. It is not an accident, but destiny call for him to be named the Chief Executive Officer cum Administrator of PSIN in such a time as this.

BRIEF PROFILE OF “MORE ACADEMY” VISIONEERS

THE OFFICE OF THE HEAD OF SERVICE OF THE FEDERATION.

We believe in Due Process, and giving Honour unto whom Honour is due. There wouldn’t have been the Public Service Institute of Nigeria without the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation(HOSF). All authority vested in the Public Service Institute of Nigeria are derived from the OHOSF. To this end, we want to acknowledge the person of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, an accomplished Civil Servant, a Professional to the core and a Management Per-Excellence individual in person of Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, a Visionary Leader of Note.

We are delighted that your predecessor had graciously allowed our partnership for mutual benefit. We will like to assure you that this partnership will enhance service delivery in the provision of housing for Civil servants in the entire Federation while it will also assure them of the safety of their various houses due to strict adherence to standards associated with capacity building for the Housing Providers. In this era of Housing Collapse, responsible Government cannot overlook quality standard adherence, from the Developers. They will be required to go extra miles to ensure that the confidence of the buyers / home owners is guaranteed. The various Primary Mortgage Institutions participating in the provision of Mortgage for employees of the Civil Service will not only make mortgage available but will be in tandem with Government approvals.

DR ABDUL-GANIYU OBATOYINBO (PSIN CEO)

Dr. Abdul-Ganiyu Obatoyinbo was born on the 29^th December, 1957 at Iyamoye in Ijumu Local Government area of Kogi State. He started his educational career with St. Barnabas Primary School, Illorin Kwara state and proceeded to Abdul Aziz Attah Memorial College, Okene for his secondary school where he passed the West African School Certificate (WASC) IN 1975. In a quest for additional knowledge, he went to the prestigious University of Ibadan for his Degree program in Sociology in 1980 and later backed it up with a Post Graduate Degree in Business Administration from Bayero University, Kano in 1996.  In 2008, he completed his PhD. In Public Administration and Policy Analysis from University of Abuja.

He started his working career in the Banking sector in 1981 with the former Bank of the North as a Personnel Officer. He rose to Senior Management positions and at various times headed three major branch offices of the Bank until 1995 when he joined the Public Service. He served meritoriously in different strategic positions as Director up till December 2009. While in the Civil service, he served as Secretary of Program (Administrative Head) of the National Poverty Eradication Program (NAPEP) under President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR. He also served as Director in other strategic agencies as the National Planning Commission and other Ministries which includes Commerce and Industries, Interior, Women Affairs as well as Tourism and Culture.

Upon his retirement from Civil Service in 2009, Dr. Obatoyinbo returned to private sector as the Managing Director/ CEO of Redbricks Consultants Limited, involved in Human Resource Management Consultancy and has impressive performance record of training in strategic management, culture change and organization development programs for organizations in both the public and private sectors.

Dr. Obatoyinbo, is also an alumnus of the prestigious National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) and Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultant and Cost Management. He has diverse experience and credible record of performance across the public and private sectors particularly his later involvement in human capital development. He was appointed the Administrator of PSIN in 2017 and has built on the foundation he met to turn around the fortune of the institute through the injection of partnerships/ collaborations in strategic partnerships.

PRINCE (DR.) ADEJUWON AKINFOLURIN, FIIM,FIMC

President/CEO

Prince Dr. Adejuwon Akinfolurin is from Ode-Erinje in Okitipupa Local Government in Ikale land. Ondo State, South-West of Nigeria. His early education was at St. Saviours African Church School, Ekotedo. Ibadan and his Secondary School was at the prestigious Ilesa Grammar School, an Ionian School. He attended and graduated from University of Ife, IAR&T and later proceeded to the University of the Philippines (Best Agricultural University in the World) where he graduated as Magna-Cum-Laude from the College of Economics, Developments and Management. He had an MBA in Management of Financial Institutions  He was later bestowed with the prestigious Doctor of Business Administration Honoris Causa by the Commonwealth University in United Kingdom . Dr. Akinfolurin has a wealth of experiences in the Banking and Real Estate Mortgage Industry both here in Nigeria and the United States of America. Started his Banking career with the Central Bank of Nigeria, moved to assist in the establishment of Owena Bank as a pioneer Management Staff. Worked with Middle East Bank in Dubai for some years before establishing a thriving Mortgage Bank in Nigeria and Western Atlantic Corporation Nigeria Limited in 1987. He later moved to the United States of America where he founded, and managed Fidelity Trust Mortgage Corporation in Chicago, Illinois, with branches in Houston, Texas and Baltimore, Maryland as a Mortgage Broker. It is noteworthy that Fidelity Trust Mortgage Bank was a Title-2Lender and  FHA Lender in the United States of America.

Prince Akinfolurin also acquired extensive experience in the Real Estate Industry and became CO-Managing Broker of a High Profile Real Estate Company Lakeshore Properties in the USA. The Prince has made a lot of impact in both the Mortgage and Real Estate Industry both in Nigeria where he received many awards and the United States. He has been listed in the famous National Register of “WHO IS WHO” in Executive and Professional in the USA as a result of his contribution to the industry

Dr. Akinfolurin is a Fellow of the Institute of Information Management, Africa (FIIM), a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultant, (FIMC), a Chief Data Officer Ambassador for Nigeria. He is the President of Records and Archives Professional Association of Nigeria. (RAPAN) The modality, the formation, curriculum compilation, Resource compilation, for the operation of the Mortgage and Real Estate Academy is the brain-child of Prince (Dr.) Ade Akinfolurin.

PARTNERSHIP THAT WORKS