Hareter Babatunde Oralusi not only holds an authoritative position in government organizations but is also an international social entrepreneur. He is the chairman of the Nigerian Capital Development Fund and Social Enterprise Academy. Oralusi early life started in Ibadan Oyo State.
2. Hareter Babatunde Oralusi started is political career in 2005 by joining People
Democratic Party in Osun State. In 2007 he contested election into the Federal
House of Representative under the Leadership Party but stepped down during the
consensus dialogue for an older politician.
From 2007-2010, Oralusi was appointed Senior Special Assistant (Executive
Assistant) to Executive Governor of Osun State,
In 2010 he was appointed into the board of Nigerian Labour Cooperative Society,
and was promoted to Deputy Secretary General (DSG) in 2011. As the Deputy
Secretary General of the Nigerian Labour Cooperative Society, he was credited with
re-designing the organization into an internationally recognized social enterprise.
Under this designation, Oralusi also initiate, design and coordinated the first
International Cooperative Conference in Nigeria in partnership with Federal
Ministry of Agriculture aimed at facilitating finance and investment for micro and
small enterprises, low income earners and grassroots communities.
In 2014 Oralusi was the governorship candidate of Osun State Governorship
Election under Action Alliance. In 2015, he was a Director General of Forerunner
Group, a presidential campaign team for re-election of Former President Goodluck
Jonathan chaired by Former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel.
3. In 1996, while in Austria, Hareter Babatunde Oralusi worked as a junior
social worker in Austria for 2 years. He later moved up the ladder, and
was handed the responsibility of managing a team of social workers.
During his time in this role, he provided social services to couples,
families and adolescents on matters pertaining to rights abuse, child
rearing and development, relationships, alcohol and substance abuse, ill
behavior as well as psychiatric problems.
In 1999 became a Team Leader for the Rural Credit Agency, handling
organizational and risk assessment of six regional rural credit operations
as well as national programs. At this stage of his career, he was saddled
with the responsibilities of reviewing institutional strategy, governance,
organizational structure as well as providing recommendations for
institution's building and transformation to a regulated financial
institution.
4. Hareter Babatunde Oralusi has been recognized by various organizations
for his social enterprise contributions. Some of the awards include;
Edwin Enterprise Development Awards, Best African Young
Entrepreneur Award in Austria in 2002, The Black Business International
in United Kingdom, Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2005, and The
Solomon Foundation Entrepreneur Awards in 2006 with cash prize of
£200,000 in United Kingdom. The Award of Excellence in Social
Development at the National Economic Development award, Abuja,
Nigeria in 2010.
Hareter Babatunde Oralusi participated in Conference on International
Cooperation in Nigeria under the guidance of the Federal Ministry of
Agriculture and helped in initiating, designing the conference. The main
aim of this conference was to help micro industries along with poor
communities.