Ohimai Godwin Amaize or Mr Fix Nigeria (born September 9, 1984 in Uromi, Edo) is a Nigerian media personality, political strategist and publisher. He served in the Nigerian government from 2011-2015.
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Background and Early Career
He studied at the University of Ibadan and the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and French (Combined Honours) and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Managing for Integrity.
His professional career began in 2007 at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), with him moving to Lagos-based ad agency, ADSTRAT BMC a year after.
In May 2009, he took on a new challenge as Research Assistant to pioneer EFCC chair, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.
Advocacy
Ohimai is a voluntary adviser to numerous youth-led non-profit initiatives, including work in the EFCC's Culture Programme of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Commission’s Strategy and Re-orientation Unit (SARU).
In October 2008, he became an ambassador, Microsoft Internet Safety, Security and Privacy Initiative for Nigeria (MISSPIN). One of the major highlights of his work with the organization was B.L.I.N.G. (Brilliant. Legitimate. Inspired. Nigerian. Great), a pop-culture strategy with which he assembled some of Nigeria’s top music artistes to produce the song/music video – “Maga No Need Pay” – Nigeria’s first ever music collaboration against cyber-crimes.
Politics
In August 2010, he became the youngest presidential campaign manager (26) in modern democratic history when popular journalist Dele Momodu appointed him to head his campaign ahead of the 2011 polls.
From September 2011 to May 2012, he served as Special Assistant on Advocacy to Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi then Nigeria’s Minister of Youth Development. When Abdullahi was appointed Minister of Sports, he followed his boss and became his Special Assistant on Youth, School and Grassroots Sports till March 2014.
From April to October 2014, he was Special Assistant on Media Strategy to Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, as Minister of State for Defence and later for Foreign Affairs until May 29, 2015 .
In 2015, Ohimai teamed up with Audu Maikori, Chioma Emetanjo, Ugonna Madueke, Aziza Uko-Douglas and Segun Demuren to organize the “Meet The President” event at the EKO Hotel and Suites which brought the then President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan face to face in an engagement session with 5,000 youths.
In October 2015, Ohimai took a break from politics announcing his disengagement from partisan politics with his exit from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Other Appointments
In November 2012, he was appointed secretary of the Board of the Nigeria Academicals Sports Committee (NASCOM). In this capacity, he initiated the Rhythm N’ Play campaign – a grassroots sports mobilization campaign targeted at bringing an additional 2 million Nigerian school children into sports within a period of two years. Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan launched the campaign in Abuja in June 2013.
Ohimai was appointed to pioneer The Underground – Nigeria’s first ever Christian Nightclub – a specialized outreach ministry founded by Holyhill Church, Abuja for youths.
The Signal
He is the founder of online newspaper, Signal and CEO of Olivier Pope Inc – an image crisis management company.
Awards and Recognitions
Ohimai was nominated in the Excellence in Service (Public Service) category of The Future Awards for 2012. In 2013, he was honoured by the Federal Government of Nigeria as one of the Best 100 Young Nigerians in one of the events to mark Nigeria's 100th anniversary as a nation
Personal life
On April 26, 2014, Ohimai married his heartthrob, Tessy Oliseh, an award-winning fashion designer and alumnus of Middlesex University, United Kingdom. and the younger sister to Nigerian football legend, Sunday Oliseh.