RAMTAQ RESEARCH OUTFIT TO IMPACT SOLELY IN THE LIVES OF OYO INDIGENES - CEO AYO SANDA

Prince Sanda

As part of the efforts of OMOIYAKUNMI aimed towards bringing into limelight sons and daughters of Oyo who have made reputable marks in their various fields with a view to motivating and inspiring the youths especially. 

Today, we present to you a young and amiable son of Oyo who, in recent times, had always made it his business to stand out amongst his peers and presently, he is charting a course that will impact meaningfully in the lives of both the old and young of the town. 

PRINCE AYOBAMI ADEWUMI SANDA, a descendant of Alaafin Ladigbolu, hails from Oridota Compound of Oke-Aafin in Oyo. 

He had his secondary school education at the Anglican Methodist Secondary School, Ajagba, Oyo in the year 1998 before proceeding to the Oyo State College of Education, Oyo for his tertiary education from where he obtained a Nigerian Certificate in Education (Political Science and Social Studies) in 2002. He later proceeded to the University of Lagos for his Bachelor’s degree and he bagged a Second class upper (Hons.) in Guidance and Counseling in the year 2008.

Ayo Sanda’s insatiable quest for knowledge didn’t end after bagging his first degree. He also bagged his Masters Degree in Educational Psychology from the premier University of Ibadan in 2012. Presently, he is a Ph.d Student in the department of Counseling and Human Development Studies with specialty in Educational and Social Psychology.

Prince Ayobami is the CEO of a research-based consult, RAMTAQ RESEARCH CONSULT, which offers basic research solutions to corporate and academic outfits. Recently, the firm opened up one of its branches in the heart of the ancient town, Oyo.

Our  young and intelligent personality was able to take us  through some of the ways his firm’s activities have impacted in the lives of people and how he intend to make this happen in Oyo town.

OMOIYAKUNMI: As a research consultant/Data analyst, what are basically your areas of expertise?

PRINCE SANDA: Firstly, as a data analyst, I can utilize a considerable numbers of statistical software to perform data analysis in some areas such as social sciences, arts and humanities, sciences, clinical sciences and psychology, and naturalistic studies. 

As a data analyst, I also analyze data from questionnaire, focus group discussion (FGD), indepth interview, key-informant interview (KII) observation, graphics, anecdotal records and likes.

As a research consultant, I offer services and skills such assistance in the selection of thesis title, or what is commonly known as project topics, development of research instruments, scale validation for research use. I can offer guides on how to carry out any type of research both in the academic and nonacademic settings. I also edit thesis, reports and proposals.

CEO, RAMTAQ RESEARCH CONSULT

OMOIYAKUNMI: You run a research and consulting organization that has offered professional and academic succor to establishments and students alike in recent times but lately, you just extended your tentacles to your hometown, Oyo. What can you say inspired this move and what are the achievements of your organization in recent times?

PRINCE SANDA: Yes, you are very right. I just opened a new branch office in Oyo and this was largely informed by my passion and love for Oyo town. It’s so unfortunate to note that firms or organizations based on research are rarely found in Oyo and I even doubt if we have any. An organization like this adds beauty to the intellectual development of the town. This alone is my drive.

I was also motivated by the fact that some youths and school-going adolescents especially in higher institutions within the environment can easily enjoy our services and register for training. In the recent time, some of my clients have recorded excellent successes in their PhD theses, even in the new office at Oyo, some university students of Oyo extraction have enjoyed up-to-date consultancy services regarding their research work.

OMOIYAKUNMI: So, briefly, sir, in what other ways do you intend to impact in the lives of students, especially those of tertiary institutions of Oyo descent through the new branch you just established?

PRINCE SANDA: Well, we intend to help students by guiding them on how to be independent in their study and teaching them study tips that can ensure academic success. We are going to be training interested students the skills of research and data analysis which shall be at a very affordable fee. To buttress this, our services ever since we opened the Oyo branch have been offered at a 50% discount fee.

We will also be training students on how to become astute readers (readers are leaders) and we are already working towards having a Readers’ Club soon.

OMOIYAKUNMI: As a professional trainer and data analyst, do you employ the use of any software packages to train and in running some of your works?

PRINCE SANDA: Yes, I do. One of such is Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) now being called Statistical Product for Service Solution(SPSS); We also have E-view also known as Economic view, SAS- Statistical Application for Sciences, SEM-AMOS- Structural Equation Modelling, and STATA amongst others.

OMOIYAKUNMI: Lastly, do you offer training services in some other fields aside the software packages you mentioned earlier?

PRINCE SANDA: Yes, we train in applications subsume techniques like regression, ancova, correlation, mancova, anova, t-test, chi-square, and so on. And mind you, we do not train only students, we train staff of corporate organizations. We also conduct training seminars for some known organizations in recent times. These we have been doing for years.