Professor Oladipo is active in various civic roles, including serving as a Nominee Director for Odu’a Investment Company Ltd in 1992, a Part-time Member of the Osun State Sports Council from 1998 to 1999, and a Part-time Member of the Osun State Local Govt. Service Commission from Feb. 2000 to 2002. He also served as a Member of the Ife Development Board for three years.
In 2008, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Osun State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). Additionally, he served as the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, from 2009 to 2011.
In July 2013, he was nominated as the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and was subsequently elected for a substantive four-year tenure in December 2014 at the Party's Special National Convention held in Abuja.