[11] In March 2022, young architects began a campaign to get the next RIBA president to move beyond "empty slogans and self-serving initiatives" and shake up an institute seen as "out of touch" with the wider profession.

"[13] Days later, the RIBA announced a restriction on new members participating in the elections (starting on 28 June 2022), a rule change described by the FAF as "an outrageous lack of transparency" and "exclusionary tactics".

[3] In the same month, he also supported Eleni Kyriacou, who in 2021 exposed a decades-old culture of bullying at the Bartlett School of Architecture, by wearing one of her garment designs to the Stirling Prize ceremony at the RIBA.

[21] In February 2024, after the UK Labour Party dropped its £28 billion-a-year green investment pledge, Oki warned that future generations may "pay the price".

[22] After the July 2024 general election returned a new Labour Government, Oki called for planning system reforms to put more emphasis on design quality and to avoid isolating communities.