Mayowa Akinfolarin

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Mayowa Samuel Akinfolarin
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Member of the House of Representatives
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2015–2023

Mayowa Samuel Akinfolarin (born 5 January 1962) is a businessman and a Nigerian politician who was a member of the Ondo State House of Assembly from 2003 to 2011 and was also a member of the Nigeria Federal House of Representatives from 2015 to 2023. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Akinfolarin is a native of Odigbo, Ondo State, Nigeria who lived his early life in his hometown of Odigbo; [1] where he attended Our Saviour Primary School, Odigbo from 1969 to1974 and Isero Grammar School, Odigbo from 1976 to 1981. [2]

He further continued his academic pursuit at College of Advanced Studies, Zaria from 1985 to1987. He then proceeded to the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria to study Sociology and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1990. [2]

Political career

In 2003, Akinfolarin was elected to the Ondo State House of Assembly on the platform of the People Democratic Party PDP, where he served till 2011 and rose to the position of deputy speaker. [3]

In 2015 Nigeria general elections, Akinfolarin won the house of representative seat to represent the interests of Ileoluji/Oke-Igbo/Odigbo constituency on the PDP platform and defected to the All Progressives Congress APC in 2017. He re-contested the seat and again won under the APC in 2019 becoming the only APC candidate that won National Assembly election in Ondo South Senatorial District. [4] Among other several positions, he held the position of the chairman House Committee on Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) of the 9th National Assembly. [1] [5]

Bills and motions moved

As a Member of the House of Representatives in the 8th and 9th Nigeria National Assembly, [6] Mayowa Samuel Akinfolarin has sponsored and moved motions. [5] Some of his moved motions are:

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  2. 1 2 3 "2023 Ondo South Senatorial seat: Who wears the cap?". Coastal Renaissance. February 1, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  3. ↑ Leadership News (February 4, 2024). "Every Individual Within The Party To Vie For Any Office – Akinfolarin" . Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  4. ↑ vanguard (February 25, 2019). "Upsets, shocks as polls results trickle in" . Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "8TH AND 9TH ASSEMBLY: CELEBRATING AN UNCOMMON CELEBRITY – A GOLDEN REFLECTION OF HON. MAYOWA AKINFOLARIN AT THE GREEN CHAM". Coastal Renaissance. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE ELECTIONS, 2019 ONDO STATE" (PDF). Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  7. ↑ Levinus, Nwabughiogu (January 21, 2022). "Reps' bill to NYSC Trust Fund scales through second reading". Vanguard . Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  8. ↑ Bakare, Majeed (January 20, 2022). "Reps move to set up NYSC Trust Fund as bill scales second reading". Premium Times . Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  9. ↑ Nyiekaa, Torkwase (February 3, 2023). "Reps Scrutinise Bills Seeking Establishment Of Road Safety Corps Institutions" . Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Ondo Rep, Akinfolarin sponsors National Cocoa Board Bill". Nigerian Cable. June 8, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
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