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Oyo State is an inland state in southwestern Nigeria. Its capital is Ibadan,the third most populous city in the country and formerly the second most populous city in Africa. Oyo State is bordered to the north by Kwara State for 337 km,to the east by Osun State for 187 km,partly across the River Osun,and to the south by Ogun State,and to the west by the Republic of Benin for 98 km. With a projected population of 7,976,100 in 2022,Oyo State is the sixth most populous in the Nigeria.
The Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Oyo comprises three Senators representing Oyo South,Oyo Central,and Oyo North. It has fourteen Representatives representing the following federal constituencies:Ona-Ara/Egbeda;Iseyin/Kajola/Iwajowa/Itesiwaju;Ibadan North- East/South- East;Lagelu/Akinyele;Ibarapa East/Ido;Ibadan North,Oluyole;Atisbo/Saki East/Saki West;Ibadan North West/South West;Ibarapa Central/Ibarapa North;Afijio/Atiba/Oyo East/Oyo West;Ogo-oluwa/Surulere Oluyole;Ogbomosho-North/South/Orire;and Olurunssogo/Orelope/Irepo.
Monsurat Olajumoke Sunmonu is a Nigerian politician who served as a senator representing Oyo Central senatorial District between 2015 and 2019. She represented Oyo Central Senatorial District,having won the election held on 28 March 2015. She chaired the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs. Prior to becoming a senator,she was the Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly,Nigeria. While in the House of Assembly,she was the member representing Oyo East and Oyo West Local Governments. She became the first female Speaker in the history of Oyo State on 10 June 2011.
Solagbade Olufemi Lanlehin is a Nigerian lawyer and politician. He represented the Oyo South Senatorial district in the 7th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He contested for the seat of Governor of Oyo state in the 2019 Oyo State gubernatorial election under the African Democratic Congress
Yusuf Sulaimon Lasun;born 4 October 1960) is a Nigerian politician who served as the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from 2015 to 2019. He represented Irepodun/Olurunda/Osogbo/Orolu Federal Constituency of Osun State in the House.
Olatoye Temitope Sugar was a member of the Federal House of Representatives representing Lagelu / Akinyele Federal Constituency and the chairman,House Committee on Urban Development and Regional Planning for the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He was also a senatorial candidate for Oyo central under the platform of Action Democratic Party in the 2019 elections.
Mulikat Akande-Adeola is a Nigerian lawyer and politician. She was elected to the Nigerian House of Representatives on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party representing Ogbomoso North,South and Orire Constituency in the year 2007 and was reelected in 2011.
Dapo Lam Adesina is a Nigerian politician,who was a member of Nigeria's 8th House of Representatives. He is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He represented Ibadan North East/South East Federal constituency of Oyo State between 2015 and 2019. He is currently the Special Assistant Political to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Richard Olufemi Bamisile is a Nigerian politician and current member of the Federal House of Representatives for Ekiti South II Constituency. He is also a former Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly. He was among the candidates for the All Progressive Congress (APC) at the Ekiti State gubernatorial election primaries in 2019.
Shina Abiola Peller is a Nigerian entrepreneur,politician,Industrialist,and a Member of the 9th National Assembly. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of Aquila Group of Companies and Club Quilox. Shina Peller holds both the chieftaincies titles of Ayedero of Yoruba land and Akinrogun of Epe land,Lagos Nigeria.
Akeem Adeniyi Adeyemi also known as Skimeh is a Nigerian politician. He is a member of the Nigeria Federal House of Representatives representing the Afijio,Oyo West,Oyo East,Atiba West federal constituency. He is the son of the paramount king of Oyo town Oba Lamidi Olayiwola III.
The 2023 Oyo State gubernatorial election will take place on 18 March 2023,to elect the Governor of Oyo State,concurrent with elections to the Oyo State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election—which was postponed from its original 11 March date—will be held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent PDP Governor Seyi Makinde was re-elected,winning by a % margin of victory over first runner-up and APC nominee—Senator Teslim Folarin.
The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Oyo State was held on 23 February 2019,to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Oyo State. Abdulfatai Buhari representing Oyo North and Teslim Folarin representing Oyo Central won on the platform of the All Progressives Congress while Kola Balogun representing Oyo South won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The 2019 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Oyo State was held on February 23,2019,to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Oyo State,Nigeria.
The 2023 Nigerian House of Representatives elections were held on 25 February 2023 where voters elected members of the House of Representatives using first-past-the-post voting in all 360 federal constituencies. The last regular House elections for all districts were in 2019.
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Oyo State will be held on 25 February 2023 as part of the nationwide 2023 Nigerian presidential election to elect the president and vice president of Nigeria. Other federal elections,including elections to the House of Representatives and the Senate,will also be held on the same date while state elections will be held two weeks afterward on 11 March.
Babatunde Samuel Adejare is a medical practitioner and former member of the House of Representatives who represented the Agege Federal Constituency between 2011 and 2015.
James Adisa Owolabi is a businessman and a Nigerian politician serving as the Federal Representative for the Ifako Ijaiye constituency in the 9th Nigerian National Assembly at the House of Representatives. A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC),Owolabi serves on the Pilgrims Affairs Committee and is its vice chairman until May 2023.
Olufemi Adebanjo is a Nigerian politician who currently serves as a member of the Federal House of Representatives in the 9th Nigerian National Assembly. He represents the Alimosho constituency under the All Progressives Congress platform. He is the Vice Chairman of the Rural Development Committee in the 9th House of Representatives until May 2023.
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