Dr. Adeyemi Olayemi ‌was born in

Lagos Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...

on 6 April 1970s. He is currently a member and chief whip of the

Ondo State House of Assembly The Ondo State House of Assembly is the legislative branch of the Ondo State, Ondo State Government inaugurated on 2 October 1979. The assembly is unicameral with 26 representatives elected from each constituencies of the 18 local government area ...

. He is also the President/Founder of The

West African Union University West African University Benin (WAUB) is a private university located in Cotonou Cotonou (; ) is the largest city in Benin. Its official population count was 679,012 inhabitants in 2012; however, over two million people live in the larger urban ...

and Pecox Global Limited.

Early life

He was born in Kano state,

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

. He had his primary education at African Church Primary School Ipaja,

before he proceeded to Lishabi Grammar School, Abeokuta,

Ogun state Ogun State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. It is bordered to the south by Lagos State and the Bight of Benin, to the east by Ondo State, and to the north by Oyo and Osun states while its western border forms part of the national borde ...

where he obtained the West Africa School Certificate. He studied marketing and graduated at Ibadan Polytechnic between 1994–1999. He completed his PGDE programme in the

University of Calabar The University of Calabar is a federal university situated in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. It is one of Nigeria's second-generation federal universities. The University of Calabar was a campus of the University of Nigeria until 1975. ...

and proceeded immediately for his M.Ed in Education Administration and Planning from the University of

Calabar Calabar (also referred to as Callabar, Calabari, Calbari, Cali and Kalabar) is the capital city of Cross River State, Nigeria. It was originally named Akwa Akpa, in the Efik language, as the Efik people dominate this area. The city is adjac ...

which he completed in 2007. He bagged Doctor of Leadership from Institute of Humanistic Science, Missouri USA in 2014.

Political career

He won the 2019 Owo Constituency 2 of the

under the platform of the

All Progressives Congress The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties, t ...

, the office he occupies at the moment, He also serves as the chief whip of the legislative house. He was formerly a member of the Board of National Arts and Gallery, Nigeria.

Koko Adeyemi Foundation

Koko Adeyemi Foundation (KAF) was founded on April 6, 2015, and officially established on October 4, 2016, by Adeyemi Olayemi. the trustee of the foundation includes the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu SAN, and King Benjamin Ikechuwu, the Dein of

Agbor Agbor is the most populous town of approximately 367,000 among the Ika people, in Delta State, Nigeria. It is located in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, in South-south geo-political zone of Nigeria, West Africa. Agbor is the he ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Olayemi, Adeyemi Living people People from Ondo State Legislative speakers in Nigeria 1979 births All Progressives Congress politicians University of Calabar alumni