Yusuf Sulaimon Lasun (; born 4 October 1960) is a Nigerian politician who served as the

deputy speaker Deputy or depute may refer to: * Steward (office) * Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy" * Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries and regions, including: ** A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spain ...

of the

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from 2015 to 2019. He represented Irepodun / Olurunda /

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/Orolu Federal Constituency of

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in the House.

Early life and education

Lasun was born on 4 October 1960. He is from

Ilobu Ilobu is a town and the administrative headquarters of Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State, Nigeria. It is located in a sparsely forested area and is bounded on the north by Ifon-Osun, on the south by Osogbo, on the east by Oba and o ...

, which is ten minutes' drive from

and the administrative headquarters of Irepodun Local Government Area,

in the south-western part of Nigeria. He started his formal education at the Local Authority Primary School in Ilobu,

. He proceeded on his secondary education at Ansar-Ud-Deen Secondary School, Erin, and later moved to Ifon/Erin Community High School Ifon, both in Osun State from 1973 to 1979. He secured an admission into the

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where he studied

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, and earned a

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(Hons) degree. Lasun is a chartered engineer and holds a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the

Obafemi Awolowo University Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is a federal university in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1961 and classes commenced in October 1962 as the University of Ife by the regional government of Western Nigeria, which w ...

, Ile-Ife.

Political career

Lasun is a grassroot politician widely known in

and he is fondly called "The Homeboy" due to his grassroot qualities. He was once a youth leader in the

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(UPN). He was also the state Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Alliance for Democracy before and during Chief

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's administration. With his undiluted loyalty, unquantifiable role played in the Alliance of Democracy and his doggedness in the political cycle in the state, the

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, Prince

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appointed him chairman of Osun State Capital Territory Development Authority OSCTDA in 2004/2005, a body established by law with a mandate to facilitate the urban growth of Osogbo and neighbouring towns. In 2011, he ran for a legislative seat in the 7th National Assembly as the representative of the Irepodun/Olurunda/Osogbo/Orolu Federal Constituency. He won on the platform of

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, which joined the

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with other parties in the run-up to the 2015 general elections in Nigeria. He was appointed deputy chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Water Resources by the then

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. He was also a member of the Constitutional Review Committee. Lasun was elected to the House of Representatives for a second time on the All Progressives Congress' platform in March 2015. He was elected

Deputy Speaker Deputy or depute may refer to: * Steward (office) * Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy" * Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries and regions, including: ** A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spain ...

of the 8th House of Representatives by 203 members of the House out of the 357 that participated in the in-house election.

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was elected Speaker. Lasun decamped from the

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to the Peoples Democratic Party on 15 September 2018. In the year 2022, he was a gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party in the 2022 Osun State gubernatorial election but lost to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,

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. Lasun would later decamp to the PDP after the elections

Legislative activities

Lasun has presided over the affairs of the House when the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, was unavoidably absent or had to participate on the floor of the House. Lasun led some members of the House to the 15th Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers Conference African Region, in

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, in November, 2015. He was the deputy chairperson of the conference. He represented the Speaker at an investigative public hearing on the activities of the

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(NERC) conducted by the House Committee on Power at the National Assembly on Tuesday, December 1, 2015. He presided over the House during the second reading of a bill seeking to legalise the establishment of the North - East Development Commission, which was sponsored by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara.

References

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