Fatai Akinade
Akinbade
Alhaji Fatai Akinade Akinbade (born April 1955) is a
Nigerian politician who became Secretary to the State Government in Osun State.
He was a contender to become the People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for
governorship of Osun State in the September 2018 elections
Fatai Akinade Akinbade was born in April 1955 in Ogbaagbaa,
a town in Ola-Oluwa Local Government Area. He is an Owu prince, thus making him
an Omoba of the Yoruba people. Fatai's
father was a drummer, and he was trained to follow that trade. He studied at
St. James Anglican Primary School, Ogbaagba (1964–1969), then at Catholic
Commercial Secondary Modern School, Iwo (1970–1973). Between 1973 and 1974 he
worked as a pharmaceutical salesman in Lagos, before returning to study at
Catholic Technical College, Ile-Ife (1975–1978).
He qualified as a Civil Engineer
Akinbade was appointed a member of the board of Delta Steel
Company in Aladja, Delta State, and was Chairman of the company's Finance and
Multipurpose Committee.
Akinbade joined the Osun State government, working for over
sixteen years under three military administrators and then under the civilian governor
Olagunsoye Oyinlola. In 2003 he was
appointed Secretary to the state by Olagunsoye Oyinlola.
In 2004 Fatai Akinbade was chosen as the leader of the Party
in the Iwo Federal Constituency.
He was the former chairman of the Peoples Democratic party
in Osun State who worked for the emergence of former Governor Olagunsoye
Oyinlola for the second term in office.
He has garner all it takes to contest and win the forthcoming governorship election in Osun
State
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