Jumoke Akindele

Jumoke Akindele
Assumed office
May 27, 2015
Constituency Ondo, Okitipupa Constituency II
Personal details
Born Ondo State, Nigeria
Nationality Nigerian
Political party People's Democratic Party
Residence Okitipupa
Occupation Lawmaking

Jumoke Akindele is a Nigerian lawyer and incumbent Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly.[1]

Early life

She was born in Okitipupa, a town in Ondo State southwestern Nigeria.[2] She had her primary education at St. John’s Primary School in Okitipupa before she proceeded to St. Louis Girls Secondary School, Ondo where she obtained the West Africa School Certificate in 1981.[3] She received a bachelor's degree in Law from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife and practiced law for some years before she ventured into politics in 2006.[4]

Political career

On April 2007, she contested the seat of the constituency, Okitipupa constituency II but lost to the opposition party.[5] She re-contested on April 11, 2011, and was elected as member of the Ondo State House of Assembly, where she served as Chairman of House Committee on Education before she was elected Speaker of the Assembly.[6] On May 27, 2015, she was elected Speaker of the Assembly following the sudden demise of the former speaker Samuel Adesina.[7] Jumoke Akindele is the first female speaker of the state.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Kayode Alfred. "Jumoke Akindele calls the shots in Ondo Assembly". The Nation.
  2. ↑ Leadership Newspaper (27 May 2014). "Ondo House Of Assembly Elects First Female Speaker". Nigerian News from Leadership News.
  3. ↑ "Politics changed my style – Jumoke Akindele". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2014-12-21.
  4. ↑ naijamayor. "Jumoke Akindele Emerges First Female Speaker Of Ondo House of Assembly". NIGERIA ENTERTAINMENT. Archived from the original on 2015-11-19.
  5. ↑ "Jumoke Akindele Emerges First Female Speaker Of Ondo House of Assembly". Naij.com. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Ondo Assembly Elects First Female Speaker, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-22.
  7. ↑ Yinka Oladoyinbo. "As ondo assembly gets first female speaker". tribune.com.ng.
  8. ↑ "Ondo: Speaker's Election Settles Row over Mimiko's Deputy, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com.
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