Sunday Fajinmi

Sunday Olawale Fajinmi
Senator for Osun West
In office
May 1999 – May 2003
Succeeded by Akinlabi Olasunkanmi
Personal details
Born (1952-11-16) 16 November 1952
Osun State, Nigeria
Political party Alliance for Democracy
Website

Sunday Olawale Fajinmi is a Nigerian politician and an entrepreneur.

Education

Fajinmi completed his higher education at Teesside University and went on to provide national services as a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) while employed at Nigeria Airways.

Career

Fanjinmi started work with Radio Shark in the United States. He worked thereafter with International Computers Limited, He established his own Business - Sofaj Group Enterprises with Senil Computers Nigeria Limited and Senil Power Protection Systems Limited. He established the first community bank in Iwo, Osun State which he followed in quick succession with Idese Microfinance Bank LTD.

Fajinmi was the National Publicity Secretary of the Senators Forum and a Director of Resort Savings & Loans PLC.

Fajinmi was elected Senator for the Osun West constituency of Osun State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.[1]

Political career

Osun State, Nigeria

Senator Sunday Olawale Fajinmi was elected a Senator in 1998 representing Osun west senatorial district on the platform of the United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP) during General Sani Abacha's military regime. After democracy was restored, in June 1999 he was again elected Senator, Osun west on the platform of the Alliance for Democracy beating Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke of the People's Democratic Party.

While in the senate, he was appointed to the Science & Technology, Transport, State & Local Government (Vice Chairman), Information, Government Affairs and Economic Affairs committees.[2] In December 2005 he moved over to the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP).

Fajinmi was the Alliance for Democracy gubernatorial candidate in the 9 August 2014 Osun State election.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 20 FEBRUARY AND 7 MARCH 1999". Psephos. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
  2. ↑ "Congressional Committees". Nigeria Congress. Archived from the original on 18 November 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  3. ↑ Hammed Shittu (03.12.2005). "No Regrets Quiting AD, Says Fajinmi". ThisDay. Retrieved 2010-06-25. Check date values in: |date= (help)


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