Deputy Governor of Osun State explained

Post:Deputy Governor
Body:Osun State
Insigniasize:100
Insigniacaption:Seal of Osun State
Flag:Flag of Osun State, Nigeria.svg
Flagsize:125
Flagcaption:Flag of Osun State
Incumbent:Kola Adewusi
Incumbentsince:27 November 2022
Department:Executive Branch of the Osun State Government
Member Of:
Status:Second highest executive branch officer
Seat:Osogbo
Appointer:Direct popular election or, if vacant, Governor via House of Assembly confirmation
Termlength:Four years
Termlength Qualified:renewable once
Constituting Instrument:Constitution of Nigeria
Succession:First
Nominator:Gubernatorial candidate
Inaugural:Iyiola Omisore (Fourth Republic)

The deputy governor of Osun State is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the government of Osun State, Nigeria, after the governor of Osun State, and ranks first in line of succession. The deputy governor is directly elected together with the governor to a four-year term of office.

Kola Adewusi is the current deputy governor, having assumed office on 27 November 2022.[1]

Responsibilities

The deputy governor assists the governor in exercising primary assignments and is also eligible to replace a dead, impeached, absent or ill Governor as required by the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.[2]

List of deputy governors

NameTook officeLeft officeTime in officePartyElectedGovernor
Clement Adesuyi Haastrup
2 January 199217 November 1993Social Democratic Party1991Isiaka Adeleke
Iyiola Omisore
29 May 199929 May 2003Alliance for Democracy1999Adebisi Akande
Olusola Obada
29 May 200326 November 2010Peoples Democratic Party2003
2007
Olagunsoye Oyinlola
Titilayo Laoye-Tomori
27 November 201027 November 2018All Progressives Congress2014Rauf Aregbesola
Benedict Alabi
27 November 201827 November 2022All Progressives Congress2018Gboyega Oyetola
Kola Adewusi
27 November 2022IncumbentPeoples Democratic Party2022Ademola Adeleke

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ademola Adeleke sworn in as Osun governor . 27 November 2022 . 2 January 2024 . .
  2. Web site: State Executive. Nigeria Law. 2 January 2024.