Funminiyi Afuye | |
Honorific Prefix: | Right Honourable |
Office: | Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly |
Term Start: | 6 June 2019 |
Term End: | 19 October 2022 |
Deputy: | Hakeem Jamiu |
Successor: | Gboyega Aribisogan |
Office1: | Ekiti State Commissioner of Information |
Term Start1: | 2011 |
Term End1: | 2014 |
Governor1: | Kayode Fayemi |
Office2: | Ekiti State Commissioner of Integration and Intergovernmental Affairs |
Term Start2: | 2011 |
Term End2: | 2014 |
Governor2: | Kayode Fayemi |
Office3: | Member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly |
Term Start3: | June 2019 |
Term End3: | 19 October 2022 |
Constituency3: | Ikere constituency I |
Term Start4: | June 2007 |
Term End4: | June 2011 |
Constituency4: | Ikere constituency I |
Birth Date: | 11 July 1956 |
Birth Place: | Ikere-Ekiti, Western Region, British Nigeria (now in Ekiti State, Nigeria) |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Nationality: | Nigerian |
Funminiyi Afuye (11 July 1956 – 19 October 2022) was a Nigerian politician and lawyer.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He was the commissioner of Ekiti State Ministry of Information and a two-time member of the Ekiti State Assembly representing Ikere constituency I.[6] [7]
Funminiyi Afuye was a member of the third assembly between 2007 and 2011.[8] From 2011 to 2014, he was a Commissioner for two different ministries; Ekiti State Ministry of Information and Ministry of Integration and Intergovernmental Affairs during the era of Governor Kayode Fayemi.[9] [10] He was re elected in the sixth assembly and he became the speaker of the house on 6 June 2019.[11]