| Kafayat Oyetola | |
| Office: | First Lady of Osun State |
| Governor: | Gboyega Oyetola |
| Term Label: | In role |
| Term Start: | 27 November 2018 |
| Term End: | 27 November 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Sherifat Aregbesola |
| Successor: | Titilola Adeleke |
| Birth Date: | 1960 4, df=y[1] |
| Birth Place: | Osogbo, Western Region, British Nigeria (now in Osun State, Nigeria) |
| Nationality: | Nigerian |
| Party: | All Progressives Congress |
| Spouse: | Gboyega Oyetola |
| Children: | 4 |
Kafayat Olaitan Oyetola (born 2 April 1960) is a Nigerian humanitarian, philanthropist, and wife of Gboyega Oyetola, the ninth governor of Osun State, Nigeria. She assumed the position of first lady of Osun State on 27 November 2018 after the swearing-in of her husband as the executive governor of the state.[2] [3]
Kafayat was born on 2 April 1960, in Oshogbo, and attended All Saints Primary School, Oshogbo, from 1966 to 1971. She proceeded to Oshogbo Grammar School between 1973 and 1977, after which she attended college in Wiltshire, England, in 1978 for her O-Level before returning to Nigeria. On returning to Nigeria, she attended Kaduna Polytechnic for her OND between 1979 and 1982 before graduating from Yaba College of Technology, where she studied printing technology from 1983 to 1985.
She had childhood dreams of becoming a lawyer, and in an interview granted to Punch News Papers, she still nurses a desire to study law.[4]
Kafayat has a professional career in the printing industry:
Shortly after she returned from the United Kingdom, she traveled to Kaduna for a visit, during which she met Adeboyega Oyetola and years later, got married. They have four children: three daughters and a son.
She is the founder and president of Ilerioluwa Development Initiative, an NGO focused on providing assistance to less-privileged women and children in Nigeria.[5]