Tokunbo Afikuyomi Explained

Tokunbo Afikuyomi
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Office1:Senator for Lagos West
Term Start1:3 June 2003
Term End1:5 June 2007
Predecessor1:Wahab Dosunmu
Successor1:Ganiyu Solomon
Office2:Senator for Lagos Central
Term Start2:3 June 1999
Term End2:3 June 2003
Predecessor2:Kofoworola Bucknor (1993)
Successor2:Musiliu Obanikoro
Birth Place:Lagos State, Nigeria

Tokunbo Afikuyomi (; born 1962) is a Nigerian politician, he who was elected Senator for the Lagos Central constituency at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform. He took office in June 1999.[1] He changed constituency in April 2002 and ran on the AD platform for the Lagos West constituency instead, after senator Wahab Dosunmu defected to the PDP.[2] Afikuyomi was born in 1962, and obtained a B.Sc degree.He was a member of the House of Representatives and Special Assistant to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) National Chairman during the aborted Nigerian Third Republic.[3] [4] After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, Afikuyomi was appointed to committees on Aviation, Foreign Affairs, Women Affairs, Public Accounts and Federal Character.[5] Afikuyomi was appointed Commissioner for Tourism in Lagos State by Babatunde Fashola during his first term as governor[6]

In 2017, Senator Afikuyomi was the Chairman, State Election Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC)[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 20 FEBRUARY AND 7 MARCH 1999 . Psephos . 2010-06-26.
  2. Web site: Senators . Dawodu . 2010-06-26.
  3. Web site: Tokunbo Afikuyomi . AfDevInfo . 2010-06-26.
  4. Web site: Afikuyomi: in the Eye of a Storm . ThisDay . 3 February 2003 . 2010-06-26.
  5. Web site: Congressional Committees . Nigeria Congress . 2010-06-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091118151316/http://www.nigeriacongress.org/assembly/committees1.htm . 2009-11-18.
  6. Web site: Afikuyomi's loud comeback. 2017-08-25. TheCable. en-US. 2019-08-26.
  7. Web site: "Why Lagos APC Adopted Indirect Elections For Primaries"-Afikuyomi The Light News. en-US. 2019-08-26.