1. Iyiola Ajani Omisore was born on 15 September 1957 and is a Nigerian businessman, engineer, and politician who served as deputy governor of Osun State from 1999 to 2003.
14 Facts About Iyiola Omisore
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Iyiola Omisore is a former national secretary of the All Progressives Congress.
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Iyiola Omisore was born 15 September 1957, into a royal family in Ile-Ife, where he was raised.
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Iyiola Omisore is the son of Oba David Olajide Omisore and the grandson of Lowa Ajani Anibijuwon Omisore, both of Olode, Ayepe.
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Iyiola Omisore had his primary education at the SS Peter and Paul Roman Catholic School in Ile-Ife and his secondary education at St John Grammar School Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria from 1972 to 1977.
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Iyiola Omisore then attended Federal Polytechnic Owo in Ondo State Nigeria.
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Iyiola Omisore holds two engineering degrees and a postgraduate certificate from Brunel University Uxbridge, as well as a PhD in Infrastructure Finance from the International School of Management, Paris, France.
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Iyiola Omisore is currently undergoing his DBA programme at the same institution.
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Iyiola Omisore started his early professional life 1983 with Drake and Gordham while in the UK, rising to top management positions.
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Iyiola Omisore served as deputy governor of Osun State from 1999 to 2003 under Governor Adebisi Akande.
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In October 2008, Iyiola Omisore was one of the Nigerian delegates to the 5th Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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Iyiola Omisore ran for Governor of Osun State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, in the 9 August 2014 guber election and lost to Rauf Aregbesola who was the incumbent governor.
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Iyiola Omisore contested for the governorship seat on the platform of the Social Democratic Party in the 2018 Osun State gubernatorial election where he came third behind Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party and the eventual winner, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress.
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Iyiola Omisore was conferred with the Nigerian Society of Engineers Presidential Merit Award for Support and Contribution to the Development of the Society in 2007.