1. Teslim Kolawole Folarin is a Nigerian politician, he was the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State for the 2023 gubernatorial election which he lost to the incumbent governor Seyi Makinde.
17 Facts About Teslim Folarin
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Teslim Folarin previously served as the senator representing Oyo Central senatorial district from 2003 to 2011; and from 2019 to 2023.
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Teslim Kolawole Folarin was born on 30 October 1963, to Alhaji and Alhaja Hamzat Folarin.
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Teslim Folarin stemmed from Baale House in Oja Igbo area of Ibadan North-East Local Government area of Oyo State.
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Teslim Folarin attended primary school in Lagos; his secondary education was completed at Nigeria's premier secondary school, Methodist Boys' High School, Lagos.
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Teslim Folarin spent some years gathering valuable civil service experience in the UK, including management roles at the Department of Trade in London before returning to Nigeria in 2002.
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Teslim Folarin performed his obligatory NYSC tenure in Kaduna and joined politics thereafter.
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Teslim Folarin contested and won the senatorial seat to represent Oyo Central in 2003 at the age of 39 on the platform of the PDP and was re-elected for a second term in 2007 on the platform of the same party.
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Teslim Folarin remains the only legislator in Oyo State who has served two terms at the Senate.
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Teslim Folarin won the gubernatorial ticket of his party, Peoples Democratic Party in 2014.
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Teslim Folarin lost the election to the incumbent Governor Senator Abiola Ajimobi of the All Progressives Congress.
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Teslim Folarin defected to the opposition party All Progressives Congress in December 2017.
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Teslim Folarin was elected as the All Progressives Congress Oyo Central senatorial candidate in September 2018.
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Teslim Folarin won the senatorial position in the 2019 Oyo central senatorial district election defeating the incumbent senator, Mrs Monsurat Sunmonu and other candidates.
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Teslim Folarin was the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Content in the 9th Senate.
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Teslim Folarin sits on several other committees including National Intelligence, INEC, Interparliamentary, Constitutional Review, Finance, Sustainable Development Goal and Airforce.
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Teslim Folarin contested in the 2023 Oyo State gubernatorial election on the platform of All Progressives Congress but lost to the incumbent Governor Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party.