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Adefiranye Ayodele Festus is a Nigerian politician who contested the 2023 House of Representative Elections as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Ondo.

Biography

Festus Ayodele Adefiranye is a former telecommunication engineer, a Nigerian politician, and a Member of the House of Representative in the 10th Nigerian National Assembly representing the people of Ileoluji/Okeigbo & Odigbo Federal Constituency. He is from Okeigbo in Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government of Ondo State.

Festus Ayodele Adefiranye is also a former member of the Ondo State House of Assembly where he contested and won to represent the Ileoluji/Okeigbo State Constituency under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He was Chairman, House Committee on Human Capital Development, Public Accounts, and Deputy Chief Whip of the Ondo State House of Assembly between 2019 and 2023.

Festus Ayodele Adefiranye was born in Okeigbo, Ondo State, Nigeria. He had his elementary and secondary educations in Okeigbo before proceeding to the Federal School of Arts and Science Ondo in 1988 for his Higher School Certificate (HSC). He graduated from the University of Lagos, Akoka, where he studied Applied Physics Electronics, and earned a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho.

Adefiranye served as a Member of the Governing Council of Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State between May 2017 and March 2019. In 2019, he contested and won the election to represent the Ileoluji/Okeigbo State Constituency in the Ondo State House of Assembly on the APC platform. At the State Assembly, he was Deputy Chief Whip and Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts and Human Capital Development.

In 2022, he expressed interest in contesting the House of Representative Election to represent the Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo/Odigbo Federal Constituency in the February 25, 2023 National Assembly Elections on the APC platform. He was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Since his inauguration as a Member of the House of Representatives in the 10th Nigerian National Assembly, Festus Ayodele Adefiranye has sponsored and moved motions, including: 'A Need for Rehabilitation and Dualization of Ore-Ondo-Akure Federal Road,' 'Fuel Tanker Explosion at Ore in Odigbo Local Government of Ondo State That Claimed 30 Lives,' and 'The Need for Immediate Completion of the Okeigbo-Igbo Olodumare Power Project in Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State.'

On October 25, 2023, he sponsored a bill for an 'Act to Provide for the Establishment of the Federal College of Nursing and Midwifery in Okeigbo, Ondo State.'

Festus Ayodele Adefiranye is married with children. He has won several awards, including the Excellent Service Award by the International Association of Lions Clubs (Ikeja Metro Lions Club, District 404-2), One Star Fellow by Lions Club District 404B-2, Okeigbo Man of the Year (2006) by Okeigbo Day Celebration, Distinguished Ambassador (2006) by Okeigbo Grammar School Golden Jubilee, Philanthropist Award (2010) by Okesa Youth Association, and Merit Award (2014) by the National Association of Okeigbo Students.

Policy Positions

Infrastructure

Sponsored a motion addressing the fuel tanker explosion at Ore in Odigbo Local Government, Odigbo State, which claimed 30 lives.

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Healthcare

Sponsored a bill for the establishment of the Federal College of Nursing and Midwifery in Okeigbo, Ondo State.

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Other Candidates in Ondo

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Sources

Bio, State of Origin: Wikipedia ↗

Gender: INEC ↗