Kayode Alabi
Deputy governor of Kwara State
Assumed office
29 May 2019
GovernorAbdulRahman AbdulRazaq
Personal details
Born
Kayode Alabi

(1963-08-01) 1 August 1963
Oro-Ago, Northern Region, Nigeria (now in Kwara State, Nigeria)
Political partyAll Progressive Congress
OccupationEntrepreneur, education consultant, and politician
WebsiteKayode Alabi

Kayode Alabi (born 1 August 1963) is a Nigerian politician, who is deputy governor of Kwara State.[1][2][3] He was born in Oro-Ago, Kwara State, Nigeria into the family of late Yahaya Samuel Alabi (1925–2007) Oro-Ago in Kwara State, he is the third child of his Parents. He has two elder brothers and a younger sister. Alabi has a 93-year-old mother.[4] He ran on the same ticket with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 General elections.[4] Few months after he swore into office, he was appointed by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State as the head of COVID-19 Technical Committee in Kwara State.[5][6]

Background

Alabi was born on 1 August 1963 in Oro-Ago, Kwara State, Nigeria.[4] into the family of late Mr Yahaya Samuel Alabi (1925–2007) Oro-Ago in Kwara State, he is the third child of his parents. He has two elder brothers – Femi and Dele – and a younger sister, Modupe. Mr Alabi has a 93-year-old mother, Mrs. Ena Alabi.[4]

Career

  • Between 1988 and 1989, Alabi started his career as a part-time lecturer in the Marketing Department of Kaduna Polytechnic.[4]
  • From 1987 to 1989, he worked with Beba Consult (Marketing Consultants) in Kaduna State, Nigeria.[4]
  • From 1991 to 1996, he worked as a sales representative for Bastone and Firminger, a British trading company in chemicals.[4] Alabi later embarked on integrated marketing consulting services for various organisations and business concerns with his company, the Marketing Concept Limited.[4]
  • In the year, 1996, Alabi started private business from.[4] He started a water bottling company in Lagos.[4] He serves as the Chairman of Vantage Heights Nursery and Primary School and Chairman of Little Tots School, both in Lagos.[4] Besides, he also served as the chief executive officer of Bayview Oil and Gas Limited and the chief executive officer of Hot Wings Foods and Investment Limited.[4]

Personal

Alabi is a Christian, married to Abieyuwa Tokunbo Alabi, they have two children.[7][4][8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kwara State Deputy Governor tests negative for COVID-19". BusinessDay.NG. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Kayode Alabi". Today.NG. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Can Kwara APC still substitute candidate?". thenationonlineng.net. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Deputy Governor KAYODE ALABI". KwaraState.Gov. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "COVID-19: Kwara gov directs civil servants to work from home- Deputy gov chairs technical committee". SunNewsOnline.com. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "EducationEngineers in Politics COVID19: POLYTECHNIC DONATES HANDWASHING MACHINE TO STATE GOVERNMENT (Deputy Governor)". Myengineers.com.ng. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "2019 election: Drama as Kwara APC deputy governorship candidate reads 'ó tó gee' from scripture". Legit.ng. 17 February 2019. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Promote love, peace, new deputy governor urges Kwarans". pmnewsnigeria.com. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
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