Adetokunbo Kayode
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Adetokunbo Kayode, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (born 31 October 1958 in Ondo State
, Nigeria
) held several positions in the cabinet of President Umaru Yar'Adua and was appointed Defence Minister of Nigeria
in April 2010 by the then Acting President Goodluck Jonathan
.
Adetokunbo hails from Ikaram-Akoko in Ondo State and holds the traditional title Omoba as a Yoruba prince.
He has an Bachelor of Laws
from University of Lagos
.
Kayode was counsel to the Federal Government, the People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
, the Independent National Electoral Commission
.
He is married to his wife Funmilayo; they have five children (3 boys and 2 girls).
After the 2007 elections, President Umaru Yar'Adua appointed him Minister of Culture & Tourism.
While he was minister, the National Council of Arts and Culture hosted the first African Arts and Crafts Expo, AFAC 2008. He was praised for completing the tourism master plan.
In November 2008 he was removed from this job when the cabinet was dissolved, but in December 2008 was appointed Minister of Labour and Productivity. When Goodluck Jonathan
became Acting President, he replaced Attorney General Mike Aondoakaa with Kayode on 10 February, but on 17 March dismissed his entire cabinet.
Kayode was replaced as Minister of Labour by Ibrahim Kazaure
.
Kayode was appointed Minister of Defense in the new cabinet sworn in on 6 April 2010.
His Minister of State is the son of late Shehu Musa Yar'Adua
, Alhaji Murtala Shehu Yar'Adua.
Ondo State
Ondo State, Nigeria was created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. It originally included what is now Ekiti State, which was split off in 1996. Akure is the state capital.-Government and society:...
, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
) held several positions in the cabinet of President Umaru Yar'Adua and was appointed Defence Minister of Nigeria
Defence Minister of Nigeria
The Minister of Defence of Nigeria is a senior cabinet official in the Nigerian Federal Executive Council in charge of the Nigerian Ministry of Defence...
in April 2010 by the then Acting President Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR, BNER, GCON is the 14th Head of State and current President of Nigeria.He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the...
.
Adetokunbo hails from Ikaram-Akoko in Ondo State and holds the traditional title Omoba as a Yoruba prince.
He has an Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Laws
The Bachelor of Laws is an undergraduate, or bachelor, degree in law originating in England and offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree...
from University of Lagos
University of Lagos
The University of Lagos - popularly known as Unilag - is a federal government university with a main campus located at Akoka, Yaba and a college of medicine located at Idi-Araba, all in Lagos, Lagos State, southern Nigeria...
.
Kayode was counsel to the Federal Government, the People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
The People's Democratic Party is a political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the right wing of the political spectrum. It has won every single Presidential elections since 1999, namely: 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011, and is the dominant party in the Fourth Republic.-History:In...
, the Independent National Electoral Commission
Independent National Electoral Commission
The Independent National Electoral Commission , set up in 1998, is the electoral body which was set up to oversee elections in Nigeria.The INEC has encountered several controversies in the run-up to the April 2007 general elections, including criticism about its preparedness from Sada Abubakar,...
.
He is married to his wife Funmilayo; they have five children (3 boys and 2 girls).
After the 2007 elections, President Umaru Yar'Adua appointed him Minister of Culture & Tourism.
While he was minister, the National Council of Arts and Culture hosted the first African Arts and Crafts Expo, AFAC 2008. He was praised for completing the tourism master plan.
In November 2008 he was removed from this job when the cabinet was dissolved, but in December 2008 was appointed Minister of Labour and Productivity. When Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR, BNER, GCON is the 14th Head of State and current President of Nigeria.He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the...
became Acting President, he replaced Attorney General Mike Aondoakaa with Kayode on 10 February, but on 17 March dismissed his entire cabinet.
Kayode was replaced as Minister of Labour by Ibrahim Kazaure
Ibrahim Kazaure
Ibrahim Kazaure was a Senator in the Nigerian Third Republic and Nigerian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia who was briefly Federal Minister of Labour and Productivity in 2010....
.
Kayode was appointed Minister of Defense in the new cabinet sworn in on 6 April 2010.
His Minister of State is the son of late Shehu Musa Yar'Adua
Shehu Musa Yar'Adua
Major General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua was a Nigerian businessman, soldier, and politician. He was the older brother of former Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua. Following his training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Sandhurst, England, Yar'Adua participated in the Nigerian Civil War...
, Alhaji Murtala Shehu Yar'Adua.