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Abdulgafar Olayemi Ayinla

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Abdulgafar Olayemi Ayinla
Member of the Kwara State House of Assembly
from Ilorin West Local Government
ConstituencyIlorin North-West
Personal details
Born (1989-05-05) 5 May 1989 (age 35)
Ilorin, Ilorin West Local Government Kwara State Nigeria
Political partyAll Progressive Congress
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Politician

Abdulgafar Olayemi Ayinla is a Nigerian legal practitioner and politician representing the Ilorin North West constituency, Ilorin-west local government area in the Kwara State 9th Assembly and served as the chairman house committee on local government and Chieftaincy in the Kwara State House of Assembly.[1][2]

Early life and education

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Abdulgafar was born on 5 October 1989, in Ilorin, Ilorin North-West constituency, Kwara State, Nigeria. He attended Federal Government College, Ilorin to obtained his West Africa Secondary School Certificate, he studied law at Nigerian Law School and University of Abuja, in Abuja to obtained SSSC,LLB and BL certificates respectively.[1][3]

Career

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Abdulgafar began his career as a legal practitioner, working in the legal department of the Independent National Electoral Commission and as a Legal Officer at Aiyegbami & Co. in Ilorin. Abdulgafar contested and won the election as a state assembly member of the 9th Assembly at the Kwara State House of Assembly in the 2019 general election, representing the Ilorin North-West constituency. He also served as Chairman of the House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs at the 9th Assembly.[1][2][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Kwara State House of Assembly". www.kwha.gov.ng. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b Adebayo, Abdulrazaq (16 September 2021). "Kwara House raises alarm over failed portion of federal highway in Ilorin". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  3. ^ "9th Assembly Members". Kwara State House of Assembly. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  4. ^ www.inecnigeria.org http://web.archive.org/web/20241213213309/https://www.inecnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/LIST-OF-MEMBERS-ELECT-OF-STATE-HOUSES-OF-ASSEMBLY_may28.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)