Teslim Folarin

Teslim Kolawole Folarin (born October 1963) is a Nigerian politician.

Teslim Folarin
Senator for Oyo Central
In office
29 May 2007 – May 2011
Preceded bySenator Lekan Balogun
Succeeded byAyoade Ademola Adeseun
Personal details
BornOctober 1963
Oyo State, Nigeria
Political partyAll Progressive Congress APC

Early life

Folarin is a son of Alhaji and Alhaja Hamzat Folarin. He stemmed from Baale House in Oja Igbo area of Ibadan North-East Local Government area of Oyo State. Folarin is the Head (Mogaji) of his family House and a ranked traditional Chief in Ibadanland. He is the Laguna Olubadan of Ibadanland.[1]

Folarin attended primary school in Lagos; his secondary education was completed at Nigeria's premier secondary school, Methodist Boys High School. Folarin holds a B.Sc (Hons) degree in Political Science from the University of Ibadan and a diploma degree from Harvard University, USA. He 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. Folarin performed his obligatory NYSC tenure in Kaduna and joined politics thereafter.[1]

Political career

Folarin contested and won the senatorial seat to represent Oyo Central in 2003 at the age of 39 years on the platform of the PDP and was re-elected for a second term in 2007 on the platform of the same PDP. Folarin remains the only legislator in Oyo State who has served two terms at the Senate. At the Senate, he was appointed Leader of the Senate. Folarin also served on the Senate Committee on Business & Rules, Marines and Transport although his particular interests were in education, power supply and water resources. Folarin was involved in the Power probe in 2008. As the Leader of the Senate, he led debates on all Executives Bills and sponsored several private Bills himself.[2] These included the Insurance Act, Armed Forces Pension Act and several others.

Folarin won the gubernatorial ticket of his great party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2014.[3] He lost the election to the incumbent Governor Senator Abiola Ajimobi of the All Progressive Congress.

Folarin defected to the opposition party All Progressive Congress in December 2017.[4] Folarin was elected as the All Progressive Congress(APC) Oyo South senatorial candidate on September, 2018.[5]

Folarin won the senatorial position in the 2019 Oyo central senatorial district election defeating the incumbent senator, Mrs. Monsurat Sunmonu and other candidates.[6] He is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Content in the 9th Senate. He also sits on several other committees including National Intelliegence, INEC, Interparliamentary, Constitutional Review, Finance, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) and Airforce.

Personal life

Folarin is married with children to Barr. Angela Folarin.[7]

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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2015-04-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-01. Retrieved 2015-04-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "PDP leaders mobilise support for Jonathan, Folarin in Oyo". ngrguardiannews.com. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  4. "'Mother of all defections': Alao-Akala, Folarin, Adigun, Arapaja, others officially join APC in Oyo » Top News » Tribune Online". 13 December 2017.
  5. "Teslim Folarin Wins Oyo Central Senatorial Seat". 25 February 2019.
  6. "Ex-Senate Leader, Teslim Folarin wins Oyo central senatorial seat". 25 February 2019.
  7. "What People Don't Know About Angela Teslim Folarin". topcelebritiesng.com. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
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