Tokunbo Afikuyomi
{{Short description|Nigerian politician (born 1962)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Tokunbo Afikuyomi
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|office1 = Senator for Lagos West
|term_start1 = 3 June 2003
|term_end1 = 5 June 2007
|predecessor1 = Wahab Dosunmu
|successor1 = Ganiyu Solomon
|office2 = Senator for Lagos Central
|term_start2 = 3 June 1999
|term_end2 = 3 June 2003
|predecessor2 = Kofoworola Bucknor (1993)
|successor2 = Musiliu Obanikoro
|birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1962}}
|birth_place = Lagos State, Nigeria
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Tokunbo Afikuyomi ({{Pronunciation|Yo-Tokunbo Afikuyomi.ogg|Listen|(|help=no}}; born 1962) is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for the Lagos Central constituency at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform. He took office in June 1999.{{cite web|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/n/nigeria/nigerialeg2.txt|title=Federal Republic of Nigeria Legislative Election of 20 February and 7 March 1999|work=Psephos|access-date=2010-06-26}}
He changed constituency in April 2002 and ran on the AD platform for the Lagos West constituency instead, after senator Wahab Dosunmu defected to the PDP.{{cite web|url=http://www.dawodu.com/senator.htm|title=Senators|work=Dawodu|access-date=2010-06-26}}
Afikuyomi was born in 1962, and obtained a B.Sc degree.
Political career
He was a member of the House of Representatives and Special Assistant to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) National Chairman during the aborted Nigerian Third Republic.{{cite web|url=http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/peo/peo_3932.html|title=Tokunbo Afikuyomi|work=AfDevInfo|access-date=2010-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017100508/http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/peo/peo_3932.html|archive-date=2011-10-17|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200302030766.html|title=Afikuyomi: in the Eye of a Storm|work=This Day|date=3 February 2003|access-date=2010-06-26}}
After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, Afikuyomi was appointed to committees on Aviation, Foreign Affairs, Women Affairs, Public Accounts and Federal Character.{{cite web|url=http://www.nigeriacongress.org/assembly/committees1.htm|title=Congressional Committees|publisher=Nigeria Congress|access-date=2010-06-26|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118151316/http://www.nigeriacongress.org/assembly/committees1.htm|archive-date=2009-11-18}} Afikuyomi was appointed Commissioner for Tourism in Lagos State by Babatunde Fashola during his first term as governor{{cite web|url=https://www.thecable.ng/afikuyomis-loud-comeback|title=Afikuyomi's loud comeback|last=Fatodu|first=Lekan|date=25 August 2017|website=TheCable|access-date=2024-08-29}}
In 2017, Senator Afikuyomi was the Chairman, State Election Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC).{{cite web|url=http://thelightnews.com/lagos-apc-adopted-indirect-elections-primaries-afikuyomi/|title="Why Lagos APC Adopted Indirect Elections For Primaries"-Afikuyomi|work=The Light News|access-date=2019-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826153714/http://thelightnews.com/lagos-apc-adopted-indirect-elections-primaries-afikuyomi/|archive-date=2019-08-26|url-status=dead}} On 24 January 2025, President Bola Tinubu appointed him as the board chair of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-24 |title=FULL LIST: Tinubu appoints board chairs, CEOs for 42 organisations - Daily Trust |url=https://dailytrust.com/full-list-tinubu-appoints-board-chairs-ceos-for-42-organisations/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=dailytrust.com/ |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Tinubu Appoints Ganduje, Akinyemi, Others as Board Chairpersons for 42 Federal Organizations |url=https://www.nigeriainfo.fm/news/homepagelagos/tinubu-appoints-ganduje-akinyemi-others-as-board-chairpersons-for-42-federal-organizations/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=Nigeria Info, Let's Talk! |language=en}}
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Category:Senators of the 5th National Assembly (Nigeria)
Category:Senators of the 4th National Assembly (Nigeria)
Category:Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria) politicians
Category:Lagos State politicians
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Nigeria)
Category:Social Democratic Party (Nigeria) politicians
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