Noimot Salako-Oyedele

Noimot Salako-Oyedele, also known as Engr. Noimot Salako-Oyedele is a Nigerian politician and real estate professional (born in 1967), her father is the late professor Lateef A. Salako, NNOM, CON (a Nigerian academic who is Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of Ibadan). She is the Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Nigeria.^[1] She emerged as the Deputy Governor of Ogun State after winning alongside with Dapo Abiodun, the Governor of Ogun State, in the 2019 Ogun State gubernatorial election, under the platform of the All Progressive Congress, preceding Yetunde Onanuga, the formal Deputy Governor of the State.^[2]

Early life[]

Engineer Noimot Salako-Oyedele was born on January 8, 1967 to the family of late prof. Lateef and Mrs Rahmat Adebisi Salako. She hails from Aworiland, Ota, in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State.^[3]

Education[]

Engineer Noimot holds a master's degree in Public Health Engineering from the Imperial College of Science & Technology London, UK, a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Lagos.^[4]

Career[]

Engr. Noimot Salako-Oyedele started her career at the United Kingdom, where she served as a Graduate Engineer and Project Manager at Ove Arup & Partners between 1989 and 1995. Engineer Noimot also served as Managing Director, NOS Nigeria Limited between 1995 and 2014. She became the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer between 2014 and 2015 at Glenwood Property Development Company Limited where she served as General Manager Business Development. She became the Acting Managing Director, Grenadines Homes Limited in 2015, a position she held till she ventured into partisan-politics and emerged as the Ogun State Deputy Governor.^[5]

Politics[]

In March 2019, she was elected by the people of Ogun State to serve as Deputy Governor to His Excellency, Prince Dapo Abiodun.^[6][7][8]

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