Funminiyi Afuye

Funminiyi Ebenezer Afuye (11 July 1956 – 19 October 2022) was a Nigerian politician and lawyer.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Right Honourable Funminiyi Afuye
Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly
In office 6 June 2019 – 19 October 2022
Deputy	Hakeem Jamiu
Succeeded by	Gboyega Aribisogan
Ekiti State Commissioner of Information
In office 2011–2014
Governor	Kayode Fayemi
Ekiti State Commissioner of Integration and Intergovernmental Affairs
In office 2011–2014
Governor	Kayode Fayemi
Member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly
In office June 2019 – 19 October 2022
Constituency	Ikere constituency I
In office June 2007 – June 2011
Constituency	Ikere constituency I
Personal details
Born	(1956-07-11)11 July 1956 Ikere-Ekiti, Western Region, British Nigeria (now in Ekiti State, Nigeria)
Died	19 October 2022(2022-10-19) (aged 66)
Profession	Lawyer; Politician; Educator

He was the commissioner of Ekiti State Ministry of Information and a two-time member of the Ekiti State Assembly representing Ikere constituency I.^[5][6][7]

He was elected speaker of the sixth Ekiti State Assembl^[8]y from June 6, 2019 until his passing in October 2022.

Political offices

Funminiyi Afuye was a member of the third assembly between 2007 and 2011.^[9][1] From 2011 to 2014, he was a Commissioner for two different ministries; Ekiti State Ministry of Information and Ministry of Integration and Intergovernmental Affairs during the era of Governor Kayode Fayemi.^[10][11] He was re elected in the sixth assembly and he became the speaker of the house on 6 June 2019.^[12]