Olatunji Shoyinka

Olatunji Abiola Shoyinka is a Nigerian politician and technocrat^[1] currently serving as the Federal Representative for Surulere II Federal constituency in the 9th National Assembly^[2] at the House of Representatives level^[3] since 2019.

Honourable Olatunji Shoyinka
Born	(1962-04-11) April 11, 1962 (age 63) Lagos
Citizenship	Nigerian
Occupation	Politician
Political party	Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)

Early life and career

Shoyinka (born April 11, 1962)^[4] hails from Lagos, Nigeria. He attended Premier Grammar School where he obtained his West African School Certificate (WASC) in 1980. After that, he went on to pursue a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accountancy at the Lagos State College of Science and Technology, (now Lagos State University of Science and Technology)^[5] which he completed in 1986.

Political career

Shoyinka was appointed Principal Secretary to the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2014.^[6] From there, he entered the field of elective politics by contesting as a Federal Representative for the Surulere II Federal constituency at the 8th Nigerian National Assembly in 2015.^[7] Shoyinka was reelected into the 9th Nigerian National Assembly to serve a second term in 2019,^[8] under the umbrella of the People's Democratic Party (PDP)^[9] and nominated as the Deputy Chairman of Legislative Compliance committee in the House of Representatives.^[10]