Deputy Governor of Osun State
Flag of Osun State
Incumbent
Kola Adewusi
since 27 November 2022
Executive Branch of the Osun State Government
Style
StatusSecond highest executive branch officer
Member of
SeatOsogbo
NominatorGubernatorial candidate
AppointerDirect popular election or, if vacant, Governor via House of Assembly confirmation
Term lengthFour years
renewable once
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Nigeria
Inaugural holderIyiola Omisore (Fourth Republic)
SuccessionFirst
Websitewww.osunstate.gov.ng

The deputy governor of Osun State is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the government of Osun State, Nigeria, after the governor of Osun State, and ranks first in line of succession. The deputy governor is directly elected together with the governor to a four-year term of office.

Kola Adewusi is the current deputy governor, having assumed office on 27 November 2022.[1]

Responsibilities

The deputy governor assists the governor in exercising primary assignments and is also eligible to replace a dead, impeached, absent or ill Governor as required by the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.[2]

List of deputy governors

Name Took office Left office Time in office Party Elected Governor
Iyiola Omisore
(born 1957)
29 May 1999 29 May 2003 4 years Alliance for Democracy 1999 Adebisi Akande
Olusola Obada
(born 1951)
29 May 2003 26 November 2010 7 years, 181 days Peoples Democratic Party 2003
2007
Olagunsoye Oyinlola
Titilayo Laoye-Tomori
(born 1948)
27 November 2010 27 November 2018 8 years All Progressives Congress 2014 Rauf Aregbesola
Benedict Alabi
(born 1965)
27 November 2018 27 November 2022 4 years All Progressives Congress 2018 Gboyega Oyetola
Kola Adewusi
(born 1958)
27 November 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 43 days Peoples Democratic Party 2022 Ademola Adeleke

See also

References

  1. "Ademola Adeleke sworn in as Osun governor". The Cable. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. "State Executive". Nigeria Law. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
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