Monsurat Sunmonu
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Senator (Rt. Hon.) Monsurat Sunmonu |
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| Nigerian Senator for Oyo State | |
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Assumed office 9th June 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Sen. Ayoade Ademola Adeseun |
| Constituency | Oyo Central Senatorial District |
| Chair, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs | |
| Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly | |
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In office 10 June 2011 – 8th June 2015 |
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| Deputy | Hon. Babatunde D. Olaniyan |
| Preceded by | Rt. Hon. Moroof O. Atilola |
| Succeeded by | Rt. Hon. Michael A. Adeyemo |
| Oyo State House of Assembly Member Representing Oyo East & Oyo West | |
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In office 10 June 2011 – 8th June 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Rt. Hon. Moroof O. Atilola |
| Succeeded by | Hon. Muideen Olagunju |
| Deputy-Chair, Conference of Speakers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria | |
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In office 7th May 2012 – 8th June 2015 |
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| Succeeded by | Rt. Hon. Michael A. Adeyemo |
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Monsurat Olajumoke Sunmonu 9 April 1959 Oyo, Western Region, Nigeria (now Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria) |
| Political party | All Progressives Congress (APC) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Known for | Politics; philanthropy; social activism |
| Website | www.monsuratsunmonu.com |
Monsurat Sunmonu (Mrs) is a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. She represents the citizens of the Oyo Central Senatorial District, having won the election held on 28 March 2015. Senator Sunmonu is also the Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs. She is the immediate past Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Nigeria. While in the House of Assembly she was the member representing Oyo East and Oyo West local governments. She became the first female Speaker in the history of Oyo State on 10 June 2011.
Monsurat Sunmonu was born on 9 April 1959, in Oyo, Oyo State to Late (Alhaji) Pa Akeeb Alagbe Sunmonu and Late (Alhaja) Amudalat Jadesola Sunmonu (née Afonja) and is of royal descent in Oyo kingship.
She he had her primary school education at Children’s Boarding School, Oshogbo- now the capital of Osun State, Nigeria.
She attended the Ilora Baptist Grammar School, Ilora, Oyo State, for the early part of her secondary school education before transferring to Olivet Baptist High School, Oyo State.
She later attended the Kwara State College of Technology for her ‘A’ levels.
Monsurat briefly worked at the Accounts Department of the Property Development Corporation of Oyo state (now Housing Corporation) in Bodija Ibadan, Oyo State before travelling to the UK in 1979.
Sunmonu attended Holborn Law tutors for her LL.B. She then went on to the London School of Accountancy to complete a course to qualify for the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators. She later attended Lewisham College for her Business in Management Studies.
After completing her studies, she briefly worked at the National Westminster Bank (NatWest) before taking up employment with the Government of the United Kingdom. There she worked in the UK Border Agency (UKBA), as a Detained Case Work Manager; a position she held for over 20 years.
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