Legislative profile: Abiodun Orekoya
Abiodun Orekoya, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), represents Somolu 1 constituency in the 10th Lagos State House of Assembly.
He was first elected in 2023.
Mr. Orekoya is the House committee chairman on youth, sports and social development.
He is a trained engineer.
Early life and education
Born on December 24, 1965, Mr. Orekoya attended Lagos City Council (LCC) Primary School, where he obtained his first school leaving certificate before completing his secondary education from Fadeyi and Apostolic Church Grammar School in Ketu.
He then pursued a Higher National Diploma (HND) in electrical electronics engineering at Yaba College of Technology.
In 1983, he served as a member of the 43 engineer brigade of the Nigerian Army in Jos. In 1990, he worked in the engineering department of the Guardian newspaper.
By 1991, he had joined Ideal concepts, a computer engineering consulting firm, and between 1994 and 1996, he served a…
