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'{{short description|Nigerian journalist and politician}} {{EngvarB|date=April 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Adedayo Clement Adeyeye | image = IMG PRINCE ADEYEYE.jpg | office = [[Ministry of Public Works|Minister of State for Works]] | office2 = Senator Ekiti South Senatorial District | alma_mater = [[University of Ibadan]] [[University of Lagos]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1957|04|04}} | birth_place = Ikere Ekiti | death_date = | party = [[All Progressive Congress]] [[Nigeria]] }} '''Adedayo Clement Adeyeye''' is a [[Nigerian]] politician.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-26|title=Adeyeye files 19-ground appeal against Olujimi's victory at tribunal|url=https://guardian.ng/news/adeyeye-files-19-ground-appeal-against-olujimis-victory-at-tribunal/|access-date=2022-02-21|website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News|language=en-US}}</ref> ==Background== Adeyeye Clement Adedayo was born on 4 April 1957 at [[Ikere-Ekiti]], to the royal family of Oba David Opeyemi Adeyeye, Agunsoye II, the Arinjale of [[Ise Ekiti]] (who reigned between 1932 and 1976), and Olori Mary Ojulege Adeyeye, a princess of Are, [[Ikere-Ekiti]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martins |first=Ameh |date=2019-10-22 |title=ADEYEYE, Clement Adedayo |url=https://blerf.org/index.php/biography/adeyeye-clement-adedayo/ |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> His grandfather was Oba Aweloye I, Arinjale of Ise Ekiti (1887-1919).{{fact|date=December 2021}} == Education == Between 1964 and 1968, Clement Adedayo attended St. John's Primary School, Are, [[Ikere-Ekiti]] for his primary education. He later proceeded to Annunciation school, [[Ikere-Ekiti]] (1969-1973), before attending the famous [[Christ's School Ado Ekiti]] (1973-1975). Adeyeye holds a bachelor's degree in [[political science]] from the [[University of Ibadan]] (1978) and a master's degree in political science (international relations) from the [[University of Lagos]] (1981). He also obtained a law degree from the [[University of Lagos]] in 1986 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1987. == Professional career == Senator Adeyeye work experience has spanned three major professional fields - teaching, journalism and legal practice. Prince Adeyeye was a [[teacher]] at Isuikwuato High School, [[Isuikwuato]], [[Imo State]] during his National Youth service (1978-1979) and proceeded to teach at Mary Immaculate Grammar School, [[Ado-Ekiti]] (1980). Adeyeye made the switch to [[journalism]] in 1981 and was Editor II at the [[Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria]] (FRCN), [[Ikoyi]], between 1981 and 1982. He had a brief stint at Rank Xerox Limited in 1983 where he was a Senior Sales Executive. Between 1983 and 1987, he held various editorial positions at [[The Punch]] newspapers. During his active years in legal practice, Prince Adeyeye was the Principal Partner at the law firm of Dayo Adeyeye & Co. between 1990 and 2000. == In Nigerian politics == As a pro-democracy activist, Clement Adedayo was a member of the [[National Democratic Coalition (Nigeria)|National Democratic Coalition]] (NADECO). He was Director of Publicity, Falae for President Campaign Organisation (1990-1992), Adviser on policy and Press Matters, M.K.O. Abiola for President Campaign Organisation (1993), spokesperson for the [[Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria)|Alliance for Democracy]] (AD), and a member of the South-West Delegation to the Nigerian leaders of Thought Conference, Abuja. Prince Adeyeye, was the youngest of the 21 eminent leaders who represented the South Western zone of Nigeria at the Conference (2001)<ref>''The Nation Newspaper'' (22 July 2007).[http://www.thenationonlineng.net/archive2/tblnews_Detail.php?id=25818] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224046/http://www.thenationonlineng.net/archive2/tblnews_Detail.php?id=25818 |date=17 December 2013 }}.</ref> Clement Adedayo was also the National Publicity secretary of the Pan Yoruba Socio-political group, [[Afenifere]] between 2001-2004 as well as the spokesperson of the [[Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria)|Alliance for Democracy]] (AD) between 2004-2006. Clement Adedayo was a member of the ODU (Odua Development Union) which was established for the overall Socio-political and economic development of the South-West. In 2006, Clement Adedayo was an [[Ekiti State]] governorship aspirant under [[Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria)|Alliance for Democracy]] (AD), which later metamorphosed into the [[Action Congress of Nigeria]], and was runner up to Governor [[Kayode Fayemi]] in the controversial primary elections that led to the defection of 13 of the total 16 aspirants from the [[Action Congress of Nigeria]] to the [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|People's Democratic Party]] (PDP). Prince Adeyeye was among those who defected. After the 2007 election, Clement Adedayo was nominated for a position as a minister of the [[Federal Republic of Nigeria]] under the President [[Umaru Musa Yaradua]] administration, but his past roles as spokesperson for the opposition party and the National Publicity secretary of the [[Afenifere]] group worked against his final appointment as minister.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thenationonlineng.net/archive2/tblnews_Detail.php?id=31792 |title=''The Nation Newspaper'' (20 September 2007) |access-date=9 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031201/http://www.thenationonlineng.net/archive2/tblnews_Detail.php?id=31792 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Clement Adedayo was subsequently appointed Executive Chairman of [[Ekiti State|Ekiti]] State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) under the administration of Governor [[Segun Oni]], where he recorded several achievements and won the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) award as the best chairman in the South-West of [[Nigeria]] in 2008. The award came along with a cash prize of Seventy Million Naira. He again won the same award as the best Chairman of SUBEB in the [[South West]] in 2009. The funds derived from the awards were used to provide more infrastructure for schools across [[Ekiti State]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/123834/1/ekiti-2014-as-adeyeye-becomes-the-issue.html |title=''The Nigerian Voice Newspaper'' (9 September 2013) |access-date=9 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219043647/http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/123834/1/ekiti-2014-as-adeyeye-becomes-the-issue.html |archive-date=19 December 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> That same year, Prince Adedayo Adeyeye was adjudged the most innovative SUBEB chairman in Nigeria by the Presidential Committee on Schools’ debate. He was the only SUBEB chairman in the country selected by The [[World Bank]] to attend the conference on Strategies for Education Reform, sponsored by the [[World Bank]] in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], [[United States]] in March, 2010. His administration successfully organised the training of over 12,000 teachers within [[Ekiti State]] on contemporary teaching methods.<ref>[http://newsnigeria.onlinenigeria.com/templates/?a=1111 ''News Nigeria Online'' (28 March 2009)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219020604/http://newsnigeria.onlinenigeria.com/templates/?a=1111 |date=19 December 2013 }}</ref> As chairman of [[Ekiti State|Ekiti]] SUBEB, Adeyeye changed the face of public school buildings in the State with the introduction of storey buildings and tiled floors and provision of school furniture. During his tenure as SUBEB chairman, pupils stopped carrying furniture to school from their homes. The quality of the furnishings were regarded as the best in the country. Once again, in 2014, Prince Adeyeye was nominated by President [[Goodluck Jonathan]] as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This time, his nomination was approved by the Nigerian senate and he was sworn in by President [[Goodluck Jonathan]] on 9 July of that year as Minister of State for Works. He served as Minister till the end of President [[Goodluck Jonathan]]'s administration on 29 May 2015. Prince Adeyeye was appointed by the Ekiti State Government as [[Pro Chancellor]] of the [[Ekiti State University]] in June 2015 and he is the current Chairman of the University's Governing Council. In 2018, Clement Adedayo declared interest in the race for [[Ekiti State|Ekiti]] Governorship seat and ran for the ticket of the [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Peoples Democratic Party]] (PDP) but controversially lost to Kolapo Olusola-Eleka, the anointed candidates of the sitting Governor - [[Peter Ayodele Fayose]]. This made him and his supporters defect to the [[All Progressive Congress]] (APC), a move that eventually led to the APC winning the election. Sen Adedayo Adeyeye is the Chairman of Southwest Agenda'23 (SWAGA) == National Caretaker Committee == Following the inauguration of the National Caretaker Committee of the [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|People's Democratic Party]] on 7 June 2016, Prince Adeyeye was nominated as the representative of the South-Western Region of [[Nigeria]]. He was subsequently appointed as the National Publicity Secretary of the party under the leadership of Senator [[Ahmed Makarfi]] on 9 June 2016 and currently serves the party in that capacity. Adeyeye stopped acting in that capacity after the administration of party's executive committee headed by Prince [[Uche Secondus]]. He later contested the 8 May 2018 Governorship Primaries of his party in [[Ekiti State]], but he lost to the anointed candidate and the Incumbent Deputy Governor Kolapo Olusola Eleka. == Campaign for Ekiti State Governorship == Sen Adedayo Adeyeye was an aspirant for the [[Ekiti State]] 2018 gubernatorial elections under the platform of the PDP whose support cut across party lines. He has often been described as a unifying factor for the PDP within the state.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://theeagleonline.com.ng/news/ex-afenifere-scribeadeyeye-declares-governorship-ambition/ |title="The Eagle Newspaper" (30 April 2013) |date=30 April 2013 |access-date=9 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807075307/http://theeagleonline.com.ng/news/ex-afenifere-scribeadeyeye-declares-governorship-ambition/ |archive-date=7 August 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> In an interview with the [[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership Newspaper]], Adeyeye highlighted his first eleven priorities which pointed at revolutions in agriculture, education, employment figures, health and social welfare amongst others.<ref>[http://leadership.ng/news/070513/power-incumbency-will-not-work-during-ekiti-guber-election-adeyeye "The Leadership Newspaper" (7 May 2013)]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> == Senatorial aspirations == Adeyeye declared for Senate on Thursday 6 September 2018 at [[Ise Ekiti]] during the Senatorial meeting of the party held in his home and attended by party's bigwigs and aspirants from the zone. Prince Adedayo Adeyeye defeated Senator Biodun Olujimi&nbsp;of [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Peoples Democratic Party]] in Ekiti South Senatorial District in the National Assembly election conducted on Saturday, 23 February 2019. The Returning Officer for Ekiti South Senatorial District, Professor Laide Lawal, returned&nbsp;Prince Adeyeye, elected having scored 77,621 votes to defeat his closest rival, Olujimi, who polled 53,741 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/apc-defeats-pdp-in-ekiti-south-north-senatorial-districts/amp/|title = APC defeats PDP in Ekiti South, North senatorial districts|date = 24 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dailypost.ng/2019/02/24/nigeria-decides-results-ekiti-south-senatorial-district-emerge/amp/ |title=Nigeria decides: Results of Ekiti South senatorial district emerge |date=24 February 2019 |access-date=18 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228193207/http://dailypost.ng/2019/02/24/nigeria-decides-results-ekiti-south-senatorial-district-emerge/amp/ |archive-date=28 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> During the 2019 election tribunal, his closest rival, Olujimi was declared winner after the result was recalculated under controversial circumstances.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/362826-biodun-olujimi-sworn-in-as-senator.html|title=Biodun Olujimi sworn in as senator|last=|first=|date=14 November 2019|website=|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}}{{Nigerian Senators of the 9th National Assembly}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Adeyeye, Adebayo Clement}} [[Category:1957 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Ekiti State]] [[Category:Yoruba politicians]] [[Category:University of Ibadan alumni]] [[Category:University of Lagos alumni]] [[Category:Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) politicians]] [[Category:Yoruba royalty]] [[Category:Nigerian schoolteachers]] [[Category:Yoruba educators]] [[Category:Nigerian editors]] [[Category:Christ's School, Ado Ekiti alumni]] [[Category:Members of the Senate (Nigeria)]] [[Category:21st-century Nigerian politicians]]'