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IFEDAYO SUNDAY ABEGUNDE

PROFILE

Ifedayo Sunday Abegunde is a Nigerian politician, architect and philanthropist.

Born on the 5th of January 1955 to the family of Abegunde in Akure, Akure South local government Of Ondo state Nigerian.

EDUCATION

Ifedayo Sunday Abegunde attended Oyemekun Grammar School in Akure where he obtained his west African school certificate after which he proceeded to the famous Yaba College Of Technology Yaba, Lagos Nigeria. At Yaba college of technology the Young Ifedayo Sunday Abegunde studied Civil engineering and came top of his class. His performance earned him a shell Bp scholarship with which he completed his ordinary National Diploma program.

On relocating to the United States of America he studied for an associate degree in architecture at the Miami Day college.

He latter earned a full degree in architecture at Florida A&M University and a master's degree in the same field from Morgan state University.

Despite having a master's in architecture he developed intrest in system networking and decided to take some courses in the field.He earned a Cisco certificate in system networking.

Work Experience Ifedayo Sunday Abegunde worked at the famous  as a supervisor a position which placed him in position of overseeing road construction and design. One of the big project he supervised was the opening, design and construction of the road.

Like many African immigrants in the United States he settled for the available menial job when he arrived newly in the states.

He served as a dishwasher and then a chef in.

He latter moved to where he became a cab driver while he was also a master's degree student in Morgan state University.

He claimed that most of the proceeds of these jobs went into his education.

He also served as a system analyst for the city of Maryland a Job he was doing until his return to Nigeria.

Ifedayo Abegunde has always said that the various experience he obtained from various jobs has made him a better leader

POLITICS

After returning to Nigeria in 2002 he joined the people's Democratic party PDP where he won the election into the house of Representatives as the member representing Akure South and Akure North federal constituency in the Nigerian house of Representatives.

His attempt to get re-elected for a second term in 2007 failed but in 2011 he was re-elected into the house of Representatives on the platform of the labour party.

However he served as the chairman of the Ondo state Afforestation project a body put in charge of the conservation of valuable forest trees.

In 2011 he was the chairman of the house committee on disaster prevention and management.

He presented a paper on risk and disaster management as one of the Nigeian representatives at a conference in Geneva 2013.

His political ideology is summarized in the slogan "for the people" which he has explain to mean that the people must be centrepiece of all government policy.

He is very popular for giving financial assistance to the needy within and outside the constituency he represented.

His constituency project always focuses on making basic amenities available to his constitents.

He facilitated the sinking of an elaborate borehole at Igisogba Ijoka a community that has been existing for almost two centuries but lacks portable water.

He was also responsible for the facilitation of another portable water project at Iwalewa1.prior to the construction of the project the people of Iwalewa suffers from the absence of portable water.

Ifedayo Sunday Abegunde is responsible for sending more than 50 Akure indigenes to the United States mostly for educated and the acquisition of technical know how.

He joined the Action Congress Of Nigeria in 2012 from the labour party and when the party marged with Congress For progressive Change to become the All progressive Congress APC he became one of the leaders of the party in Ondo state.

Before the 2015 general election he contested in the senatorial primaries of his party and lost in a manner believed not to be free and fair.

In 2016 he worked for the election of Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu As the Governor of Ondo state ensuring he won even in his local government Akure South which is Believed to the stronghold of the main opponent in the election Barrister Eyitayo Jegede.

In 2017 on the assumption of office as the executive governor of Ondo state Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu appointed Ifedayo Sunday Abegunde as the secretary to the state government.

CHIEFTANCY

Ifedayo Sunday Abegunde is the holder of numerous cheiftancy tittles in many towns and cities in Nigeria.

He is the Otunba Omobowale of Oba ile

He also a cheif of Apoi land