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 Hon.Akinlade Abiodun Isiaq

Asiwaju Akinlade Abiodun Isiaq was born to the family of the late Alhaji Yusuf Ajisafe and Alhaja Bintu Amope Akinlade on March 21st 1967 at Owode Yewa Ogun State.

Upon leaving St. Paul Anglican Primary School Owode Yewa in 1978, he proceeded to Area Community High School for his Senior Secondary Education where he bagged the Senior School Certificate.

Asiwaju Akinlade Abiodun Isiaq thereafter moved to the Polytechnics Ibadan for his tertiary education and studied Accountancy for both his Ordinary National Diploma and Higher National Diploma in 1988 and 1991 respectively. He acquired his Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Ado-Ekiti in 2002.He is an Associate Member of the Nigeria Institute of Management.

Asiwaju Akinlade Abiodun joined Automania Nigeria Limited in 1993 as an Accountant and rose to the position of General Manager before resigning to heed the call of his people to join active politics in 2002.

In 2003, he was elected into the House of Representative – Federal Republic of Nigeria to represent Yewa South / Ipokia Federal Constituency. He was re-elected in 2007 and made the Chairman, House Committee on Science and Technology in 2008. He has been re-elected for a third term in the 7th National Assembly (2011 – 2015).He was a frontline gubernatorial aspirant in the 2011 Ogun governorship race on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).

Asiwaju Akinlade Abiodun Isiaq is happily married to Alhaja Olabisi Monsurat Akinlade (nee Afolabi) from Ikereku Idan, Abeokuta and they are blessed with five lovely children. Asiwaju Akinlade’s leadership and selfless service has not gone unnoticed as a number of traditional rulers have bestowed on him various titles:

Þ              Asiwaju of Owode Yewa land

Þ              Akinrogun of Ipokialand

Þ              Baba Adini of Owode Yewa

Þ              Olu Omo of Ihunboland

Þ              Gbobaniyi of Ifonyintedoland

Þ              Apesin of Iwoyeland

Þ              Tayese of Idogoland and many others.

Asiwaju Akinlade Abiodun Isiaq’s effort towards total emancipation of humanity is a testimony to his been appreciated by all and sundry.