About two weeks ago, Governor Biodun Oyebanji, the newly elected governor of Ekiti State was sworn in. to take over the helm of affairs in the state. The ceremony which was well attended by the All Progressive Party chieftains was a peaceful transition from the Governor Kayode Fayemi’s led administration to that of Oyebanji.
Since he took over the affairs of the state, many have been eager to know more about Dr Olayemi, the governor’s wife, who will be the state’s first lady. She holds a Ph.D and she is a senior lecturer in the Department of Educational Management at the University of Ibadan.
She is a seasoned scholar in the field of Institutional Administration, Quality Assurance in Education, Human Resource Development and Leadership Education. She graduated from the University of Ibadan in 1997. She started her lecturing career at the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti in the year 2000 as a research fellow in the Department of Education.
She later moved to her alma mater, University of Ibadan in 2013 where she joined the Department of Educational Management. The former lecturer with over 70 publications in local and International journals is an indigene of Ado Ekiti in Ekiti-State.
She has royal blood flowing in her veins as she is a proud princess from Ewi palace in Ado-Ekiti. It was therefore not surprising to many as one of the first points of call after the handover ceremony by the former first lady of the state, Erelu Bisi Fayemi was at the Ewi Palace to pay homage to the traditional ruler and Olori’s in Ado-Ekiti.
