General solo makinde biography

His secondary education was at Lagelu Grammar School. Consequently, he was engaged in Buffalo, New York as a state-certified underwriter, by Equitable Life Assurance Corporation, which was then the 2nd largest Insurance Company in America.

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Thereafter, he worked briefly with an architecture firm, Modulor Group as the Finance and Admin Controller. His was soon promoted to Divisional Manager within a year and a half as the youngest Divisional Manager as well. In , Ajimobi married Florence Ajimobi and they have five children. His first daughter is luxury-lifestyle entrepreneur, Abisola Kola-Daisi.

Later, he was moved to manage the aviation department. Ajimobi returned to Nigeria in and was appointed in as Oil Sales Manager.

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In , he voluntarily retired after 26 years of service in the Oil industry to become a Senator of the Republic of Nigeria. He was a principal officer in the Senate, serving as the Deputy Minority leader of the Senate. During his senate days, in , he established the first and the largest Free Vocational Training centre , in Oyo State.

He contested again in under the All Progressive Congress and was elected in a heated election. As the incumbent, he contested for a second term in an election that took place on April 11, Upon his re-election into office as the Governor, he became the first person to occupy the highest seat twice and in a row. He died on 25 June at exactly pm after a week on life support machine, at the age of