Ayo Hulayat Omidiran, born 10 November 1965, is a

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politician and former federal lawmaker representing the Ayedaade/Irewole/Isokan federal constituency in

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. She is a member of the

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. She is a native of

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in the Irewole local government area of Osun State.

Education

She attended Ayedaade Grammar School Ikire, Osun State and obtained a West Africa School Certificate in 1980. She then proceeded to the

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and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry in 1985.

Career

Politics

She contested for the Federal House of Representatives for Ayedaade/Irewole/Isokan federal constituency in 2011 and was elected. She ran for re-election in 2015 and was re-elected under the umbrella of the APC. She has held various positions in the house including Deputy chairman, House Committee on Sports; member House Committee on Judiciary, Communications, Interior, Solid Minerals, Women Affairs and Women in Parliament.

Sports Administration

In 2002, she became a member of the Nigerian Football Association Board and remained there till 2005. Since 2006, she has been a member of the

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Women Committee. She became the proprietor of Omidiran Babe, a female football club in

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, Osun State in 1997. In 2017, she was appointed the head of

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(NFF) Women Football Committee.

Personal life

She is a fan of football. She sponsored the Ayedaade-Irewole-Isokan Federal Constituency Football Competition in early 2018 which climaxed with the finals at the Ayedaade High School, Ikire, Osun State.

References

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