Mike Oluwafemi Omotosho (died 4 June 2022) was a Nigerian politician who served as Chairman of the Labour Party. He was Governor of

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in some parts of Nigeria covering the whole of North West, North East, North Central, South West excluding

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and

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states from 2015 to 2016.

Political career

Omotosho was Chairman of the Labour Party of

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from 2015 to 2016. He also contested the 2015 general elections in

Kwara State Kwara State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Kwárà), is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger state, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western border makes up part of the internation ...

where he came third in the polls. His mother was reportedly abducted in 2017.

Philanthropy

Omotosho set up the Mike Omotosho Foundation to alleviate poverty and empower youths through training and community development programmes. The foundation has trained over 200

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community members on

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skills and provided 10 million naira micro credit scheme to empower 300 women to start small businesses. 500 youths from different local governments in

were also trained on

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skills, 150 indigent students from primary and secondary schools are also on scholarship scheme from the foundation. In August 2014, the foundation carried out medical mission in 12 communities in four local governments within

to provide free diagnosis, expert medical advice, and distribute free drugs, wheelchairs, and free

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s. Over 5,000 community members benefited from the programme. The foundation also put up a programme that reached 8,000 people in 2017.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Omotosho, Mike Year of birth missing 20th-century births 2022 deaths Labour Party (Nigeria) politicians People from Kwara State