Fayemi, Kayode
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Name (Latin)
Fayemi, Kayode
Other forms of name
Fayemi, John Kayode
Fayemi, John Olukayode Folorunso
Fayemi, J. Kayode
Date of birth
1965-02-09
Associated country
Nigeria
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
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Sources of Information
- Visiting Professor at the African Leadership Centre; doctorate degree from the Department of War Studies at King's College London, 1994, specialising in civil-military relations; previous degrees in History, Politics and International Relations from the Universities of Lagos and Ife, Nigeria; research and policy interests: democratisation, constitutionalism, security sector governance, and regionalism in the global context; served as adviser on transitional justice, regional integration, constitutionalism, security sector reform, and civil-military relations to the Governments of Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Uganda, Rwanda and Ghana; he was the main technical adviser to Nigeria's Human Rights Violations Investigation Commission (Oputa Panel); served on the Presidential Implementation Committees on Security Sector Reform, NEPAD, and the Millennium Development Goals during the Obasanjo administration; he was technical expert to ECOWAS on small arms and light weapons, and to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa on governance issues; he was also a member of the Africa Policy Advisory Panel of the British Government; consultant to the OECD, and chaired the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative's Committee of Experts; completed his second term as Governor of Ekiti State in southwest Nigeria in October 2022; he was Chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) and President of the Forum of Regions of Africa; served as Minister of Mines and Steel Development in the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, 2015-2018; he was on the Adjunct Faculty of Security Studies at the African Centre for Strategic Studies, National Defense University, USA, and Visiting Professor in the African Studies Programme, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA in 2004; he has written extensively on governance and democratisation, civil-military relations, and security sector issues in Africa ( (King's College London website, Dr John Kayode Fayemi, undated (2023 or later), viewed March 13, 2026) )
- Nigeria, 1996:t.p. (Kayode Fayemi)
- Out of the shadows : exile and the struggle for freedom and democracy in Nigeria, c2005 :t.p. ('Kayode Fayemi) cover, p. 4 (b. 1965, Ibadan, Nigeria)
- Tackling the challenges of health and inequity in Ekiti State, Nigeria, 2013?:t.p. (Dr. Kayode Fayemi; governor, Ekiti State, Nigeria)
- Wikipedia, March 13, 2026(Kayode Fayemi; John Olukayode Fayemi; born 9 February 1965 in Ibadan to an Ekiti parentage; doctorate in war studies 1989-1992, King's College London, while working as a research officer at the African Research and Information Bureau in London; also worked as a journalist and magazine editor; returned to Nigeria in 1997, established the Centre for Democracy & Development, served as its director 1997-2006; governor of Ekiti State, 2010-2014 and 2018-2022; Minister of Solid Minerals Development, 2015-2018; political party: Action Congress of Nigeria (before 2013), All Progressives Congress (since 2013); first elected president of the Forum of Regions of Africa (FORAF), September 2022; the Nigerian national honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) was conferred on him by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2022)
- Mercenaries, 2000:CIP t.p. (J. Kayode Fayemi) galley (executive dir. of the London-based Centre for Democracy and Development) book t.p. (J. ʻKayode Fayemi)
- Out of the shadows, c2005 :t.p. ('Kayode Fayemi) cover, p. 4 (b. 1965, Ibadan, Nigeria)
Wikipedia description:
John Olukayode Fayemi ((); born 9 February 1965) is a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Ekiti State from 2018 to 2022. He previously served in office between 2010 and 2014 before losing re-election to Ayodele Fayose. He was also the Minister of Solid Minerals Development in President Muhammadu Buhari's cabinet from 11 November 2015 to 30 May 2018, when he resigned to contest for a second term as Governor of Ekiti State. He is the pioneer president of the Forum of Regions of Africa (FORAF) since 9 September 2022.
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