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Femi Fani-Kayode
Nigerian politician, essayist, poet and lawyer (born 1960)
Femi Fani-Kayode | |
|---|---|
| Born | David Oluwafemi Adewunmi Abdulateef Fani-Kayode (1960-10-16) 16 October 1960 (age 64) Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria |
| Spouse(s) | Saratu Atta (1987-1990) Yemisi Olasunbo Adeniji (1991-1995) Regina Amonoo (1997-) Precious Chikwendu (2014-2020) |
| Children | 8 |
| Profession | Lawyer, poet, essayist, politician |
David Oluwafemi Adewunmi Abdulateef Fani-Kayode (; born 16 October 1960) is a Nigerian politician, author and lawyer.
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Fani-Kayode became the Special Assistant on Public Affairs to Olusegun Obasanjo from July 2003 to June 2006. He was appointed the Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from 22 June to 7 November 2006, and the Minister of Aviation from 7 November 2006 to 29 May 2007.
Early life and education
Fani-Kayode was born on 16 October 1960 in Lagos, Lagos State, to Remi Fani-Kayode and Adia Fani-Kayode (née Adunni) from Ile-Ife, Osun State. His great-grandfather, the Rev. Emmanuel Adedapo Kayode, was one of the earliest Nigerians to be educated in England, receiving an MA from the University of Durham, after which he became an Anglican priest. His grandfather, Victor Adedapo Kayode, studied law at Cambridge University and became a lawyer and a judge. His father Victor Fani-Kayode, who was also at Cambridge, was a prominent lawyer and political figure in Nigeria in the 1950s and 1960s. He was leader of the opposition National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons in the Western House of Assembly from 1960 to 1963; the Hon. Minister of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and Deputy Premier of the Western Region of Nigeria from 1963 until 1966 and he successfully moved the motion for Nigeria's independence in 1958 in the Nigerian Parliament.
Femi Fani-Kayode started his education at Brighton College, Brighton in the UK, after which he went to
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When I challenged Chief E.K. Clark’s assertion that there was ”nothing wrong with placing soldiers on the streets of Lagos” last January during the oil subsidy crisis at a conference of the Political Summit Group in Lagos I knew that I was heading for trouble. I was given the floor to speak just a few minutes after the former Minister of Information and elderstatesman had stirred the audience with his words and to say that he was infuriated by not only what I said but also the thunderous applause that I received for daring to say it would be an understatement.
The old man screamed at me at the top of his voice from his chair even as I had the floor and spoke and he accused me of all manner of unspeakable things there and then simply for daring to disagree with him to his face. Naturally I continued with my speech and acted as if he wasn’t even there but I knew that he would take his time and eventually hit back at me and claim his pound of flesh. Yet even with that expectation nothing prepared me for the virulence and sheer ferociousness of his counter-attack. And that counter-attack was launched during a public lecture on August 1st 2012, when the elderstatesman, during the course of his lecture, passionately proclaimed that I was holding myself out as a ”moral icon” after ”embezzling funds” that were entrusted to me when I was Minister of Aviation that were meant to be used to ”stop planes from crashing and to reform the aviation sector”. This was on live television and it was being watched by millions of Nigerians from all over the world.
Chief Clark added many to his hit list that day from former Heads of States, former Presidents and Vice Presidents, former Governors and Federal Ministers and so many more. If he was not accusing the northern leaders and governors of being behind Boko Haram and claiming that the problem began under President Obasanjo’s watch, he was daring Generals Babangida