{{short description|Nigerian politician (born 1963)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Kayode Alabi | image = | honorific_prefix = His Excellency | caption = | office = Deputy governor of Kwara State | term_start = 29 May 2019 | term_end = | governor = AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq | predecessor = | successor = | birth_name = Kayode Alabi | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|08|01|df=y}} | birth_place = Oro-Ago, Northern Region, Nigeria (now in Kwara State, Nigeria) | death_date = | death_place = | party = All Progressive Congress | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = Entrepreneur, education consultant, and politician | profession = | website = [https://kwarastate.gov.ng/government/executive/deputy-governor/ Kayode Alabi] | footnotes = }} '''Kayode Alabi''' (born 1 August 1963) is a Nigerian politician, who is deputy governor of Kwara State.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=29 August 2020|title=Kwara State Deputy Governor tests negative for COVID-19|url=https://businessday.ng/coronavirus/article/kwara-deputy-governor-tests-negative-for-covid-19/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=6 February 2021|newspaper=BusinessDay}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Kayode Alabi|url=https://www.today.ng/topic/kayode-alabi|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=6 February 2021|website=Today.NG}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=12 December 2018|title=Can Kwara APC still substitute candidate?|url=https://thenationonlineng.net/can-kwara-apc-still-substitute-candidate/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 February 2021|newspaper=The Nation}}</ref> He was born in Oro-Ago, Kwara State, Nigeria into the family of late Yahaya Samuel Alabi (1925–2007) Oro-Ago in Kwara State, he is the third child of his parents. He has two elder brothers and a younger sister. Alabi's mother, who was 93 years old, died in the early hours of Friday, 5 April 2024.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://dailypost.ng/2024/04/05/kwara-deputy-gov-loses-mum/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria| title=Kwara deputy gov loses mum | date=5 April 2024 |newspaper=Daily Post}}</ref> He ran on the same ticket with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 General elections.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Deputy Governor KAYODE ALABI|url=https://kwarastate.gov.ng/government/executive/deputy-governor/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=4 February 2021|website=KwaraState.Gov}}</ref> Few months after he swore into office, he was appointed by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State as the head of COVID-19 Technical Committee in Kwara State.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=22 March 2020|title=COVID-19: Kwara gov directs civil servants to work from home- Deputy gov chairs technical committee.|url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/covid-19-kwara-gov-directs-civil-servants-to-work-from-home/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=6 February 2021|newspaper=The Sun}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=15 April 2020|title=EducationEngineers in Politics COVID19: POLYTECHNIC DONATES HANDWASHING MACHINE TO STATE GOVERNMENT (Deputy Governor)|url=https://www.myengineers.com.ng/2020/04/15/covid19-polytechnic-donates-handwashing-machine-to-state-government/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=6 February 2021|website=Myengineers.com.ng}}</ref>

== Background == Alabi was born on 1 August 1963 in Oro-Ago, Kwara State, Nigeria.<ref name=":0" /> into the family of late Mr Yahaya Samuel Alabi (1925–2007) Oro-Ago in Kwara State, he is the third child of his parents. He has two elder brothers – Femi and Dele – and a younger sister, Modupe. His mother, Mrs Ena Alabi, who was 93 years old, died on 5 January 2024.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://dailypost.ng/2024/04/05/kwara-deputy-gov-loses-mum/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria| title=Kwara deputy gov loses mum | date=5 April 2024 |newspaper=Daily Post}}</ref>

== Career == * Between 1988 and 1989, Alabi started his career as a part-time lecturer in the Marketing Department of Kaduna Polytechnic.<ref name=":0" /> * From 1987 to 1989, he worked with Beba Consult (Marketing Consultants) in Kaduna State, Nigeria.<ref name=":0" /> * From 1991 to 1996, he worked as a sales representative for Bastone and Firminger, a British trading company in chemicals.<ref name=":0" /> Alabi later embarked on integrated marketing consulting services for various organisations and business concerns with his company, the Marketing Concept Limited.<ref name=":0" /> * In the year, 1996, Alabi started private business from.<ref name=":0" /> He started a water bottling company in Lagos.<ref name=":0" /> He serves as the Chairman of Vantage Heights Nursery and Primary School and Chairman of Little Tots School, both in Lagos.<ref name=":0" /> Besides, he also served as the chief executive officer of Bayview Oil and Gas Limited and the chief executive officer of Hot Wings Foods and Investment Limited.<ref name=":0" />

== Personal == Alabi is a Christian, married to Abieyuwa Tokunbo Alabi, they have two children.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=17 February 2019|title=2019 election: Drama as Kwara APC deputy governorship candidate reads 'ó tó gee' from scripture|url=https://www.legit.ng/1222430-2019-election-drama-kwara-apc-deputy-governorship-candidate-reads-o-to-gee-scripture.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213003942/https://www.legit.ng/1222430-2019-election-drama-kwara-apc-deputy-governorship-candidate-reads-o-to-gee-scripture.html|archive-date=13 February 2021|access-date=10 February 2021|newspaper=Legit.ng}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=29 May 2019|title=Promote love, peace, new deputy governor urges Kwarans|url=https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/05/29/promote-love-peace-new-deputy-governor-urges-kwarans/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 February 2021|newspaper=P.M. News}}</ref>

== See also == * List of Yoruba people

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * [https://kwarastate.gov.ng/government/executive/deputy-governor/ Official website]

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