Alhaji Fatai Akinade Akinbade (born April 1955) is a Nigerian politician and the former Secretary to the State Government in Osun State. He was a contender to become the People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for governorship of Osun State in the April 2011 elections.[1]
Fatai Akinade Akinbade was born in April 1955 in Ogbaagbaa, a town in Ola-Oluwa Local Government Area. He is an Owu prince, thus making him an Omoba of the Yoruba people.[1] Fatai's father was a drummer, and he was trained to follow that trade. He studied at St. James Anglican Primary School, Ogbaagba (1964–1969), then at Catholic Commercial Secondary Modern School, Iwo (1970–1973). Between 1973 and 1974 he worked as a pharmaceutical salesman in Lagos, before returning to study at Catholic Technical College, Ile-Ife (1975–1978).[2] He qualified as a Civil Engineer.[1]
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