Hon. OLATOYE TEMITOPE SUGAR

Hon. (Dr) Olatoye Temitope is a member of the Federal House of Representatives,.

HON SUGAR: THE MAN BEHIND OSF INITIATIVE

Hon. (Dr) Olatoye Temitope Sugar is a member of the Federal House of Representatives, Abuja representing the good people of Lagelu / Akinyele Federal Constituency and the Chairman, House Committee on Urban Development and Regional Planning for the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Early Life and Training

Hon. Temitope Sugar hails from city mother-earth of Efungade-Onigbodogi compound, Alafara Oje in Ibadan North East Local Government Area of Oyo State while his ancestral villages are Onigbodogi and Alape both in Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo State. The young Temitope had his primary school education at St Paul's Anglican and St Michael Catholic Primary Schools, Yemetu, Ibadan. He then proceeded to Ikolaba Grammar School, St Luke’s College, Molete and Alugbo Comprehensive High School, Egbeda, all in Ibadan, Oyo State for his Secondary School education.

In order to pursue his dream as a teacher, Hon. Sugar attended Federal College of Education, Osiele in Abeokuta, Ogun State and the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. His preference for community development advocacy propelled him to pursue a post graduate degree in Community Development and Adult Education at the University of Ibadan where he bagged a Master’s Degree. He then proceeded to the United Kingdom to earn another Master’s Degree certificate from NARIC. He was later awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Public Administration and Governance by the foremost European-American University in the Commonwealth of Dominica.

Hon. Sugar’s thirst for knowledge propelled him to attend several trainings abroad which include: Legislative Training Conferences in United Kingdom and the United States of America (USA), Community Development Training in South Africa and Strategic Leadership and Management in Stratford, London.

Academic Contributions

Hon. Sugar pursued his love and passion for teaching when he taught as a professional teacher at Sagamu High School, Makun, and Orile-Ilugun Comprehensive High School both in Ogun state before his political vibrancy was crowned with political appointments.

Political career

Hon. Temitope Sugar’s political career started with a political appointment as a Supervisory Councillor in Odeda Local Government. He was then appointed as a Special Adviser at the State level in Ogun State under the administration of His Excellency, Otunba Gbenga Daniel having been the PDP Youth leader in Ogun Central Senatorial District for years. His love for his home state, Oyo, motivated him into sponsoring political developments in Oyo State from Ogun State even before his full adventure as a Chairmanship Aspirant in Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo State in 2007 under the umbrella of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and he later became the PDP National delegate of Oyo State in the year 2008.

Having been edged out of his political home, the PDP, where he used unquantifiable human and material resources to gain support from his ward to the national level, Hon. Sugar did not give up on his aspiration but went ahead to contest on the platform of the then newly formed Accord Party. Backed by the love and support of the masses and downtrodden, he was elected into the Oyo State House of Assembly in 2011 where he performed creditably well to the commendation of the Oyo State Governor, the Pegunrun and Koseleri 1 of Oyo State himself. His Excellency, Governor Abiola Isiaq Ajimobi,was impressed by the outstanding performance of Hon. Sugar at improving the lives of people in his constituency and beyond through his several people oriented programmes and empowerment.

His good works, exemplary achievements and increasing political profile in the main politics of Oyo State endeared many within and outside the state which earned him an invitation to join the then Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN). He also actively participated in the formation of the current ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State.