Hon. Adedamola Richard Kasunmu
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: 29th March 1983
Deputy Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
He represents Ikeja Constituency 2
1998/99 : King’s College, Lagos SSCE
2000/01 : D- Ivy College, Lagos O’level & A’ Level Cambridge
2002 – University Foundation Studies Course in Law, Irwin College, Leicester, East Midlands, United Kingdom
2007: University of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom – DipHE Law (LLB Pathway)
2022 : International Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration,
Pristine School of Management, Certified by the Organization of Tourism and Hospitality Management (OTHM), United Kingdom
Fellow Chartered Institute of Public Diplomacy and Management(FCIPDM)
Fellow Charted Institute of Administration(FCIA)
Fellow Professional Mentoring and Coaching(FPMC)
– 2007, he was appointed as the Education Administrator-in-training of the famous Modupe Memorial Schools, Magodo, Lagos.
– conferred with the award of Best Educator of the Year 2011 by Top Elegance Magazine.
– 2013 he founded and led the Democrats Group of Nigeria and Revive Active Democracy Coalition of Nigeria (RADCON), the two youth-based political pressure groups he mobilised and coordinated effectively for the 2011 general elections and the gubernatorial elections in Ondo, Osun, Edo and Ekiti states respectively between 2012 and 2014.
– 2014 he represented Ikeja Constituency 2 on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) at Lagos State House of Assembly. This victory at the age of 32, made him the youngest member of the 8th Assembly (2015-2019).
– He was Chairman, House Committee on Youth, Sports and Social Development, House Committee On Lands & House Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Affairs respectively among other adhoc services and functions.
– He was re-elected to the House of Assembly for a second term in March 2019 and re-elected in 2023 for a 3rd Term where he rose to the position of Deputy Majority Leader, a position he still holds in this current tenure.
Hon Adedamola records great achievement to his name and office during these terms as Legislator ranging from Educational Sponsorships and Scholarships; Employment, Road Construction Facilitation, Sponsored Motions and Sponsored Bills now Resolutions/Laws of Lagos State and facilitated various Sporting Activities.
He has launched a multipurpose organisation known as ADEDAMOLA RICHARD KASUNMU GLOBAL FOUNDATION, an umbrella body and standard platform for all his humanitarian activities and personal social responsibilities.
Hon. Adedamola Adetokunbo Richard Kasunmu is the grandson of the late Alhaja (Dr) Abibatu Mogaji, the iconic Iyaloja General of Nigeria and the mother of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.