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Suleiman Ajadi

Nigerian Politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ13140855 ↗
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Suleiman Makanjuola Ajadi (born June 3, 1957) is a Nigerian politician and two-term Senator, representing Kwara South senatorial district from 1999 to 2007 under the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP).

Career

Before entering politics, Ajadi worked at Kwara State College of Technology, where he began as an Assistant Lecturer and advanced to the position of Principal Lecturer by 1999. From 1994 to 1995, he served as the Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development in Kwara State.

Ajadi was elected as Senator for Kwara South in 1999 and was re-elected in 2003, serving two terms in the Senate until 2007. He later served as Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on National Assembly Matters.

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Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1957, 1999, 2007, 1994—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Suleiman, Ajadi and Nigerian providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Suleiman Ajadi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.