Femi Okurounmu

Who is Femi Okurounmu?

Femi Okurounmu was elected Senator for the Ogun Central constituency of Ogun State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the Alliance for Democracy platform. He held office from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2003.

Okurounmu was earlier Commissioner of the Ogun State Ministry of Works. After taking his seat in the Senate in 1999, Okurounmu was appointed to committees on Commerce and Economic Affairs. He ran for reelection in 2003, but was defeated by Alhaji Ibikunle Amosun of the People's Democratic Party by 52,390 to 111,920 votes.

Okurounmu was appointed Secretary General of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere. In January 2005 he was chairman of the logistics committee for a conference including Leaders of both the Afenifere and the Yoruba Council of Elders, who had been in dispute since 1999. During a February 2006 public hearing on amendments to the constitution which would allow President Olusegun Obasanjo to run for a third term, Okurounmu presented the position of the Afenifere faction led by Rueben Fasoranti, stating that the country should still maintain two terms of four years.