Omololu Meroyi

Who is Omololu Meroyi?

Omololu Samuel Meroyi was elected Senator for the Ondo South constituency of Ondo State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the Alliance for Democracy platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.

Meroyi attended the Ijebu Ode Grammar School and the University of Ibadan, where he earned a BSc. in Economics in 1973. He went on to the London School of Economics where he gained an MSc in Economics in 1977. He worked with Food Specialities Nigeria, Roro Technical Company and was chairman of Araromi Rubber Estate. During the Nigerian Second Republic he was elected into the House of Representatives on the Unity Party of Nigeria platform.

Elected to the Senate in 1999 on the AD platform, Meroye later decamped to the People's Democratic Party. In December 2002 Meroyi was a contender to become the PDP candidate for Ondo State Governor in the 2003 elections, but lost to the former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, winning only seven out of 161 votes. In May 2003 the Senate rejected President Olusegun Obasanjo's veto of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission Act, and passed the bill into law. Meroyi voted against the Senate decision.