Chief Mrs. Titilayo Olukemi Nelson, a former Southwest Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is dead, she passed on in the early hour of Sunday 17th July 2022.
The late Kemi Nelson was also a former Executive Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF).
She was 66 years old (1956-2022)
BACKGROUND
The late Kemi Nelson was born to the family of Tinubu-Meredith and Laja on February 9, 1956. She had her primary school education at Anglican Girls Primary school, Surulere, Lagos and Anglican Girls Grammar School, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State.
She was a teacher at Corona School Apapa for a short period of time before enrolling for Nursing and Midwifery courses at the University College Hospital Ibadan. She was the former Lagos State Commissioner for Establishment, Training and Job Creation 1999-2003.
POLITICAL CAREER
Kemi began her political career during President Ibrahim Babangida-led military regime in the late 1980s and early 90s when she joined the National Republican Convention (NRC), one of the two parties founded and funded by the government.
During this period, there were not too many female participation in politics and she became exposed to party politics as she was occupied with big assignments including the chairmanship of NRC’s electoral committee for the party’s presidential primaries in Osun State.
During the administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the governor of Lagos State, Kemi was Commissioner for Establishment, Training and Job Creation, Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
She was the Party’s Lagos West Senatorial Candidate 1992, Chairman, Republican Electrical Panel (RECA) in Osun State, member, the National Ways and Means Committee and the National Finance Committee of NRC and a national delegate to the party’s convention in Port Harcourt 1993.
Before the news of her death on Sunday, 17, July 2022, she was the only female member of the Governing Advisory Council, GAC, of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Lagos State.
Awards
In recognition of her numerous achievement in Nigeria and women politics, Kemi was honoured with several awards including the Distinguished Florence Nightingale Fellow (DFNF) award, Order of Merit by Rotaract Club, Award for Excellence by the National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) and other awards that crown her efforts.
She is survived by her husband, three children and grandchildren.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Evening of Songs and Tributes
The Haven, G.R.A Ikeja, Lagos
5.00pm
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Christian Wake Keep
The Haven, G.R.A. Ikeja, Lagos
4.00pm
Thursday, August 25, 2022
Funeral Service
Archbishop Vining Memorial Church Cathedral G.R.A, Ikeja, Lagos
9.00am
Interment (Private Ceremony) follows immediately after the Funeral Service
