The New Director, National Orientation Agency (NOA) Oyo State Directorate, Dr Olukemi Afolayan says her vision for Oyo State Directorate of NOA under her leadership is Mass Mobilization of all Oyo State citizens in accordance with the Nigeria National Core Values.
Olukemi Afolayan was born in Ibadan over 50 years ago to the family of Akogun Leye Afolayan of blessed memory and Erelu Mary Afolayan both of Ipao–Ekiti, she is the eldest of four siblings.
Afolayan studied History at the University of Jos (B.A. Hons. 1992). She obtained master’s degree in history (1997), and Peace and Conflict Studies (2010) both from the University of Ibadan. She obtained her Ph.D. in African studies from the University of Ibadan.
She joined the National Orientation Agency as a Program Officer II in 1997 at the Ekiti State Directorate of the Agency. She was transferred to the Oyo State Directorate in 1998. Olukemi has worked in various departments of the Agency such as the PRS, Social Justice, and Servicom.
She was the immediate past head of the Programmes department of the Agency in Oyo State Directorate until her appointment.