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Lasun has presided over the affairs of the House when the
Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, was unavoidably absent or had to participate on the floor of the House. Lasun led some members of the House to the 15th Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers Conference African Region, in
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373:. He proceeded on his secondary education at Ansar-Ud-Deen Secondary School, Erin, and later moved to Ifon/Erin Community High School Ifon, both in Osun State from 1973 to 1979. He secured an admission into the
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appointed him chairman of Osun State
Capital Territory Development Authority OSCTDA in 2004/2005, a body established by law with a mandate to facilitate the urban growth of Osogbo and neighbouring towns.
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with other parties in the run-up to the 2015 general elections in
Nigeria. He was appointed deputy chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Water Resources by the then
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Lasun was elected to the House of
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in the south-western part of
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as the representative of the
Irepodun/Olurunda/Osogbo/Orolu Federal Constituency. He won on the platform of
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and he is fondly called "The
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from 2015 to 2019. He represented
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by 203 members of the House out of the 357 that participated in the in-house election.
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In the year 2022, he was a gubernatorial candidate of the
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Deputy
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria
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849:"Dep Speaker seeks harmony among African lawmakers"
716:"Osun election: Major contenders and their chances"
973:Members of the House of Representatives (Nigeria)
823:"Ex-Osun LP Gov Candidate, Lasun Yusuf Joins PDP"
604:"National Assembly | Federal Republic of Nigeria"
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409:Lasun is a grassroot politician widely known in
437:In 2011, he ran for a legislative seat in the
769:"Yakubu Dogara emerges House of Reps Speaker"
353:Lasun was born on 4 October 1960. He is from
797:"UPDATED: 37 House of Reps members dump APC"
654:Abuh, Adamu; Daka, Terhemba (10 June 2015).
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931:Adebayo, Taiwo-Hassan (15 December 2015).
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365:Local Government Area,
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419:Alliance for Democracy
415:Unity Party of Nigeria
387:Mechanical Engineering
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234:Unity Party of Nigeria
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439:7th National Assembly
375:University of Ibadan
315:Yusuf Sulaimon Lasun
282:University of Ibadan
93:Chukwuemeka Ihedioha
36:Yusuf Sulaimon Lasun
18:Yusuf Sulaiman Lasun
756:on 20 October 2015.
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391:Bachelor of Science
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613:3 January
581:P.M. News
429:, Prince
383:Oyo State
268:Relations
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