Folayan Olagoke, Member, Nigeria Union of Journalist [NUJ], was born on 21st August, 1965. He had his secondary school education at the Ibadan City Academy, Ibadan from where he obtained the West African School Certificate [WAEC] in 1980. He proceeded to Ondo State College of Arts and Science, Ikare for his ‘A’ Levels where he spent just a year.
In 1981, he was admitted to the University of Ife now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife for a course that led to the award of Bachelor of ArtsDegree in History (second class upper division) in 1985. Still in search of knowledge, he attended theUniversity of Lagos, Akoka for the Post Graduate Studies in Mass Communication between Y2005 -2006.
Upon his graduation and National Youth Service at Ife City College, Ile-Ife between 1985 and 1986; he was self-employed for many years before joining the Lagos State Civil Service in 2000 as a Senior Information Officer.
He has since risen through the ranks to becomethe Director, Public Enlightenment and Community Relations, Ministry of Information & Strategy in January 2022.
Goke Folayan has as his hobbies: scrabble, reading, writing, and watching movies.
