Having been away in Abuja on legislative duty for 12 years, it was no wonder that the Lagos social scene was more than happy to welcome home Jumoke Ok
Having been away in Abuja on legislative duty for 12 years, it was no wonder that the Lagos social scene was more than happy to welcome home Jumoke Okoya-Thomas when she recently celebrated her entry into the 60s club at the Oriental hotel, Victoria Island. The party was literarily bursting at its seams judging by the number of A-list personalities drawn from various sectors of the society, that graced the party. With two notable clerics; Pastor J.T. Kalejaiye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, and Pastor Ituah Ighodalo of the Trinity House officiating the thanksgiving service and one of the most sought after MCs, Tunde ‘TeeA’ Adewale steering proceedings at the reception party, it is little wonder that the birthday shindig is still being talked after, long after it ended.
An accomplished politician and prominent society matriarch, the mother of three is the first daughter of late industrialist and elder statesman, Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas. A high-ranking member of the All Progressives Congress Party, APC, Jumoke was a member of the Federal House of Representatives, where she represented Lagos Island Federal Constituency 1 and served for three terms. Her legislative interests were primarily focused on the Social Development of Women and Children. A former chairman of the house committee of Prisons, Okoya-Thomas served as the Chairman of the committee on Public Procurement and was also a member of committees on Banking & Currency, Diaspora, Niger Delta and Women in parliament. She holds a diploma .in Senior Managers in Government from Harvard University and another diploma in secretarial administration from Burleigh College.
