33-Year-Old Fatima Hassan Emerges Oyo APC Deputy Women Leader

A former student union leader, Fatima Hassan, has emerged as the Deputy Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State at the age of 33.

Hassan disclosed her emergence in a statement in which she reflected on her political journey within the party.

She said her involvement in politics began shortly after completing the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme.

According to her, “At 24, barely three months after completing my NYSC, I was appointed Special Assistant on Student Affairs by the late Abiola Ajimobi. That moment became my first real step into practical politics.”

Hassan noted that as a young former student union leader, she devoted herself to learning, service and mobilising young women for the APC.

She recalled that at the age of 29 she contested for the position of state women leader of the party, a process she said led to her eventual emergence as the senatorial women leader for Oyo South.

“Those four years took me deep into grassroots politics as I worked closely with women across the nine local governments in Oyo South,” she said.

Hassan described her emergence as Deputy State Women Leader as another milestone in her political career.

“Today, at 33, I have the honour of emerging as the Deputy State Women Leader of APC in Oyo State. I am overwhelmed with gratitude and deeply indebted to my party and its leaders for giving me the opportunity and enabling environment to learn, grow and serve,” she said.

She added that she had served on several national and state committees of the party while also coordinating women groups within the APC.

Hassan expressed appreciation to the late Ajimobi and his family for their support over the years.

“I remain profoundly and forever grateful to the Ajimobi dynasty which laid the foundation for my journey in public service,” she said.

She also thanked Florence Ajimobi for sustaining the political legacy and said she looked forward to working with the Oyo APC Women Leader, Kemi Opatunde. 

“It is a privilege and I am excited to serve alongside our State Women Leader, Dr. Kemi Opatunde,” she said.

Hassan called on women in the party to unite and strengthen grassroots mobilisation for the APC in the state.

“To Oyo State APC women, this is a moment that calls for renewed energy and purpose. It is time to demonstrate the strength, capacity and unity that defines us,” she added.

She pledged loyalty and dedication to the party, saying her gratitude to its leaders would be repaid through tireless service.