Folake Marcus-Bello

Folake Marcus Bello was born on April 19, 1960. A legal Practitioner, diplomat, and Politician. She is the first female Nigerian Ambassador to Zambia and Malawi and former Ogun state Commissioner for Women's Affairs/Social Welfare. She was also the Sole Administrator of Gateway hotels in Ogun state.
== Early life and education ==
Folake comes from a family of entrepreneurs. She acquired her first degree in Political Science as well as her M.Sc in International Peace and conflict Resolutions from the University of Ibadan. She was married before returning to study law at the Lagos State University|Lagos state university. 
== Career ==
Folake Marcus- Bello started her professional career in 1983 through various sectors in Legal practice, politics, and media. She was the Nigerian Ambassador to Zambia/Malawi between 2008-2012 and the Ogun state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare between 2005-2007. She is the owner of Folake B Farm. and also Principal at Folake Bello & Co (Legal Practitioners)
== Personal life ==
Marcus-Bello is the biological mother of three boys. When she turned 50, she went to an orphanage and saw two boys, twins. They were unhealthy, so she took them to the hospital for treatment and then adopted them. One is a stammerer with a blind eye, while the other has epilepsy and autism.
== Politics ==
As a politician and diplomat, Marcus-Bello advised a fugitive Nigerian Senator, Buruji Kashamu. According to her, he should voluntarily go to the United States of America and clear his name over the drug allegations. Marcus- Bello also reacted to the resignation of the former Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun who tendered her resignation letter to President Muhammadu Buhari by saying that forgery is a crime. This followed a report by Premium Times|Premium Times, an online media organization, that alleged the former Minister forged her National Youth Service Corps|National youth service Corps (NYSC) certificate Marcus-Bello was also a member of the delegation of Igbo people|Igbo and Yoruba people|Yoruba leaders who went to pay condolence visits to the families of Yinka Odumakin and Innocent Chukwuma on the death of the activists.
== Investment ==
Marcus- Bello, acquired her farmlands from money she received after she sold all her jewelry. Unfortunately, the farmlands located at Onipepe axis of the Obafemi-Owode Local Government worth millions have been destroyed by a fire. The fire incident ravaged her 10 hectares of farmland. The cause of the inferno, which is unknown, lasted for about four hours, destroying over 500 palm trees as well as other farm products. There are reports of the likelihood that farmers hunting for bushmeat might have started the fire. This incident led to stakeholders warning farmers and hunters to avoid all forms of arbitrary bush burning. The head of farmers in the Imeko Afon|Imeko area of Ogun State, Chief Abdulazeez Ismail Abolore, stated that there is an ongoing campaign to warn and tutor farmers on ensuring that their farm's borderlines are weeded so that such unforeseen fire outbreaks will be reduced drastically.
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