Akinsanya Sunny Ajose (born ) is a Nigerian politician and public administrator. He served as Lagos State Head of Service from July 2004 to February 2006. Chief Ajose died early on Thursday, January 16, 2025. He was 78.

Early life and education

Akinsanya was born in

Badagry Badagry, also spelled Badagri, (Gun language, Gun: Gbagli) is a coastal town and Local Government Areas of Nigeria, Local Government Area (LGA) in Lagos State, Nigeria. It is quite close to the city of Lagos, and located on the north bank of Po ...

, a town and local government area of

Lagos State Lagos State (, ) is a States of Nigeria, state in South West, Nigeria. Of the 36 States of Nigeria, Nigerian states, Lagos is the second List of Nigerian states by population, most populous state but the List of Nigerian states by area, smallest ...

, South-Western Nigeria. His educational background started in 1954 when he enrolled as a pupil at Ijaiye Baptist Day School but he completed his primary school education at Tinubu Methodist Day School in 1959 and subsequently completed his secondary school education at Badagry Divisional Grammar School in 1964. Akinsanya received a bachelor’s degree from the

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in1973 after studying Liberal Arts and Science majoring in Political Science. In 1974, he obtained his M.A in Social Science from

Governors State University Governors State University (Governors State, GSU, GovState, or GOVST) is a public university in University Park, Illinois, United States. The campus is located south of Chicago, Illinois. GovState was founded in 1969. It is a public universi ...

Career

Prior to his employment as a civil servant, Ajose had previously worked as Personnel Programmes Administrator with IBM Nigeria Ltd from 1975 to 1978. In June 1979, he got employed as an Administrative Officer Grade VI after his deployment to the Civil Service Commission by the

Lagos State Government Lagos State Government is the government of Lagos State, concerned with the administration of the state ministries. The government consists of the executive, Lagos State House of Assembly, legislative and Lagos State Judiciary, Judiciary. The go ...

. In 2004, Ajose was appointed by

Bola Tinubu Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu (born 29 March 1952) is a Nigerian politician serving as the 16th and current president of Nigeria since 2023. He previously served as the governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, and senator for Lagos ...

as Lagos State Head of Service till February 2006 when he attained the statutory retirement age. In 2006, Bola Tinubu reappointed Akinsanya Sunny Ajose to serve as his Special Adviser until May 2007 when his tenure elapsed as

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. Akinsanya Ajose was a member of the

Lagos State University Lagos State University (LASU) is a state-owned university established by the Lagos State government in 1983. Its main campus is situated at Ojo, Lagos State, Ojo, with sub-campuses at Ikeja and Epe. The university was set up "for the advanceme ...

Governing Council since September 16, 2015.

Awards and recognitions

* Officer of the Order of the Niger Order of the Niger Nigeria

– 2014

References

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