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Adeola Rahman Ipaye (born 8 June 1963) is a Nigerian
lawyer A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney, barrister, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solic ...
who is currently the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari. He was also
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and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, among other political posts he has held.


Education

For his primary education, Ipaye attended Ahmad Memorial Primary School, and St. Saviours Primary School at Agege, Lagos, between 1969 and 1975. He then moved to Lagos African Church Grammar School, Ifako, Agege, where he obtained the West African School Leaving Certificate ('O' Levels) in 1979. He was subsequently admitted into Igbobi College Lagos for Advanced Level Studies, which he completed in 1981. After a first degree (B.A. Hons) in History (1984), Ipaye obtained both bachelor's and master's degrees in Law, all from the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos. He began his career at Oditah Adebiyi & Co., Ikoyi, Lagos as a Legal Practitioner and Research Coordinator before he joined the services of the University of Lagos as an Assistant Lecturer. He rose to the position of a Senior Lecturer in October 1999 and later became the Sub-Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos in October 2000. In May 2001 he was appointed Special Assistant to the Governor of Lagos State Bola Tinubu on Legal Affairs and in 2003, working with the then Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. He later became the Governor's Senior Special Assistant on Legal Matters. and served in that capacity for four years until he was appointed a member of the Lagos State Executive Council and Special Adviser on Taxation and Revenue to the Governor Babatunde Fashola who succeeded Bola Tinubu in 2007. As Special Adviser, he spearheaded several reforms in the area of taxation, including the establishment of the Lagos Internal Revenue Service by State Law as an independent entity, outside the State civil service structure, with special rules and conditions of service. He also supported the State Team to expand taxation of the informal sector and the harmonise of local government taxes. In May 2007, Ipaye was appointed
Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...
. Ipaye established the Community Service Unit for Lagos State and activated for the first time the legal provision for Community Service as a sentencing option. On 3 September 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Ipaye as Deputy Chief of Staff, in which capacity he serves as Chief of Staff to the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. On October 11, 2022, Ipaye was conferred with National Honours and designated Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) by President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR.


References

Judiciary of Lagos State Living people 1968 births University of Lagos alumni Attorneys General of Lagos State University of Lagos faculty {{Nigeria-bio-stub