Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele (born 30 April 1939) is a Nigerian politician and a former deputy governor of

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. She was the deputy governor to

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 ...

from 1999 to 2002.

Early life

Kofoworola Akerele was born on 30 April 1939, to Oni Akerele a prominent Nigerian activists and the first indigenous surgeon in Nigeria. She attended CMS Girls School Lagos before she travelled in 1949 to

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England for her Degree in Law.

Career

She got a diploma in Journalism in 1962, and worked as a freelance journalist for

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and ''

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'' Magazine. She became the deputy governor of Lagos State when Bola Tinubu became governor on 29 May 1999.

References

1939 births Living people Women state deputy governors of Nigeria Women in Lagos politics Nigerian women journalists 20th-century Nigerian politicians 20th-century Nigerian women politicians 21st-century Nigerian politicians 21st-century Nigerian women politicians Deputy governors of Lagos State St Anne's School, Ibadan alumni Alumni of the University of Surrey {{Lagos-politician-stub