Kofoworola Bucknor
Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele | |
|---|---|
| 11th Deputy Governor of Lagos State | |
| In office May 29, 1999 – May 29, 2003 | |
| Succeeded by | Femi Pedro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lagos State, Nigeria |
| Political party | All Progressives Congress |
| Alma mater | University of Surrey |
Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele (born 30 April 1939) is a Nigerian politician and a former Deputy Governor of Lagos State.[1] She was the Deputy Governor to Governor Bola Tinubu between 1999 and November 2003.[2]
Early life
She was born on 30 April 1949, and went to CMS Girls School Lagos before she travelled in 1949 to Surrey England for her Degree in Law.[3]
Career
She got a diploma in Journalism in 1962, and worked as a freelance journalist for BBC and VON Magazine.[4]
References
- ^ "'The greatest lesson life has taught me at 70' -Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele". Encomium. December 28, 2015.
- ^ Femi Okurounmu (6 April 2010). Leadership Failure and Nigeria's Fading Hopes: Being excerpts from PATRIOTIC PUNCHES a weekly column in the Nigerian Tribune from 2004 – 2009. AuthorHouse. pp. 231–. ISBN 978-1-4490-8410-3.
- ^ S. J. Timothy-Asobele (2004). The Producer of Our Time. Upper Standard Publications. ISBN 978-978-36946-6-8.
- ^ "They labelled me military mole in NADECO for nothing Bucknor Akerele". Vanguard Newspaper. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
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