Kofoworola Bucknor

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]

Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele
11th Deputy Governor of Lagos State
In office
May 29, 1999  May 29, 2003
Succeeded byFemi Pedro
Personal details
BornLagos State, Nigeria
Political partyAll Progressives Congress
Alma materUniversity of Surrey

Early life

She was born on 30 April 1939, 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

  1. "'The greatest lesson life has taught me at 70' -Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele". Encomium. December 28, 2015.
  2. 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.
  3. S. J. Timothy-Asobele (2004). The Producer of Our Time. Upper Standard Publications. ISBN 978-978-36946-6-8.
  4. "They labelled me military mole in NADECO for nothing Bucknor Akerele". Vanguard Newspaper. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
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