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Babatunde Fashola

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Babatunde Fashola

Governor of Lagos tate

!ncumbent

"ssumed office

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#receded by ola $inubu

BornJune &*, +'- (age #

/agos 0tate,1igeria

#olitical party 2ction Congress

pouse$s% 2bimbola 3mmanuela Fashola

&ccupation la"yer,Politician

Babatunde a(i Fasholais the governor of /agos 0tate, 1igeria.

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+ /ineage

& 3arly career

- Political career

6overnorship

7 8eferences

*edit+ Lineage

abatunde 8a9i Fashola (021# is a descendant of the patriarch of the Fashola family,

2lfa ello Fashola of Princess 0treet in sale 6angan, /agos. ;n the Fashola family

tree, he is the great grandson of ello Fashola, a philanthropist and a very close friend

of 3sugbayi 3leko, "ho contributed morally and financially to the struggle to return

3sugbayi 3leko to /agos after the ;ba

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=e is also linked to sale 3ko through his paternal grandmother "ho is a direct

descendant of the 0homade>ashua family of ;bun 3ko and 0uenu chieftancy family

house. =is paternal great, great grandmother "as Jarinatu ;kunnu from sale 3ko

;nilegbe family "hilst his maternal great grandmother is from dumagbo sale 3ko of

the 0uenu Chieftancy family.

*edit+ ,arly career

abatunde 8a9i Fashola "as born in/agoson June &*, +'-. =e attended

irchfreeman =igh school /agos and =e studied at the ?niversity of eninfrom

"here he graduated "ith a achelor of /a"s, //..(=on#, degree in +'*).

=e is married to %rs. 2bimbola 3mmanuela Fashola and they have children.

=e "as called to the 1igerian ar as a solicitor and advocate of the 0upreme Court of

1igeriain 1ovember +'** after completing the professional training programme atthe1igerian /a" 0chool,/agos "hich he undertook bet"een +'*) and +'**. =is

legal career of over one and a half decades, commenced in the la" Firm of 0ofunde,

;sak"e, ;gundipe and elgore, "here he cut his legal teeth as a litigator over such

"ide@ranging areas of specialiAation as, intellectual property (registration of trade

marks#, commercial la", covering general contracts, company activities, mergers,

acBuisitions, right issues, o"nership of shares and eBuity of corporations, as "ell as

land disputes, criminal la" and chieftaincy matters, in all of "hich he has come to

acBuire appreciable epertise and vast eperience.

Fashola, a 1otary Public of the 0upreme Court of 1igeria, has been variously

honoured "ith a"ards and certificates of merit including the Distinguished 2lumnus2"ard conferred on him by the ?niversity of enin 2lumni 2ssociation in

recognition of contributions to the 2lumnus association and humanity. =e is also a

recipient of /agos 0tate public service club Platinum 2"ard for outstanding

contribution to"ards development. 2s "ell as 2lliance for Democracy E gbogbo

ayeku /ocal 6overnment 2"ardE in recognition of activities to"ards the success of

the party.

abatunde Fashola is also a Patron of the /a" 0tudents 2ssociation of the ?niversity

of enin and he is the second la" graduate from the ?niversity of enin and the first

member of the 1igerian /a" 0chool graduating class of +'** to be conferred "ith the

8ank of 0enior 2dvocate. =e is also the First ever Chief of 0taff to be so honored. =eis a member of the 1igerian ar 2ssociation, the nternational ar 2ssociation and an

2ssociate of the Chartered nstitute of $aation of 1igeria.

*edit+ #olitical career

abatunde Fashola served the 0tate in various capacities, including:

0ecretary of the /ands 0ub@Committee of the $ransitional Work 6roups.

+'''.

%ember of the panel of 3nBuiry into allocation of houses on the %obola9iJohnson =ousing 0cheme at /ekki, &.

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%ember of the 0tate $enders oard@ &&@ &.

%ember of /agos 0tate 3ecutive Council@&&@&.

%ember of the 0tate 0ecurity Council@&&@&

%ember of the 0tate $reasury oard@&&@&

Chairman 2d@=oc Committee on the 8evie" of 2sset distribution among

/ocal 6overnment.

=e "as Chief of 0taff to his predecessor,2si"a9u ola 2hmed $inubu.Fashola had

during his tenure as Chief of 0taff also dubbed as the =onourable Commissioner to

the 6overnor