Kofoworola Bucknor | |
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Deputy Governor of Lagos State | |
In office 29 May 1999 –16 December 2002 | |
Governor | Bola Tinubu |
Succeeded by | Femi Pedro |
Senator for Lagos Central | |
In office 5 December 1992 –17 November 1993 | |
Succeeded by | Tokunbo Afikuyomi (1999) |
Personal details | |
Born | Kofoworola Akerele 30 April 1939 Lagos,British Nigeria (now Lagos,Lagos State,Nigeria) |
Political party | Peoples Democratic Party |
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 Bola Tinubu from 1999 to 2002. [2]
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 Surrey England for her Degree in Law. [3]
She got a diploma in Journalism in 1962,and worked as a freelance journalist for BBC and VON Magazine. [4] She became the deputy governor of Lagos State when Bola Tinubu became governor on 29 May 1999.