Akinsanya Sunny Ajose (born ) is a Nigerian politician and public administrator. He served as

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from July 2004 – February 2006.

Early life and education

Akinsanya was born in

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, a town and local government area of

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, South-Western Nigeria. His educational background started in 1954 when he enrolled as a pupil at Ijaiye Baptist Day School but he completed his primary school education at Tinubu Methodist Day School in 1959 and subsequently completed his secondary school education at Badagry Divisional Grammar School in 1964. Akinsanya holds a B.A which he obtained in 1973 from the

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, U.S.A after studying Liberal Arts and Science majoring in Political Science. In 1974, he obtained his M.A in Social Science from Governors State University.

Career

Prior to his employment as a civil servant, Ajose had previously worked as Personnel Programmes Administrator with IBM Nigeria Ltd from 1975 to 1978. In June 1979, he got employed as an Administrative Officer Grade VI after his deployment to the Civil Service Commission by the

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. In 2004, Ajose was appointed by

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till February 2006 when he attained the statutory retirement age. In 2006, Bola Tinubu reappointed Akinsanya Sunny Ajose to serve as his Special Adviser until May 2007 when his tenure elapsed as

governor of Lagos State The governor of Lagos State is the head of government of Lagos State in Nigeria. The governor leads the executive branch of the Lagos State Government. This position places its holder in leadership of the state with command authority over the ...

. Akinsanya Ajose is currently a member of the Lagos State University Governing Council since September 16, 2015.

Awards and recognitions

Officer of the Order of the Niger Nigeria became an independent country on 1 October 1960 and in 1963 became the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The republic instituted two orders of merit: the Order of the Niger and the Order of the Federal Republic. Award The two highest honour ...

– 2014

References

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