Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele (born 30 April 1939) is a Nigerian politician and a former deputy governor of

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. She was the deputy governor to

Bola Tinubu Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu (born 29 March 1952) is a Nigerian accountant and politician who served as the Governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007 and Senator for Lagos West during the brief Third Republic. In June 2022, he was chosen as the A ...

from 1999 to 2003.

Early life

Kofoworola Bucknor was born on 30 April 1939, and went to CMS Girls School Lagos before she travelled in 1949 to

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England for her Degree in Law.

Career

She got a diploma in Journalism in 1962, and worked as a freelance journalist for

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'' Magazine. She became the Deputy Govermor of Lagos State with Bola Tinubu as the Governor in May 29,1999.

References

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