goshen26:
This day, 14th of June, 1963 the elegant and award winning governor of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Dapo Ambode was born.

Ambode ran for office of the Governor of Lagos State in April 2015 as a member of the All Progressives Congress, the state's ruling party. He won the election, just defeating the second-place candidate Jimi Agbaje of the People Democratic Party by 150,000 votes.[1] He began his tenure as the governor of Lagos on 29 May 2015, succeeding former governor Babatunde Fashola.

[/b] Early life[b]

Akinwunmi Ambode was born on 14 June 1963 in Epe, Lagos, into the family of Festus Akinwale Ambode and Christianah Oluleye Ambode. Akinwunmi Ambode is one of ten children of his father Festus Ambode.[2]

[/b]Education[b]

Akinwunmi Ambode attended St. Jude’s Primary School, Ebutte Meta, Lagos, from 1969-1974, where he sat for the National Common Entrance Examinations.

From 1974-81, Ambode, attended Federal Government College, Warri, Delta State. From 1981-1984, he attended University of Lagos where he studied Accounting, graduating at the age of 21.

He also has a master's degree in Accounting from the University of Lagos, and he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

Ambode was awarded the Fulbright Program scholarship for the Hubert Humphries Fellowship Programme in Boston, Massachusetts. He also attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania for Advanced Management Programme. Other institutions he attended for courses and programmes, includes Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield, England, the Institute of Management Development, Lausanne, Switzerland, INSEAD, Singapore and John F. Kennedy School of Government in Harvard, Boston, US.

[/b]Civil service career[b]

From 1988-91, Akinwunmi Ambode was the Assistant Treasurer, Badagry Local Government, Lagos State, Nigeria. In 1991, he was posted to Shomolu Local Government, Lagos State, as an Auditor. He has also held the position of Council Treasurer in Shomolu Local Government in later years.

He also previously served as Council Treasurer at Alimosho Local Government, Lagos State. In 2001, he became acting Auditor General for Local Government, Lagos State, Nigeria. This position was confirmed by the State House of Assembly. In January 2005, Ambode was appointed the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Finance.

From 2006- 2012, Ambode was the accountant general for Lagos State, in charge of all the financial activities of the state and directly responsible for over 1400 accountants in the state service. Under his watch, the State Treasury Office (STO) revolutionized the way Lagos State finances were raised, budgeted, managed and planned. In his six years as the Lagos State accountant general, the state’s financial performance improved visibly with the budget performing at a remarkable average of 85% annually

[/b]Consulting career[b]

After 27 years in the civil service, Ambode voluntarily retired in August 2012. He founded Brandsmiths Consulting Limited to provide Public Finance and Management Consulting services to government at all levels, its parastatals and agencies.

[/b]Memberships[b]

Ambode is a very active member of the Federal Government College Lagos, Warri Old Students Association (FEGOCOWOSA) and is credited with revitalizing the Lagos branch of the Association. Ambode was a two-time chairman of the Lagos State Branch, and, until recently, was the National President of the Association, a position he held for three years. In those three years, he executed key projects in the school in conjunction with the alumni network to improve the educational and living standards of the students.

[/b]Non-profit organisation[b]

In 2012, he founded the non-profit La Roche Leadership Foundation. Its recent goal is to install Nigerian and Lagos State flags in all government owned schools in Lagos State.[8]

[/b] Personal life[b]

In 1991, Akinwunmi Ambode got married to Bolanle Patience (née Odukomaiya) Ambode. They have three children together, twin boys and a girl.[2] Ambode identifies as Christian.


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happy birthday sir.

seguno2:


Best so far without Jakande, Mobolaji Johnson and even Awolowo?
Ambode is building bus stops in a mega city, three decades after Buhari cancelled Jakande’s metro project with breach of contract penalties. Is it not a shame that since 1999 Tinubu, Fashola and Ambode have failed to complete the light rail despite trillions and trillions in budget?

You will just die of hypertension. Bring your most brilliant family member to come and contest against him nah.

Happy birthday sir... May the Lord grant you many more, the one of two APC members I deeply respect, second being Mr Raji Fashola.....

God bless you sir.. many more as you continue your itesiwaju eko... How I wish Baba dullarpo can borrow a leaf from you, and see how things should be done, buh no na Islam dey him head....

Happy birthday to a great man

Happy BirthDay to an intelectual GOVERNOR. Your academic records sppeak for you. So, not a surprise that Ambode is working, Lagos is moving

You must be dirty as your boss ...

allanphash7:
Happy birthday boss

Happy Birthday A working Governor...........

Happy Birthday to our very own Vision Escape Governor. You have delivered on your promise to Lagos on cosmetic roads with attending traffic jam like never before.
We need someone else to bring back the vision in health, housing, environment and seal these millions pothole spoling our cars everyday

But your boss is at whiter as snow?

grandeoj09:
You must be dirty as your boss ...

ikorodureporta:
Oga gov, u neva bring our land use charge make we see the adjustment..... Abi na to divert our mind from d complains??

so because i wrote this today, they decided to bring d bill.... I heard its 5k. Lemme get home una go see wetin i go do una. Awon-ole! lalasticlala & seun una dey see this people? From 1,200 to 5,000