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ENGR. HAKEEM AKINOLA GBAJABIAMILA

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Engr. Hakeem Akinola Gbajabiamila was born on June 19, 1959 in Olowogbowo area, Lagos Island, in Lagos State, Nigeria.
He attended Ansar-ud- deen primary school, Alakoro in Lagos Island and proceeded to Eko Boys High School, Mushin, Lagos for secondary education from January 1971 to June 1975. On completion of his WAEC O’ Level examination, he enrolled at the Federal school of Art and Science, Victoria Island for advance level where he spent 1year before proceeding to the United State of America in September 1976 to study Civil Engineering.

Engr. Gbajabiamila attended southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, Illinois from September 1976 to May 1981, graduating with Bachelor of Science among the top graduate of his class. He proceeded to one of the ivy-league engineering school in the United State. Washington University in St. Louis Missouri, for his Masters’ degree also in Civil Engineering. In May 1983, Engr. Gbajabiamila bagged his Master of Science degree in flying colours.

Although during his graduate program, Engr. Gbajabiamila worked part-time with an Architect-Engineering Firm, Randle Flagg inc., in October 1983, he commenced his career in Paris, France with an international construction Company Bernard Construction.
Engr. Gbajabiamila returned to Nigeria in April 1985 and did his National Youth Corp Service. He worked with the defunct Lagos State Waste Disposal Board.
Engr. Gbajabiamila has over 30 years extensive managerial experience in civil engineering projects, construction management, housing, urban regeneration and development, corporate governance, public administration and governance.

He has proven leadership capability in change management programmes in public and private sectors. He is the Chairman, Projectscope Limited. a civil engineering and building construction company in Lagos, Nigeria.
He has remarkable track records in high profile positions as consultant, programme administrator, honourable commissioner, political strategist and business executive.

He is an alumnus of Lagos Business School, Lagos, Nigeria and the Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Mass, USA.

The Gbajabiamila are not new to the services of their motherland . Among the Gbajabiamilas who have served the state selflessly was Late Alhaji Lateef A. Gbajabiamila , a Lagos State Magistrate Judge. Barrister Mustapha K. Gbajabiamila was also a commissioner of finance in Lagos State .
It was into this distinguished family that Hakeem Akinola was born some 55 years ago in the Olowogbowo area of Lagos Island .
Hakeem’s mother , Alhaja Abike Gbajabiamila is a well known grassroot political leader of repute in Lagos state .
All these testify to Hakeem’s political pedigree and show that he is not new to the call to public to public duty, which obviously runs in the family


PROFESSIONAL AFFILATIONS:
Registered Engineer, Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria
Member, Nigeria Society of Engineers
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT AND RECOGNITIONS:
Member, Presidential committee on integrated Coastal Area Management plan for Nigeria
Member, Presidential committee on Redevelopment of Lagos Mega-city Region
Member, National committee on the Commonwealth Peoples Forum
Member, State steering committee on Lagos Metropolitan Development and Governance Project

OTHER HONOURS:
Special recognition by the National Conference of Black Mayors Inc. USA for successfully hosting the Black Heritage Festival in Nigeria in 2001 and 2002

Life Member, (Senator) Junior Chamber International, a worldwide leadership development organisation based in the United State of America.

A former Commissioner for Physical Planning, Mr. Hakeem Gbajabiamila, has accused the Lagos State Government of straying from the original mega-city plan.

Gbajabiamila, who was commissioner during the administration of former Governor Bola Tinubu, said the mega-city project being embarked on by the Governor Babatunde Fashola administration was not impressive.

The former commissioner, who is a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, said this during an interview with our correspondent while announcing his intention to contest the Lagos-Central senatorial election.

He explained that according to the original plan of the project, the Federal Government was supposed to provide 55 per cent of the funds while Lagos and Ogun states would provide 25 and 20 per cent respectively.

He said the state government had incurred serious debts because instead of joining hands with the Federal Government to actualise the project, it was shouldering the entire responsibility for political reasons.

He said, “During the second term of Tinubu, we reviewed the regional plan and we saw all the issues that needed to be addressed. At that point in time also, there was a strategic move to redistribute the development around the state which led to the megacity development plan.

“Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was very interested in seeing that Lagos was given a fair consideration because we were pushing for a special status for Lagos. So we wanted a development plan that encompasses all of this so the Lagos megacity project which I was part of the presidential task force came up with a plan that we should set up a Lagos Mega City development Authority which would be enacted by law and which would give the President an opportunity every year to provide a budget for it just like they were doing for the Niger Delta Development Commission.

“And that entire plan was in place, the Federal Government would have 55 per cent interest in that, Lagos would have 25 per cent and 20 per cent for Ogun State.”

Gbajabaimila said the megacity project was not as beautiful as it ought to be as the state government had not been able to provide world-class transport

“A mega-city is meant to have a mass transit facility. There is supposed to be a triangular corridor that was designed and should be from Ifo to Iddo to Okokomaiko and back to Ifo. That triangle should have been in place but that has not happened till now. We are grappling with trying to look for taxes to be able to fund such projects,” he said.

A former Commissioner for Physical Planning, Mr. Hakeem Gbajabiamila, has accused the Lagos State Government of straying from the original mega-city plan.

Gbajabiamila, who was commissioner during the administration of former Governor Bola Tinubu, said the mega-city project being embarked on by the Governor Babatunde Fashola administration was not impressive.

The former commissioner, who is a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, said this during an interview with our correspondent while announcing his intention to contest the Lagos-Central senatorial election.

He explained that according to the original plan of the project, the Federal Government was supposed to provide 55 per cent of the funds while Lagos and Ogun states would provide 25 and 20 per cent respectively.

He said the state government had incurred serious debts because instead of joining hands with the Federal Government to actualise the project, it was shouldering the entire responsibility for political reasons.

He said, “During the second term of Tinubu, we reviewed the regional plan and we saw all the issues that needed to be addressed. At that point in time also, there was a strategic move to redistribute the development around the state which led to the megacity development plan.

“Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was very interested in seeing that Lagos was given a fair consideration because we were pushing for a special status for Lagos. So we wanted a development plan that encompasses all of this so the Lagos megacity project which I was part of the presidential task force came up with a plan that we should set up a Lagos Mega City development Authority which would be enacted by law and which would give the President an opportunity every year to provide a budget for it just like they were doing for the Niger Delta Development Commission.

“And that entire plan was in place, the Federal Government would have 55 per cent interest in that, Lagos would have 25 per cent and 20 per cent for Ogun State.”

Gbajabaimila said the megacity project was not as beautiful as it ought to be as the state government had not been able to provide world-class transport

“A mega-city is meant to have a mass transit facility. There is supposed to be a triangular corridor that was designed and should be from Ifo to Iddo to Okokomaiko and back to Ifo. That triangle should have been in place but that has not happened till now. We are grappling with trying to look for taxes to be able to fund such projects,” he said.