Rafiu Jafojo
Rafiu Jafojo | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Governor of Lagos State | |
| In office 1 October 1979 – 31 December 1983 | |
| Governor | Lateef Jakande |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 December 1935 |
| Died | 23 April 2016 (aged 80) |
Rafiu Jafojo (6 December 1935 – 23 April 2016) was a Nigerian politician. He was the deputy governor of Lagos State from 1979 to 1983.[1]
Early life and career
[edit]He worked as a building inspector with the Ikeja Town Planning Authority. He left for England In 1961 where he got a National Certificate in Building Engineering from Hackney Technical College in 1966 and Higher National Certificate from Brixon School of Engineering.[2] In 1969, he obtained an Advanced Certificate in Building Technology from Northern Polytechnic, Holloway (now University of North London) in 1970.[3]
On 1 October 1979, Jafojo, alongside Lateef Jakande was sworn in as the first democratically elected deputy governor of Lagos. [4]
Memorial
[edit]The Rafiu Jafojo Park in Shasha Alimosho, Lagos was commissioned in December 2017 in Rafiu's memory.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ admin (2016-05-14). "Rafiu Jafojo: Exit of an Awoist". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ^ "Jafojo... 80 Hearty Cheers To Former Lagos Deputy Gov". The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News. 2015-12-06. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ^ "Remembering Jafojo – The Nation Newspaper". 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ^ "Ex-Lagos deputy governor, Jafojo dies at 80 – P.M. News". Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ^ "Lagos Commissions Rafiu Jafojo Park".
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