Oladapo Afolabi
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Professor Oladapo Afolabi CFR |
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| Head of Service of the Federation of Nigeria | |
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In office 18 November 2010 – 29 September 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Steve Oronsaye |
| Succeeded by | (Sali Isa Bello, cfr) |
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3 October 1953 Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria |
Professor Oladapo Afolabi CFR, (born 3 October 1953) is a former academic who was sworn in as Head of Service of the Federation of Nigeria by President Goodluck Jonathan on 18 November 2010. In this position, he is responsible for the Nigerian Civil Service.
Afolabi was born on 3 October 1953 in Ibadan, Oyo State. He is the son of Princess Asimawu Gbemisola Aweni Adeyemi and grandson of the Akinrun of Ikirun, Oba Lawani Adeyemi, Oyeloja II. He attended Igbo-Elerin Grammar School, Ibadan, Mayflower School, Ikenne, Ibadan Grammar School, Ibadan for his secondary education. He attended the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (1972–1975), earning a BSc in Biochemistry. After receiving his degree, he worked as a Graduate Assistant while studying for his MSc in Biochemistry, which he gained in 1978, followed by a PhD in Applied Chemistry in 1981.
Afolabi won a fellowship at Howard University as an International Atomic Energy Agency Fellow in 1983. He taught at Obafemi Awolowo University, the University of Zimbabwe and Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho. Afolabi specialised in Environmental and Food Nutritional Chemistry, and contributed many papers on related subjects. He played an important role in organising the first Ecological Summit in 1988, which led to creation of the Federal Ministry of Environment.
Afolabi joined the Federal Environmental Protection Agency in June 1991. He started at the Agency as a Manager, rising to become the Acting Director. He joined the Federal Ministry of Environment when it was formed in 1995. Afolabi chaired the committee that defined the initial structure of the ministry, and then was appointed coordinator and then Director of the Department of Pollution Control and Environmental Health. At the Environment Ministry he supervised the Integrated Solid waste Management Facility for 15 cities, and was responsible for a number of studies on waste management and pollution reduction.
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