Bola Afonja Explained

Bola Afonja
Office:Minister of Labour and Productivity
Term Start:August 1993
Term End:17 November 1993
1Namedata:Ernest Shonekan
Birth Date:21 February 1943
Birth Place:Oyo, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
Death Place:Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Occupation:Politician

Prince Ajibola Afonja (21 February 1943 – 19 May 2024), known as Bola Afonja, was a Nigerian politician and philanthropist. He was Minister of Labour under Ernest Shonekan,[1] and was once a member of the board of trustees of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP).[2]

Afonja was Chairman of the Board of Directors of First Bank plc, Nigeria's biggest commercial bank. He retired from the Board following his 70th birthday on 21 February 2013.

Afonja died, apparently of accidental injuries, at University College Hospital in Ibadan, on 19 May 2024, at the age of 81.[3]

References

  1. Web site: Politics of dissonance and duplicity. Oditta. Maxwell . 2007-04-13 . Dawodu.com. Segun Toyin Dawodu.
  2. News: Olusegun . Adeniyi . ANPP: The Fraud at Eagles Square . . Leaders & Company . 2004-11-16 . 2007-10-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930154551/http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2003/01/08/20030108ext01.html . 2007-09-30 .
  3. Web site: Ex- Minister, Ajibola Afonja dies at 82. Adebayo. Musliudeen. 20 May 2024. dailypost.ng. Daily Post (Nigeria). 20 May 2024.