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]