| Josephine Oluseyi Williams | |
| Office1: | Lagos State Head of Service |
| Term Start1: | October 2013 |
| Term End1: | February 2015 |
| Predecessor1: | Adesegun Olusola Ogunlewe |
| Successor1: | Folashade Sherifat Jaji |
| Term Start2: | May 2010 |
| Term End2: | October 2013 |
| Birth Date: | 3 April 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Lagos State, Nigeria |
| Party: | Non-partisian |
Josephine Oluseyi Williams (born 3 April 1956) is a Nigerian financial expert, Public administrator and former Lagos State Head of Service.[1] [2]
Josephine was born in Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria.[3] She attended the University of Lagos where she received a bachelor's degree in accounting and a post graduate diploma in computer science.[4]
She joined the Nigerian Civil Service on February 15, 1980, as an accountant after she completed the compulsory one-year Youth Service.[5] After she spent five years at the Federal Housing Authority, she joined the Lagos State Civil Service as Chief Accountant before she got a transfer to the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban as Director of Accounts.[6] In June 1994, she was appointed Auditor-General and in 1995, she became the State Accountant-General.[7] In February 2006, she was appointed as Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Finance, a position she held until her appointment as Head of Service in October 2013 to succeed Adesegun Olusola Ogunlewe.[8] She retired in February 2015 at the age of 60 years after 34 years of service[9] and was succeeded by Folashade Sherifat Jaji, whose appointment was confirmed on February 17, 2015, by the State Governor, Babatunde Fashola.[10]