| Kofoworola Bucknor | |
| Office: | Deputy Governor of Lagos State |
| Term Start: | 29 May 1999 |
| Term End: | 16 December 2002 |
| Governor: | Bola Tinubu |
| Successor: | Femi Pedro |
| Office2: | Senator for Lagos Central |
| Term Start2: | 5 December 1992 |
| Term End2: | 17 November 1993 |
| Successor2: | Tokunbo Afikuyomi (1999) |
| Birth Name: | Kofoworola Akerele |
| Birth Date: | 30 April 1939 |
| Birth Place: | Lagos, British Nigeria (now Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria) |
| Party: | Peoples Democratic Party |
| Alma Mater: | University of Surrey |
Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele (born 30 April 1939) is a Nigerian politician and a former deputy governor of Lagos State.[1] She was the deputy governor to Bola Tinubu from 1999 to 2002.[2]
Kofoworola Akerele was born on 30 April 1939, to Oni Akerele a prominent Nigerian activists and the first indigenous surgeon in Nigeria. She attended CMS Girls School Lagos before she travelled in 1949 to Surrey England for her Degree in Law.[3]
She got a diploma in Journalism in 1962, and worked as a freelance journalist for BBC and VON Magazine.[4] She became the deputy governor of Lagos State when Bola Tinubu became governor on 29 May 1999.