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Nationality
  
Nigerian

Religion
  
Catholicism

Ethnicity
  
Yoruba

Name
  
Abimbola Fashola


Citizenship
  
Nigerian

Role
  
Years active
  
1987–present

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Full Name
  
Abimbola Emmanuela Fashola

Born
  
6 April 1965 (
1965-04-06
)

Occupation
  
politicianadministratorjournalist

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Abimbola Fashola (born April 6, 1965) is a former First Lady of Lagos State and spouse of Babatunde Fashola.

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Early life and career

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She was born on April 6, 1965, in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, southwestern Nigeria. She was trained as secretary at the Lagoon Secretarial College in Lagos, where she obtained a diploma certificate. She later received a certificate in Computer Science from the University of Lagos. She worked briefly as a trainee journalist at the Daily Sketch before she joined the services of the British Council in 1987 but resigned in 2006 when her husband Babatunde Fashola was nominated as the flag bearer of his party and the governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria.

References

Abimbola Fashola Wikipedia