Oladapo Afolabi

Professor Oladapo Afolabi
Head of Service of the Federation of Nigeria
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 November 2010
Preceded by	Steve Oronsaye
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Born	3 October 1953 (1953-10-03) (age 58) Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Professor Oladapo Afolabi (born 3 October 1953) is a former academic who was sworn in as Head of Service of the Federation of Nigeria by President Goodluck Jonathan on 18 November 2010. In this position, he is responsible for the Nigerian Civil Service.^[1]

Birth and academic career

Afolabi was born on 3 October 1953 in Ibadan, Oyo State. He is the son of Princess Asimau Gbemisola Aweni Adeyemi and grandson of the Akinrun of Ikirun, Oba Lawani Adeyemi, Oyeloja II.He attended he attended Igbo-Elerin Grammar School, Ibadan for his secondary education.^[1] He attended the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (1972–1975), earning a B.Sc in Biochemistry. After receiving his degree, he worked as a Graduate Assistant while studying for his M.Sc in Biochemistry, which he gained in 1978, followed by a Ph.D in Applied Chemistry in 1981.^[2]

Afolobi won a fellowship at Howard University as an International Atomic Energy Agency Fellow in 1983. He taught at Obafemi Awolowo University, the University of Zimbabwe and Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho. Afolabi specialised in Environmental and Food Nutritional Chemistry, and contributed many papers on related subjects. He played an important role in organising the first Ecological Summit in 1988, which led to creation of the Federal Ministry of Environment.^[2]

Public servant

Afolabi joined the Federal Environmental Protection Agency in June 1991.^[3] He started at the Agency as a Manager, rising to become the Acting Director.^[2] He joined the Federal Ministry of Environment when it was formed in 1995.^[3] Afolabi chaired the committee that defined the initial structure of the ministry, and then was appointed coordinator and then Director of the Department of Pollution Control and Environmental Health. At the Environment Ministry he supervised the Integrated Solid waste Management Facility for 15 cities, and was responsible for a number of studies on waste management and pollution reduction.^[2]

In October 2006 Afolabi was appointed a permanent secretary of the Federal Civil Service by President Olusegun Obasanjo. In June 2007 he became permanent secretary of the Ministry of Labour. In November 2007 he moved to the newly created Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, formerly two separate ministries. In February 2009 Afolabi was assigned to the Cabinet Secretariat, in which role he introduced storage of documents in electronic form. In August 2009 he was again appointed permanent secretary at the Ministry of Education, where he helped end a three-month strike.^[2]

Head of Service

Afolabi was sworn in as Head of Service on 18 November 2010.^[1] He succeeded Steve Oronsaye, who retired on 16 November 2010 after reaching the statutory retirement age of 60.^[3]

Partial bibliography

• BCO Okoye, OA Afolabi… (1991). "Heavy metals in the Lagos lagoon sediments". International journal of Environmental Studies 1 (37): 35–41. 
• OA Afolabi, BA Oshuntogun… (1985). "Preliminary nutritional and chemical evaluation of raw seeds from Mucuna solanei: an underutilized food source". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry: 122–124. doi:10.1021/jf00061a035. 
• Folahan O. Ayorinde, James Clifton Jr., Oladapo A. Afolabi and Robert L. Shepard. (1988). "Rapid transesterification and mass spectrometric approach to seed oil analysis". Journal of the American. 
• OA Afolabi, EA Adesulu… (1983). "Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in some Nigerian preserved freshwater fish species". Journal of agricultural and food 37: 1083–1090. 
• OMOSOLA A. ARAWOMO AND OLUSEGUN L. OKE (1984). "Quality changes of Nigerian traditionally processed freshwater fish species.". International Journal of. 
• O. Ayorindea,*, Michael O. Ologundeb, Erick Y. Nanaa, Brian N. Bernarda, Oladapo A. Afolabib, Olusegun L. Okeb and Robert L. Sheparda (1989). "Determination of fatty acid composition of Amaranthus species". Journal of the American. 
• Oladapo A. Afolabi, M. 0. Ologunde, Winston A. Anderson et al ... (1991). "The use of lipase (acetone powder) from Vernonia galamensis in the fatty acid analysis of seed oils". Journal of Chemical Technology Biotechnology 51: 4146. 
• Oladapo A. Afolabi% Mobolaji E. Alukob, Gino C. Wangc, Winston A. Andersonc and Folahan O. Ayorinded (1989). "Synthesis of toughened elastomer from vernonia galamensis seed oil". Journal of the American. 
• OA Afolabi, OL Oke (1984). "Quality assessment of laminated fillet blocks from blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou)". Food chemistry (Elsevier). doi:10.1016/0308-8146(84)90091-8. 
• Omololu 0. Fapojuwo, Oladapo A. Afolabi, Kelechi E. Iheanacho, and Joseph A. Maga (1986). "Nature of lipids in African locust beans (Parkia filicoidea Welw.) and changes occurring during processing and storage". Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry (ACS Publications) 34: 246–248. 

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Ikirun indigenes host Professor Afolabi". Osun Mail. Jan 7th, 2011. http://osunmail.net/?p=1795. Retrieved 2011-06-01. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} Wale Ojo-Lanre (28 November 2010). "Professor Oladapo Afolabi: Distinguished academia in service". Nigerian Tribune. http://www.tribune.com.ng/sun/index.php/opinion/2579-professor-oladapo-afolabi-distinguished-academia-in-service. Retrieved 2011-06-01. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Daniel Idonor & Emma Ovuakporie (NOVEMBER 16, 2010 · in NEWS). "Jonathan appoints Afolabi Head of Service as Oronsaye retires". Vanguard (Nigeria). http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/11/jonathan-appoints-afolabi-head-of-service-as-oronsaye-retires/. Retrieved 2011-06-01. 

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Name	Afolabi, Oladapo
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Date of birth	3 October 1953
Place of birth	Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
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