| Intro | Nigerian First Lady | ||
| Is | First Lady | ||
| From | Nigeria | ||
| Type | Politics | ||
| Gender | female | ||
| Birth | 6 April 1965, Ibadan | ||
| Age: | 55 years | ||
| Star sign | Aries | ||
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Abimbola Fashola (born April 6, 1965) is a former First Lady of Lagos State and spouse of Babatunde Fashola.
Early life and career
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.