Principal Officers

Adetoun Ibilola Popoola, born in 1984, attended the prestigious Queen’s College in Lagos.

An Alumnus of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), she bagged a B.Sc. in Business Administration in 2004. Adetoun also obtained an M.Sc. in Marketing and Communications Management from the University of Hull, UK in 2009.

Adetoun started her career in Banking as an Executive Trainee with Guaranty Trust Bank Plc in 2006. Her passion for excellence earned her exceptional promotion to the position of Banking Officer in 2012 and then Senior Banking Officer in 2015. With over 10 years experience in project management, customer experience and quality management, she joined the Strategy and Corporate Transformation Group of the Bank of Industry in 2018 as an Assistant Manager where she played an exceptional role in the success of the 2019 ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System
Surveillance Audit for the Bank of Industry. Adetoun has attended several seminars and workshops within and outside the country, including: ISO 9001:2018 (Quality Management System) Internal Audit Certification; Root-Cause Analysis based on Lean Six Sigma Methodology Certification Training (by British Standards Institute); ISO Integrated Management System – Lead Implementer (Certification Training) (by British Standards Institute amongst others.

In 2019, Adetoun was appointed the General Manager of Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK). Since her assumption of office, she has intensely propagated the environmental sustainability vision of the State Government through various initiatives. Adetoun is happily married with children.

Oladunni Akinfala joined the Lagos State Civil Service in November 2001.

She started her working career as a Legislative Officer at the Lagos State House of Assembly in 2001, where she served till 2005. Mrs  Akinfala was re-designated  into the  Administrative cadre in 2005 and has served in various capacities such as Management Service Reform Office now Office of Transformation as an  Administrative Officer; Ministry of Commerce,  Industry& Investment as Departmental Training Officer; Agency for Mass Education Head, Admin & Human Resources; Ministry of Agriculture—Departmental Training Officer, Agricultural Land Holdings Authority Head, Admin & Human Resources; Office of Overseas Affairs & Investment (now Sustainable Development Goals) Head, Inter-ministerial Coordination.

She was deployed to the Office of Public Private Partnerships in 2018 as Head, Admin & Human Resources.

Her contributions and achievements to the Civil Service include Being a member of the committee on World Health Day (2010), acted as the secretary of the Agric Land Holdings Authority during the process of acquiring agricultural lands for the State Government in Lagos, Oyo, Ogun and Abuja, participated as the secretariat of the monthly Erekorodo stakeholders meeting, participated actively in the establishment of agricultural zonal Offices in 4 Zonal areas of the State.

Mrs. Akinfala pioneered the establishment of Investment Champions in all MDAs for the Office of Overseas Affairs and Investment. Oladunni Akinfala has also attended the following Local and International trainings/workshops/conferences; Train- The- Trainer, Customer relations service workshop, Human Resources Management workshop and HR summit.

Oladunni Akinfala was born into the Macaulay family of Lagos Island on the 28th of July 1968. She is married and blessed with children. Her hobbies are cooking, travelling and meeting people.

She holds a B.A in English, from the Lagos State University. She is an associate member of the chartered Institute of Personnel Management.

Mrs. ‘Funto Aina is a Deputy Director and Head of the Tree Planting & Maintenance Department of the Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency. She is an experienced Health, Safety and Environmental professional with a track record of success in the Food and Environment Industry, Drug and Food Laboratory analysis and over 9years experience in the Safety Profession. She has experience in developing quality management systems, safety inspections and training. She is highly skilled having attended specialized trainings in various managerial skills and a certified Train the Trainer in Safety Skills.

She had her secondary education at the renowned New Era Girls Secondary School, Surulere and graduated with Upper Credit from the prestigious Yaba College of Technology, Lagos in 1988 studying Microbiology. In her passion for Safety of lives and property, she pursued certifications in safety. She holds a certificate from the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health(CIEH), NEBOSH and the ABIOSH UK – International Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health with distinction. She has a post graduate diploma in HSE management from the College of Medicine, University of Lagos and a Master’s Degree in Environmental Management from the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, in 2014.

Her vision is to preserve and improve Safety and Health at workplaces and the Environment. She strives at all times to utilize her skills and experience to ensure that Health and Safety Management is key to workplaces.

She started her career as a Middle Manager with the Nigerian Bottling Company PLC (Bottlers of Coca-Cola) before joining the State Government in 2000. She is a member of Science Association of Nigeria (Lagos State Chapter), an associate member of NILST, NIFST, NISCN (Lagos Chapter), and member of the Safety Advocates, OSH Africa, a Safety Professional and Environmental Scientist.

Akeem Babatunde Kareem is an Assistant Director/Head of Finance and Accounts of Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency. He joined the Lagos Staten Civil Service as a senior Accountant in November 2006 and was deployed to the State Treasury Office (Monitoring and Investigation Directorate). He was later seconded to Lagos State Waterways Authority in 2008 (a newly created Parastatal of Lagos State Government) as one of the pioneer staff where he later rose to become the Head of Accounts in 2010.

In 2016 he was deployed to Ministry of Justice (Mobile Court) and was later deployed to Ministry of Home of Affairs for one year (2016- 2017). In September 2017, Akeem was deployed to Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency as the Head of Finance and Accounts, since then he has been working hand in hand with the General Manager on all financial matters and treasury issues.

Akeem is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Lagos State University and Master of Science degree in Finance from University of Lagos.

He is married with children and loves reading, teaching and football.

Adekunbi Bakare, Public Affairs Director, joined the Lagos State Parks & Gardens Agency (LASPARK) in March 2023 after a period of service in the Lagos State Judiciary on secondment from the Ministry of Information and Strategy.

Her career in the Lagos State Civil Service which started over two decades ago has taken her through different Ministries, Departments & Agencies (MDAs) of the Lagos State Government primarily with public affairs and other special project responsibilities. These MDAs include the Ministry of Information & Strategy (her parent ministry) from where she has been seconded over the years to the Ministry of Commerce & Industry; Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA); Management Service & Reform Office (MSRO) now known as the Lagos State Office of Transformation, Creativity & Innovation (OTCI); and the Lagos State Judiciary before joining LASPARK.

While at MSRO, she was a member of a special project team composed of select officials of the state government to facilitate a project tagged SPARC (State Partnership for Accountability, Responsibility, Responsiveness and Capability) for public sector reform, public finance management as well as development of policy and strategy, working with DFID Consultants. She was also a team member on the Lagos State Strategic Management Project tagged Project WHEEL jointly facilitated by a select team of Lagos State officials and Consultants from international consulting firm, Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) with His Excellency Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu (then Commissioner for Establishment, Training & Development) as Project Co-ordinator. Project WHEEL led to the development of vision and mission for Lagos State with a comprehensive blueprint to transform each sector in addition to the development of Service Charters, Service Level Agreements (SLA) and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) at different levels.

As a pioneer staff of LASTMA, Mrs. Bakare served as Administrative Officer and was part of the team that put the necessary structures and systems in place to build what has become a successful model in traffic management which has now been replicated in other states.

She has a Master’s degree in Communication Studies and a Post-graduate diploma in Public Relations & Advertising. A full member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (MNIPR), Mrs. Bakare has attended several professional training programmes and is also a member of other professional bodies including the Nigerian Union of Journalists, National Association of Women Journalists and the Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered).

She is involved in voluntary activities to contribute to the elevation of public relations practice through health advocacy, humanitarian services and awareness creation for public good.

Mrs. Bakare is happily married with children.