Full Name: Bolanle Patience Ambode
State of Origin: Epe, Lagos.
Date of Birth: February 15, 1964.
Nationality: Nigerian
Marriage status: Married.
Spouse(s): Akinwunmi Ambode
Alma mater: Lagos State University (LASU).
Occupation: Businesswoman, Politician.
Position(S): First Lady of Lagos State (May 2015- till date)
Bolanle was born into the Odukomaiya family in Epe, Lagos, on February 15, 1964. She attended St. Theresa’s College, Ibadan, Oyo, for her secondary school and Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, Lagos, where she graduated in Physics/Mathematics for her first degree in 1989 and later Masters degree (MSc) in Public Administration in 1994.
Mrs. Ambode worked in many places before she started her confectionary business. She started as a staffer of the now defunct People’s Bank of Nigeria before she left to join Instant Finance Nigeria Limited and later Aguagem Consulting.Before starting her bakery business, she travelled to Israel to attend short courses in Bakery Technology. Today, she is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Rehoboth Chops and Confectioneries Limited. The Rehoboth bread is said to be very popular among Lagosians.
She met her husband during her university days at LASU. Her husband, now Lagos governor-elect, was then working in Ojo Local Government Council, Ojo. They got married in 1991 and the marriage is blessed with twins – a boy and a girl.
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