Gboyega Soyannwo, deputy chief of staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, is dead.
Soyannwo
died on Wednesday after a brief illness, at the age of 55.
In a statement, Gbenga Omotoso, the commissioner for information and strategy in Lagos, said Sanwo-Olu commiserated with the family of the late deputy chief of staff.
The Lagos
governor said he had lost a “brother and a servant of the people”.
“With deep
sorrow, the Lagos State Government announces the passing of the deputy chief of
staff (DCoS) to Mr Governor, Mr Gboyega Soyannwo,” the statement reads.
“Mr.
Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on behalf of the government and people of Lagos,
sends his condolences to the Soyannwo family.“
Soyannwo was
appointed as the deputy chief of staff to Sanwo-Olu in 2019. He was reappointed
in 2023.
He was born
on October 3, 1968.
He had his
primary education at the Corona School Victoria Island, Lagos, from 1974 to
1980 and proceeded to Kings College for his secondary education from 1980 to
1985.
He obtained
a B.Sc. in economics from the University of Lagos.
He started
his career at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in 1992 as a member of the
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
He also
worked in some financial institutions in Nigeria before joining the public
service.
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