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Mr Akinwunmi Ambode attended St. Jude’s Primary School, Ebute Metta, Lagos State, from 1969 to 1974.
From 1974 to 1981, Ambode, attended Federal Government College, Warri, Delta State.
He was an undergraduate of University of Lagos from 1981 to 1984. He studied Accounting and graduated at age 21.
He bagged a master’s degree in accounting from the University of Lagos, and he qualified as a chartered accountant.
Ambode was awarded the Fulbright Program scholarship for the Hubert Humphries Fellowship Programme in Boston, Massachusetts.
He also attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania for Advanced Management Programme.
Other institutions he attended for courses and programmes include Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield, England, the Institute of Management Development, Lausanne, Switzerland, INSEAD, Singapore. Moreover, he attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.[10]
Ambrose was a civil servant for 27 years.
From 1988 to 1991, Akinwunmi Ambode was the Assistant Treasurer, Badagry local government, Lagos State, Nigeria.
In 1991, he was posted to Somolu Local Government, Lagos State, as an auditor.
He held the position of Council Treasurer in Shomolu Local Government in later years.
He served as Council Treasurer at Alimosho Local Government, Lagos State.
In 2001, he became acting Auditor General for Local Government, Lagos State, Nigeria.
In January 2005, Ambode was appointed the permanent secretary of the Lagos State Ministry of Finance.
From 2006- 2012, Ambode was the accountant general for Lagos State, in charge of all the financial activities of the state and directly responsible for over 1400 accountants in the state service.
Under his watch, the State Treasury Office (STO) revolutionized the way Lagos State finances were raised, budgeted, managed and planned.
He became Lagos State Governor in 2015.
He is married to Bolanle Odukomaiya and the union is blessed with a set of twins.
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