*The office of State First Lady has no place in the 1999 Constitution — no section creates it, no law funds it. It is nevertheless the most consistently resourced unelected office in every Government House: a pet foundation, an office in the Governor's Lodge, seconded civil servants, and in most states a recurrent budget line. We record it for the same reason we record the federal office — because the money and the patronage are real even where the office is not.*
Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu (née Carrena) (2019–present) — incumbent#
Wife of Babajide Sanwo-Olu · 29 May 2019 — present
A medical doctor; runs the Lagos State Governor's Wife Office health and empowerment programmes.
Bolanle Ambode (née Odukomaiya) (2015–2019)#
Wife of Akinwunmi Ambode · 29 May 2015 — 28 May 2019
Abimbola Fashola (2007–2015)#
Wife of Babatunde Raji Fashola · 29 May 2007 — 28 May 2015
Oluremi Tinubu (1999–2007)#
Wife of Bola Ahmed Tinubu · 29 May 1999 — 28 May 2007
Married 1987. The only Lagos state First Lady to go on to the Senate (Lagos Central, 2011–2023) and then to the federal office as First Lady of Nigeria from 29 May 2023. See the federal register.
References
Sources#
- Government House protocol records and state First Lady foundation filings (Corporate Affairs Commission).
- INEC gubernatorial results sheets, 1999–2023, for the governors' tenure dates.
- Contemporaneous press: Vanguard, Punch, ThisDay, Daily Trust, Premium Times.