*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.*
Tamunominini Makinde (2019–present) — incumbent#
Wife of Seyi Makinde · 29 May 2019 — present
Florence Ajimobi (2011–2019)#
Wife of Abiola Ajimobi · 29 May 2011 — 28 May 2019
Married 1980; widowed 25 June 2020.
Saratu Lam Adesina (1999–2003)#
Wife of Lam Adesina · 29 May 1999 — 28 May 2003
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.