On Friday May 31, 2019, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu appointed the Director General of his Independent Campaign Group, Mr. Tayo Akinmade Ayinde as his Chief of Staff(COS) and Mr. Gboyega Soyanwo as the Deputy Chief of Staff(DCOS). Their appointments is with immediate effect.
Tayo Akinmade Ayinde who hails from Ikorodu area of Lagos State was born on the 24th of August, 1964 at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.
He is a christian by religion. He attended St Peters’ Anglican Primary School, Alausa, Ikeja where he obtained his First School Leaving Certificate and his West African School Certificate from Ogudu Grammar School, Ojota, Lagos.
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He was admitted into Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra where he was awarded Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Banking and Finance and Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accountancy. He worked briefly with TELL Magazine as accounting officer in 1993.
In that same year, he joined the State Security Service (SSS) and retired meritoriously in 2009. While in SSS, he worked with former Governor of Lagos State, His Excellency Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as his Chief Security Detail. He fully joined politics in 2009. His masters’ degree (MBA) in Financial Management was from Lagos State University.
By Babajide Osokoya
