Mufutau Olatunji Hamzat
Nigerian banker and monarch (1932–2019) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nigerian banker and monarch (1932–2019) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oba Mufutau Olatunji Hamzat (1932–2019) was a Nigerian banker and monarch. He was a member of Lagos State House of Assembly in 1979[1] and later as the commissioner for transportation from 1979[2] to 1983.[3]
Hamzat was born in 1932. He attended Christ School, Ilubirin, Lagos, for his secondary education in 1995. He obtained a banking certificate through extramural lessons from University of Ibadan and was employed by Afribank in 1966. He was a member of Lagos state House of Assembly in 1979 and later appointment as the commissioner for transportation, a position he held till the end of the Second Nigerian Republic. He was an oba through his maternal lineage. He was married to Kehinde Hamzat.[4] His son Femi Hamzat is the current deputy governor of Lagos state.[5]
He died on 12 May 2019.[5]