COUNT DOWN TO LAGOS ARCHITECTS FORUM 2024 LAF 15.0
Lagos Architects Forum
Wednesday, 8th to Saturday, 11th May 2024 | Balmoral Convention Centre
LAF 15.0 Conference Speakers
Muyiwa Oki
President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
Desmond Majekodunmi
Environment activist
Founder: LUFASI Nature Park / Creation Carer
Danjuma Waniko
Chartered Surveyor, Chartered Environmentalist & Green Star SA Accredited Professional
Olasupo Shasore
SAN and Former Lagos State Attorney General
Dr. Folayinka Dania
Lagos State Chief Resilience Officer
Hon. Tokunbo Wahab
Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Keynote Speaker:
Muyiwa Oki
President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
Muyiwa Oki is a Nigeria-born British architect who, in September 2023, took office as the President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), becoming the first black president and, at 32, its youngest.
Other Speakers
Desmond Majekodunmi
Founder: LUFASI Nature Park / Creation Carer
DESMOND MAJEKODUNMI, is an electroacoustic engineer \ producer, on air personality and an avowed Creation Carer who established an agro forestry farm in Lekki Lagos Nigeria 35 years ago with guidance from the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan. The farm has now been converted with the collaboration of LASG to LUFASI Nature Park which has a motto “Loving Nature”. LUFASI regularly hosts schools, university students and numerous visitors who are introduced to the need for developing a far more harmonious relationship with nature.
He is currently involved in several NGO’s including: The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) where he serves on the governing council. They introduced ecology to the national school’s curriculum and spearheaded the establishment of a national environment protection agency, which later transformed into the Federal Ministry of Environment and National Parks Authority. He lectures frequently on ecological management and climate change.
As an environmental activist he has led several environment protection rallies in the UK and Nigeria including “save the Lekki Coast” shoreline protection and more recently the Lagos version of the global climate strike to Alhausa. He has received numerous awards, including Silverbird Man of the Year and German Government Eco hero award. He is currently involved in persuading faith leaders to preach Creation Care from their pulpits, in obedience to scriptural injunctions to replenish the earth and as an expression of genuine love for Almighty God the Creator.
Danjuma Waniko
Chartered Surveyor, Chartered Environmentalist & Green Star SA Accredited Professional
Danjuma Waniko is a Chartered Surveyor, Chartered Environmentalist & Green Star SA Accredited Professional. He has over three decades experience working as a project manager, cost consultant and sustainability consultant in the Nigerian construction industry.
Olasupo Shasore
SAN and Former Lagos State Attorney General
Olasupo Shasore SAN is a Nigerian lawyer and a founding partner in the law firm of Africa Law Practice NG & Co, a commercial law firm in Nigeria. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He was Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice of Lagos State from 2007 to 2011.
Olasupo Shasore SAN (born 22 January 1964) is a Nigerian lawyer. He was Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice of Lagos State from 2007 to 2011.
Dr. Folayinka Dania
Lagos State Chief Resilience Officer
Dr. Folayinka Dania is the Chief Resilience Officer for Lagos State and the Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State Resilience Office (LASRO). She coordinates the implementation of the Lagos Resilience Strategy in collaboration with other State Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies with the goal of ensuring that the State continues to thrive, adapt and grow sustainably.
Hon. Tokunbo Wahab
Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources
Mr. Tokunbo Philip Wahab, a lawyer with no less than 15years experience, was born on 17th May, 1972 and is an alumnus of the prestigious Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the Wharton University of Pennsylvania.
He is a member of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and the International Bar Association (IBA). Tokunbo is a partner at Wali and Ace from where he anchors his vision after cutting his legal teeth at Paul Usoro& Co; Aluko & Oyebode and Jiti Ogunye Chambers.
Tokunbo Wahab popularly called TKW is happily married with children.