Engineer
A systems thinker trained to solve hard civic and infrastructure problems.
Service. Innovation. Results.
Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat has built a career around solving problems, improving systems, and creating opportunities for Lagosians.
The biography
A modern statesman shaped by engineering, reform, and Lagos service.
Born into a family rooted in public service, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat has dedicated his life to improving systems and building opportunity. His professional journey spans technology, finance, public administration, and executive governance.
He earned degrees from the University of Ibadan and Cranfield University in the United Kingdom before building a respected career across global institutions and Nigerian enterprise.
His transition into public service marked the beginning of one of Lagos State's most consequential governance journeys: technology reform, public works, transport modernization, and steady executive leadership.
A bridge between experience and innovation.
Competence that has been tested.
Leadership rooted in delivery, not spectacle.
Leadership DNA
The profile Lagos needs for the next decade.
The campaign positioning is competence plus stability plus innovation plus inclusiveness.
Technocrat
Experience across technology, finance, public administration, and governance.
Public Servant
More than two decades helping build Lagos through reform, works, and innovation.
Education Advocate
Focused on prepared minds, digital literacy, STEM, and opportunity pathways.
Public service timeline
A record built over time.
Not an overnight campaign. A long arc of responsibility, reform, and Lagos-focused delivery.
Early Career
Engineer and Global Technocrat
Built experience across technology, finance, and public administration before entering public service.
Science & Tech
Commissioner for Science and Technology
Led technology-driven public sector modernization and helped advance Lagos' digital foundations.
Works
Special Adviser on Works
Contributed to infrastructure planning, delivery discipline, and transportation-focused public works.
2019 - Present
Deputy Governor of Lagos State
Serving alongside Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in one of Africa's largest city economies.
2027
APC Consensus Choice
Reported by major Nigerian media as the APC/GAC consensus choice for the Lagos 2027 governorship race.
Rooted in community.
A campaign that listens before it speaks.
Leadership character
Accessible, steady, and deeply Lagos-focused.
Obafemi Hamzat's strongest campaign asset is not noise. It is a record of showing up, understanding systems, respecting communities, and keeping Lagos moving.
Experience is not nostalgia. It is preparation for what Lagos must become next.
Join the movement
Lagos is rising. Be part of it.
This campaign is about safer communities, stronger businesses, empowered youth, better education, modern infrastructure, and a Lagos where every citizen has room to thrive.