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Abimbola Emmanuela Fashola is an Administrator, Journalist, former First Lady of Lagos State and spouse of Babatunde Fashola, former governor of Lagos State and a federal minister in Nigeria.
As the First Lady of Lagos State, Mrs Fashola was the Chairman of COWLSO, a community based organization that was established by the wife of the first military governor of Lagos State, Mrs Obafunmilayo Johnson, and resuscitated in 2000. COWLSO is committed to complementing the efforts of the state government in improving the socio-economic conditions of the people of Lagos State.
Her initiative, LEARN (Lagos Empowerment and Resource Network), a non-governmental organization created to foster young people's development as self-assured and socially responsible adults, was born out of her commitment to improving people's lives, especially those of youth.
She received a papal medal honor from His Holiness, Pope Benedict the XVI, in appreciation of her modest service to humanity. She has also received numerous more national and international honors. The former First Lady believes that being a loving wife and mother is her greatest accomplishment.