Prior to his appointment, Onafeko was the  Head of Administration/Human Resources Directorate of Lagos House of Assembly.

His appointment was announced on Monday,  September 28, 2020, by  the Deputy Speaker of the House, Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni.

According to the Deputy Speaker, “It is the responsibility of the Selection Committee of the House to appoint a new Clerk.

“We have met many qualified staff and we considered so many qualities such as competence, desirability and others and so we appointed Mr. Olalekan Onafeko,” he said.

The immediate past Clerk of the House, Mr. Azeez Sanni retired from the Service on September 10, 2020, after serving meritoriously for 35 years.

Since then, the Deputy Clerk, Mr. Taiwo Otun, had been acting as the Clerk during plenary.

Onafeko has a degree in Business Administration from Ogun State University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, and LL. B Laws from Lagos State University, Ojo, and Nigerian Law School.

He joined Lagos State Civil Service in 2000 as Administrative/ Human Resources Officer 2, on Grade level 08, and was posted to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

He was deployed to the Lagos House of Assembly in 2005 as Administrative Officer/ Human Resources Officer 1, on Grade level 9.

He has won several awards such as Annual Best Officer Award, Best Officer Award, Senior Category at the Year 2014 Public Service Week.

He had been nominated twice for National Merit Award.

Onafeko is the third Head of Administrative / Human Resources Directorate that will be appointed Acting Clerk and later substantive Clerk in the history of Lagos House of Assembly.

The first was Mr. Ganiyu Olusegun Abiru in August 2011 when the then Clerk, Mr. Taiwo Olatunji retired.

The immediate past Clerk, Mr. Azeez Sanni was the Director of Finance and Administration in 2016 when he was appointed Acting Clerk after the retirement of Mr Ganiyu Olusegun Abiru.

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He replaces Mohammed Omolori, who was retired on Wednesday by the commission.

The appointment of Olatunde was announced in a statement on Friday signed by the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Engr. Ahmed Amshi.

The appointment took immediate effect.

Other officers were also appointed.

The statement reads in part: “The National Assembly Service Commission at an emergency meeting held today, Friday, 17^th July 2020 has approved the appointment of some senior management staff for the service.

“Those appointed are:

i. Ojo Amos Olatunde – Acting Clerk to the National Assembly.

ii. Bala Yabani Mohammed – Acting Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly.

iii.Dauda Ibrahim El-Ladan – Acting Clerk, Senate.

iv. Patrick A. Giwa – to remain Clerk, House of Representatives pending his retirement in November 2020

v. Yusuf Asir Danbatta – Acting Secretary to the National Assembly Commission.”

It would be recalled that the retirement of Omolori stirred controversy as he complained that he still had more years to spend before retirement.

The controversy stemmed from the resolution of both chambers of the 8th Assembly, which approved a new Conditions of Service for management and staff of the assembly.

The Conditions of Service had extended the retirement age to 65 years or 40 years of service among others.

However, the National Assembly Service Commission rose from its 497th meeting insisting that the civil service rule should be followed.

The rule, the commission said, puts the retirement age at 60 years and 35 years of service (depending on which comes first) for staff of the National Assembly.

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