Gbenga Ashafa

Gbenga Ashafa
Senator for Lagos East
In office
6 June 2011 – 9 June 2019
Preceded byAdeleke Mamora
Succeeded byAdebayo Osinowo
Chairman of the
Senate Committee on Land Transport
In office
4 November 2015 – April 2019
Preceded bySahabi Ya'u
Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Lands Bureau
In office
February 2005 – December 2010
Preceded byShamsideen Balogun
Succeeded byHakeem Muri-Okunola
Executive Secretary, Lagos State Land Use & Allocation Committee
In office
January 2001 – January 2005
Preceded bySegun Ogunlewe
Succeeded byHakeem Muri-Okunola
Director of Planning, Governor's Office
In office
September 1999 – December 2000
Personal details
Born
Bareehu Olugbenga Ashafa

(1955-07-22) 22 July 1955 (age 69)
Lagos Island, Lagos, British Nigeria (now Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria)
Political partyAll Progressives Congress
Spouse
Folashade Omobola Ashafa
(m. 1979)
Residences
  • Apo Village, Abuja (official)
  • Magodo, Lagos (private)
Education
Profession
Websitegbengaashafa.com

Gbenga Bareehu Ashafa (Listen) (born 22 July 1955) is a Nigerian politician who is the current Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Housing Authority of Nigeria, appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in August 2020. He was previously a senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District.

Ashafa is a member of the All Progressives Congress and serves as a member of the National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress as well as the Vice Chairman (South West) of the Southern Senators Forum.