Folashade Sherifat Jaji (born 10 March 1957) is a Nigerian chemist, civil servant and the Secretary to Lagos State Government.
Sherifat was born on March 3, 1957, in Surulere, a metropolitan city of Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria.
[5] She received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Ibadan, where she was trained as a chemist before she enrolled for a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration at Administrative Staff College of Nigeria after she completed the compulsory one year Youth Service at the Nigerian Breweries.
[6] Having completed the diploma program in 1985, she proceeded to the University of Lagos where she received a Master of Business Administration's degree in 1989.
[8][9] In November 2008, she was appointed Permanent Secretary, Teachers’ Establishment and Pensions Office, a position she held for four years.