Professor Oladapo Afolabi CFR, (born 3 October 1953) is a former academic who was sworn in as Head of Service of the Federation of Nigeria by President Goodluck Jonathan on 18 November 2010.
[2] After receiving his degree, he worked as a graduate assistant while studying for his MSc in biochemistry, which he gained in 1978, followed by a PhD in applied chemistry in 1981.
[4] Afolabi chaired the committee that defined the initial structure of the ministry, and then was appointed coordinator and then director of the Department of Pollution Control and Environmental Health.
[3] In October 2006, Afolabi was appointed a permanent secretary of the Federal Civil Service by President Olusegun Obasanjo.
In February 2009, Afolabi was assigned to the Cabinet Secretariat, in which role he introduced storage of documents in electronic form.