HAKEEM ADENIYI OGUNBAMBI, is a Fellow, Nigeria Society of Engineers [FNSE]; Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Civil Engineers [FNICE]; Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Environmental Engineers [FNIEE] and Registered Member, Council of Regulation of Engineers [COREN]. Engr. Hakeem Adeniyi Ogunbambi is presently a Principal Partner with Alluvial Comprehensive Services Ltd.
Born on May 22, 1959 in Surulere, Lagos State. Engr. Hakeem Ogunbambi had his early education in Lagos. He attended Yaba Methodist Primary School, Yaba for his Primary School. He later attended Ansar-Ud-Deen Grammar School, Surulere for his Secondary School and ended up in University of Lagos where he bagged B.5c Civil Engineering in 1983. After graduation, Engr Ogunbambi did his National Youth Services at African Petroleum, Kano (1983-1984) and acted as Divisional Field Engineer. He had a brief employment with Nigerian Port Authority, Lagos before joining the Lagos State Ministry of Works and Transport in March 1985 as Pupil Engineer. He later proceeded to the Netherlands in 1989 and was awarded M.5c (Hydraulic Engineering in Low-lying areas) in 1991 from the International Institute of Hydraulic Engineering (IHE), Delft, the Netherlands. He was also awarded MBA (Finance) from University of Lagos in 1998. Engr. Ogunbambi was a foundation member of NSE Ikeja Branch at its creation in 1993 and held the post of Ikeja Environment Division Branch Chairman in 2003.
A very successful Civil/Hydraulic/Environmental Engineer, Engr. Ogunbambi, has held various positions in the Lagos State Civil Service with his career commencing on March 26, 1985 as Executive Engineer II. He had since worked and risen throughthe ranks to become the Director, Drainage Department, Office of Drainage Services, Lagos State Ministry of the Environmentin 2008.He had a brief stay at Lagos State Water Front and Tourism Development Corporation as Head, Engineering & Physical Planning in 2000. He was Project Manager on the Feasibility and Engineering Study for the Lagos Bar Beach Development. Also, in 2005, he was appointed Assistant Director / Head of Engineering, Lagos State Urban Renewal Authority (LASURA) before he was moved to Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development as Project Manager, Relocation of Oko Baba Sawmill to Ejirin / Agbowa.
In 2008, he was appointed the Director, Drainage Department, Office of Drainage Services, Lagos State Ministry of the Environment.Ever since his appointment as Director in charge of Drainage and Flood Control, Lagos State in general and particularly Lagos Metropolis have witnessed a significant change in number of flooding events normally recorded in the city. In the course of his career, he recorded some landmark achievements which include among others: he initiated the creation of sundry zonal/resident engineers’ offices in all the 20 LGAs and 37 LCDAs and pioneered the coordination of systematic resolution of urban flooding in the whole of Lagos State. Engr. Ogunbambi was part of Gov. Raji Fashola’s team (2007 -2015) that changed the face of Lagos with the Green Infrastructure revolution.
Engr. Ogunbambi has formulated, designed and supervised many urban stormwater drainage programmes and infrastructures in Lagos amongst which are but not limited to the following achievements:
SPECIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO FLOOD CONTROL IN LAGOS STATE
– In-house Lagos State Consultant on Stormwater drainage,Flood Control and Reclamation on the Lekki Free Trade Zone, Akodo
– In-house Lagos State Consultant on the negative impact, problems and provision of solution to the flooding problems of River Ogun.
– In-house Lagos State Consultant / Project Director on drainage works for Lekki Infrastructure Project by LCC
– In-house Lagos State Consultant / Project Director on drainage works on 10-lane Lagos-Badagry Expressway by Julius Berger
– In-house Lagos State Consultant on drainage works on LASU/IBA road Project by CECC
– In-house Lagos State Consultant on drainage works on Direct Labour works on Turnbull road, Ikoyi by Ministry of Works and Infrastructures.
– In-house Lagos State Consultant / Project Director on Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Mac Gregor Canal to deflood Dolphin Estate
– In-house Lagos State Consultant / Project Director on Upgrading of Odo-Ashimowu channel to resolve the notorious flooding of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH)
– In-house Lagos State Consultant / Project Director on Upgrading of Shomolu Canal to deflood University of Lagos, Akoka, Shomolu and its environs
– In-house Lagos State Consultant / Project Director on all dredging works in Lagos State
Mr. Ogunbambi reached the zenith of his career when he was appointed Permanent Secretary, Office of Environmental Services, Lagos State Ministry of the Environment on March 12, 2013. As a Permanent Secretary, Office of Environmental Services, Lagos State Ministry of the Environment, his contribution to the Lagos State which is not limited to the following include:
SPECIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN LAGOS STATE
– Initiated action towards the Completion and Adoption of a Climate Change Policy for Lagos State.
– Reformed, re-organised, re-structured and re-positioned the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps for Environmental Enforcement (LAGESC).
– Team leader towards the completion and commissioning of 1st Waste Material Recovery Facility in Lagos State built by West Africa Energy(atSolous 1 Closed Dumpsite, Igando)
– Initiated the creation of Renewable Energy Department in Lagos State Ministry of the Environment.
– Supervision of the final Draft of the Lagos State Environmental Management and Pollution Law which was later modified, adopted and passed into Law in 2017.
In furtherance of professional development for self and others, Engr. Ogunbambi has attended courses, workshops and seminars locally and internationally in France, Germany, Tanzania, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Peru, Poland, Mexico, USA, Singapore, UK and the Netherlands. He has also been opportuned to present technical papers at both local and international, amongst which are:
September 2003: – Towards a Sustainable Integrated Environmental Management in Lagos: The Challenges before Regulating and Monitoring Agencies.
Paper presented at Annual Conference and General Meeting of the Environment Division of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Lagos
September 2005: – Technical Issues on Flood Control and Stormwater Drainage Projects.
Paper presented at Annual Conference and General Meeting of the Environment Division of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Benin.
April 2009: – Managing Flooding and Stormwater Drainage Infrastructures in Urban Areas.
Paper presented at the International Workshop on Infrastructure by Association of Consulting Engineers Nigeria ACEN, Abuja
June 2011: – Adaptation Strategies on Stormwater Drainage Management and Flood Control in Lagos.
Paper presented at 2nd World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change by ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability Resilient Cities 2011, Bonn, Germany.
September 2017: – Challenges of Managing Flood in Lagos Megacity
A Keynote paper presented at 2017 Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (Lagos State), Lagos
Engr. Ogunbambi has been in private practice since he retired from the service of Lagos State Government in 2015. Engr. Ogunbambi is married and the union is blessed with children.