Bola Afonja

{{Short description|Nigerian politician (1943–2024)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Bola Afonja

| image = Bola Afonja.png

| caption =

| office = Minister of Labour and Productivity

| term_start = August 1993

| term_end = 17 November 1993

| 1blankname = {{nowrap|Head of State}}

| 1namedata = Ernest Shonekan

| predecessor =

| successor =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|2|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Oyo, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|5|19|1943|2|21|df=y}}

| death_place = Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

| occupation = Politician

}}

Prince Ajibola Afonja (21 February 1943 – 19 May 2024), known as Bola Afonja, was a Nigerian politician and philanthropist. He was Minister of Labour under Ernest Shonekan,{{cite web |url= http://www.dawodu.com/ing1.htm|title=Politics of dissonance and duplicity|last=Oditta|first=Maxwell |accessdate=2007-04-13 |work= Dawodu.com|publisher=Segun Toyin Dawodu}} and was once a member of the board of trustees of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP).{{cite news |first=Olusegun |last=Adeniyi |title=ANPP: The Fraud at Eagles Square |url=http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2003/01/08/20030108ext01.html |work=Thisday |publisher=Leaders & Company |date=2004-11-16 |accessdate=2007-10-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930154551/http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2003/01/08/20030108ext01.html |archivedate=2007-09-30 }}

Afonja was Chairman of the Board of Directors of First Bank plc, Nigeria's biggest commercial bank. He retired from the Board following his 70th birthday on 21 February 2013.

Afonja died, apparently of accidental injuries, at University College Hospital in Ibadan, on 19 May 2024, at the age of 81.{{cite web| url = https://dailypost.ng/2024/05/20/ex-minister-ajibola-afonja-dies-at-82/| title = Ex- Minister, Ajibola Afonja dies at 82| last = Adebayo| first = Musliudeen| date = 20 May 2024| website = dailypost.ng| publisher = Daily Post (Nigeria)| access-date = 20 May 2024| quote =}}