Funke Femi Adepoju

Funke Femi Adepoju (25 September 1969) is a Nigerian public administrator and technocrat. She is the Director-General of the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON) and previously served as the General Manager of the Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission (LASWARCO).

Career

Lagos State Public Service In 1991, Adepoju started her career as an Assistant Project Officer (Education) under the Federal Government of Nigeria/European Economic Community Middle Belt Programme. She later joined the Lagos State Public Service, where she rose to the position of Director. In 2019, Adepoju was appointed by the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu as General Manager of the Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission (LASWARCO).

Director-General of ASCON In May 2025, Adepoju was appointed Director-General of ASCON by President Bola Tinubu. Her agency is responsible for the training of senior public and private sector officials in the areas of administration, leadership, and management to enhance innovation and accountability in governance.

Awards and recognition Adepoju is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Water Engineers, the Institute of Corporate Administration, the Association of Human Resource Practitioners, and the Chartered Institute of Local Government and Public Administration. On 7 November 2025, ASCON, under her leadership, won the Most Creative Trainer of the Year (Corporate Category – Public Sector) award by the National Institute of Training and Development (NITAD). In September 2025, she was awarded the 2025/2026 AIG Visiting Fellowship at the AIG-Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.