Tejumade Alakija

Tejumade Alakija
Born 17 May 1925
Nigeria
Died August, 2013
University College Hospital, Ibadan
Nationality Nigeria
Title Omoba

Omoba Tejumade Alakija (17 May 1925 – August, 2013) was a Nigerian civil servant who rose to be the first female head of Oyo State's civil service.[1]

Life

Princess Alakija was born in Nigeria in 1925. Her father was Sir Adesoji Aderemi, who was the Ooni of Ife. She trained to be a teacher and passed her PGCE at Oxford University. She joined the Nigerian civil service where she was directed to teach.[2]

She rose to be the first female head of Oyo State's civil service.[1] From 1993 to 1997, she was Pro-Chancellor of the University of Abuja.[2]

Princess Alakija died in University College Hospital, Ibadan in 2013.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Oyo’s First Female Head of Service, Princess Tejumade Alakija Dies at 88!, 23 August 2013, TheStreetJournal.org, Retrieved 15 February 2016
  2. 1 2 Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.; Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong; Mr. Steven J. Niven (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.


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