Tejumade Alakija

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

Oyo’s First Female Head of Service, Princess Tejumade Alakija Dies at 88!, 23 August 2013, TheStreetJournal.org, Retrieved 15 February 2016
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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[street-1] Oyo’s First Female Head of Service, Princess Tejumade Alakija Dies at 88!, 23 August 2013, TheStreetJournal.org, Retrieved 15 February 2016

[Jr.Akyeampong2012-2] 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.