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Alakija, first female Head of Service in Oyo, dies at 88

Tejumade Alakija Photo: BNW Magazine

Alakija, first female Head of Service in Oyo, dies at 88

byPremium Times
August 23, 2013
1 min read

The deceased was the daughter of a former Ooni of Ife.

Tejumade Alakija, the first female Head of Service in the Old Oyo State and daughter of the late Ooni of Ife, Adesoji Aderemi, is dead.

The death of Mrs. Alakija was confirmed by her younger brother, Adelowo Aderemi, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan on Friday.

The 88-year-old Mrs. Alakija died on Friday morning at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, after a brief illness.

Mrs. Alakija, born on May 17, 1925, in Ile-Ife, attended Aiyetoro Primary and Central Schools, Ile-Ife, between 1933 and 1937 as well as Kudeti Girls’ School, Molete, Ibadan.

She obtained a B.A Honours (History) at Westfield College, University of London, England, between 1946 and 1950.

Mrs. Alakija then proceeded to Oxford University where she bagged a post-graduate diploma in Education between 1950 and 1951.

As a graduate teacher, she joined the Nigerian civil service and was posted to Queen’s School, Ede, and later to the new Government Girls’ Secondary Grammar School between 1951 and 1953.

In 1953, Alakija founded a Girls’ Secondary Grammar School at the invitation of the Anglican Mission in Ijebu-Ode Diocese.

She later became an Assistant Secretary (Finance) at the Ministry of Works and then Training Officer-in Charge of the region’s Public Service Training Programme between 1960 and 1962.

The deceased was the Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industries in the region between 1962 and 1964 and was later appointed secretary of some important commissions.

She served in the Committee on Development of Training in the Western Region Civil Service and the Committee on Technical Education in Western Nigeria.

Mrs. Alakija became the Chief Investment Officer in the Ministry of Trade and Industries in charge of Industrial Promotions between 1969 and 1972.

She served the nation as Deputy Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Health between 1976 and 1978 and as Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, between 1978 and 1979.

Mrs. Alakija also served as Head of Service in the old Oyo State and voluntarily retired on September 30, 1983.


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