ODUTOLA, Timothy Chief(Late)

Born June 16,1902
in

Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State

Chief

ODUTOLA

Timothy

Adeola
industrialist, educationist. Managing proprietor of Odutola Industries Ltd. Career history clerk in Government Treasury, 1921, worked for Ijebu Native Administration, 1921-32, established as exporter and importer, tyre retreading industry, rubber com pounding and allied rubber industries, founded the Adeola Odutola College, Ijebu-Ode, awarded honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, University of Ibadan, 1965; holds chieftaincy title of Ogbeni Oja of Ijebu- Ode; Married and has many children; Address; Onibudo House, Odutola Street, Ijebu-Ode.
Gender: Male
Marital Status
  • Married
Name of Spouse
State of Origin: Ogun State
Father's Name Sanni Odutola Seyindemi
Father's Status Deceased
Mother's Name Sabina Otubajo Odutola Seyindemi.
Mother's Status Deceased
Profession Industrialist ,politician,Businessman
Working Experience History Clerk in government Treasury, 1921; Native Authority, Ijebu-Ode, 1921; member, Legislative Council, 1945-59; member, defunct Western House of Assembly, 1945-59; member. Federal House of Representatives, 1952-54; Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1960-64; director of the Central Bank and the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank. president of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, chairman of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
Previous Appointments:

History Clerk in government Treasury, 1921; Native Authority, Ijebu-Ode, 1921; member, Legislative Council, 1945-59; member, defunct Western House of Assembly, 1945-59; member. Federal House of Representatives, 1952-54; Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1960-64; founder, Adeola Odutola College, Ijebu-Ode, 1948; Chairman, Odutola Industries Limited, Ijebu Ode; Chairman. Adeola Farm Estate (Rubber), Kuyagba Estates (Real Estate), Omo Sawmill. 1950, Tyre soles Company, 1950; first president of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria , past chairman of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. director of the Central Bank and the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank.

1. St. Saviour's Primary School, then at Italupe.... 2.Ijebu-Ode Grammar School in 1919.
Others
Yes

The Ogbeni-Oja of IjebuOde (1954);

1. Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) in 1966.
2. Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) in 1982

Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1948

1. Awarded Honorary Doctor of Law (Hon. LL.D), University of Ibadan, 1965;
2. Awarded Honorary Doctor of Law (Hon. LL.D), University of lagos

Address: Onibudo House, Odutola Street, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.

Died
April 13, 1995
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