Adeniran OGUNSANYA

Lawyer, Politician

LLB, lawyer, politician, born January 31, 1918, Ikorodu, Lagos State; married Christiana Taiwo, 1955, two sons, two daughters; Education: Madariola Private School, Ikorodu, St Andrew's School, Okepopo, Lagos, Hope Waddell Training Institution, Calabar, Duke Town School, Calabar, Government School, Lagos, King's College, Lagos, 1937-40, University of Manchester, England, 1945-51, Gray's Inn School of Law, London, 1947-52, called to the English Bar, Gray's Inn; Chair man, Federal Government Industrial Loans Board, 1956-59; member of Parliament, 1959-66; Federal Minister of Housing and Surveys, 1965-66; appointed Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, 1968-70; Political Parties: member, defunct National Council of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC), 1944-66; member, Nigerian People's Party, 1978-83; NPP Governorship Candidate, Lagos State, 1979; Chairman, NPP, 1979-83: Hobbies: football, athletics, tennis; Address: 5, Godwin Okigbo Street, Surulere, Lagos; Telephone: (01) 843212.