Adebayo ADEDEJI

Biographical record

Title

Prof.

Surname

ADEDEJI

First Name

Adebayo

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

December 21,1930

Status

Died

Date of Death

25 April, 2018

Place of Birth

Ijebu-Ode, Ogun

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Susan Aderinola Ogun, 1957

Number of Children (Male)

4

Number of Children ( Female)

2

Profession

Economist, administrator

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

St Saviour's School, Ijebu- Ode, 1940-43; Ijebu-Ode Grammar School, 1944-49; University College, Ibadan (now University of Ibadan), 1953-54; University College, London University, Leicester, 1955-54; Harvard University, USA, 1960-61;

Educational Qualification

CFR, B.Sc, MPA, Ph.D

Previous Appointments

Research Assistant West African (now Nigerian)Institute for Social and Economic Research, 1950;Sub-InspectorofLands, Department of Lands, 1950-53; Local Government Officer, Ministry of Local Government, 1954-55; asst Secretary, Ministry of Economic Planning, Western Nigeria, 1958-60; snr. asst sec (Revenue), Ministry of Finance, 1961 -63;Visiting Lecturer, - Economics, University of Ibadan(UI), 1958-70; assoc. dep. dir. Institute of ' Administration, University of Ife(now Obafemi Awolowo University), 1963- 66;dep. din/assoc prof. 1966-67; dir. 1967-75; prof. Public Administration, 1967; National Manpower Board 1967-71; Federal Commissioner for Economic Development and Reconstruction, 1971-75; ch. Directorate, National ' Youth Service Corps, 1973-75; United Nations Under Secretary General/ • Executive Secretary, UnitedNationsEconomicCommissionforAfrica,1575; ch. SenateofUnitedNationsInstituteforNamibia,1975& 1991;Nigeria's Special Envoy to Zimbabwe,2002;SpecialAdviserto the OAU Secretary- General, 2002;ch.Commonwealth Observer and Monitoring Group on Kenya Presidential and Parliamentary Elections,2002; Founder/Editor, Quarterly Journal of Administration, 1967-75; Founder, African Centre for Development &Strategic Studies (ACDESS); f:Nigerian Institute of Management mm: African Peer Review Mechanism Panel of Seven Eminent Persons, by AU HeadsofState,2003; Nigerian Economic Society, African Academy of Sciences, African Association for Public Administration and Management prcsd: Nigeria Economic Society, 1971-72; presd: African Association for Public Administration and Management 1974-83; v-ch. Association of Schools and Institute of Administration;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Traditional Titles

Asiwaju of Ijebu; Olote- Olowa of Ijebu-Ode

Awards and Honours

Honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1976;HonoraryDoctorof Laws (LL.D), University of Zambia, 1984; Honorary Doctor of Laws(LLD), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, 1984; Honorary Doctor of Laws(LL.D),UniversityofCalabar,1987; Honorary Doctor of Science(D.Sc), Obafemi Awolowo University, He-Ife, 1989; Honorary Doctor of Science(D.Sc.X University of lbadan, 1997; Honorary Doctor of Science(D.Sc), Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University), Ago-Iwoye, 1998; fh:Grand Officer of the Order of Mono(GOOM), Togo, 1972; Commander of the Order of Merit(COM), Mauritania, 1977; Grand Commander of the Order of Distinguished Service(GCDS),Zambia, 1982;GrandCommanderofthe Order of the Lion (GCOL), Senegal, 1987; Commander of the Republic of the Gambia(CRG), The Gambia, 1988; Grand Officer of the Order of the Niger (GOON), Niger Republic, 1988;Grand Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the Eagle(GCOE), Namibia, 1995;Honorary Citizen of the Republic of Namibia, 1997;nh: Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR), 2001

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

A Survey of Highway Development in Western Nigeria 1960;Editor, Nigerian Administration and its Political Setting, 1969;Nigerian Federal Finance: Its Development, Problems and Prospects. 1969, co-editor, Local Government Finance in Nigeria: Problems and Prospects. 1972;Management Problems and Rapid Urbanisation inNigeria, 1973; The Tanzania Civil Service, a Decade After Independence, 1974; Developing Research on African Administration: Some Methodological Issues, 1974;Africa, The Third World and the Search fora NewEconomic Order: AReassessment, 1979; The Indigenisation of the African Economy, 1981; Economic Crisis in Africa: African Perspectives on Development Problems end Potentials, 1985,Towards the Dawn of the Millenium and the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century, 1986; Towards a DynamicAfrican Economy: Selected Speeches and Lectures, 1975-1986,1989;

Outstanding Achievements

International Gold Mercury Award(ad personam), 1982;TheArthur Houghton Star Crystal Award, African-American Institute, 1991; ah: Faculty Prize in Economics, University College, Leicester, 1956, 1957;

Hobbies

photography, lawn tennis, golf, walking

Residential Address

Adeola Lodge, 122Apeti Street, Ijebu-Ode,Ogun State.