was bom \e!r> lk'Ue and the University of inl925atOtun-EkitiinEroLocalGo- e Senate in 1979- Dr- Aina is the vemment area, to Chief Aina (the cunent Chairman of the Board ofGo- Obasaba of Otun) and Madam Fapon- t?m0rS' S'D-A- Grammar School, Ilemile Aina (both deceased). "e and me B°ard ofGovernors, Moba He received his primary education Grammar School, Otun-Ekiti. He was a at the Seventh Day Adventist School cus'omaiy court President in 1959 Otun-Ekiti (1935-1939) and Oke-Bola' . Jf; Aina visited anumber of States Ibadan (1940-1941). m U-S-A. between 1971 and 1975 to He had his teachers' education at d!Iiver Iectures and promote Nigeria's the S.D.A. Teachers' College, Oke-Bola eAducatlonal interest. He also visited Ibadan (1944-1945). He obtained the ,' Ghana' in December 1950 and Teachers' Higher Elementary Certifi- S.nu.aiy I971 to present the S.D.A cate in 1950, the Grade 1Teachers' M,?on- Certificate in January 1959 and the f U1S married **& five children Associateship Certificate in Education ?0U1rJb°y* and one girl. His hobbies in June 1964. mclude table tennis, walking and read- Dr. Aina later obtained the Bache- mg' or of Arts Degree in Education at the rnMMicc,™™ University of Ife (1970), proceeding °^S?R F0R ECONOMIC later to the United States of America £U£*NING AND STATISTICS where, by 1975, he had obtained the . °de 01owoPoroku, the youn- Master's and Doctorate Degrees at the 8 member of the Ondo State Cabi- Wisconsin University, Madison campus Tu*i, at "awe-Ekiti on Sep- He won the Fafunwa Prize for the ,er 21« 1945 to Mr- Josiah Olowobest student in Education at the Uni- P U Mrs Jolade 01owoporoku. versity of Ife in (1970). He was one of the earliest beneficimme,? dI"s;cthilo!alairSaainldintaemmeamti0bneraIolyf avcacriIoauis- SarciehSemoef o±fQtheFrfeoermWernWuerysterEndRuceagtiioonn national and international organisa- having attended St. John's Primary tions. He is a member of the Social School, fiawe-Ekiti from 1950 to Studies Association of Nigeria (SO- 1955. He later attended St Angus tine's Teacher Training College, Oye- Ekiti, the University of Ife, Ile-Ife and the University of Manchester. He holds the Teachers' Grade 111 Certificate, B.Sc (Econ) Ife, M.A. (Econ) Manchester and PhD (Econ) Manchester. Dr. Olowoporoku taught in many primary and post primary schools in the former Ondo Province before he became a Junior Research Fellow in the Institute of Administration, Uni versity of Ife, Ile-Ife. He later became a lecturer in Economic Development and Planning in the same University. He was, until his appointment, a member of the Board of Directors of the Ondo State Agricultural Credit Corporation. Dr. Olowoporoku has made sub stantial contributions to the academic world. Some of his pubUcations are: "A Critique of African Development Strategy with reference to External Economic Relationships" in the Jour nal of African Studies in 1977; "The Significance of the Controversies in the Theory ofWage Determination for Nigerian Situation", and the "Regional Problems and Policy Strategy for Indu strialisation in ECOWAS", (the Econo mic Community of West African States). Among the others are, "Natio nal Development Approach to Urban System in Nigeria" and 'The Teaching of Economics in Nigeria Revisited." Dr. Olowoporoku has served as the Secretary of the All-African Students Movement, University of Manchester; Secretary of the Association of Ife University Teachers; Treasurer of the Association ofUniversity Teachers, Ife Branch and Chairman of the Seminar Committee of the Department of Eco nomics. He is married with four children. His hobbies are reading and table ten nis playing; He was removed from office by the State Governor.
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