Owo
AJASIN
Michael
BA,
- Married
Assistant Teacher, St Andrew’s CMS School, Warri, 1928-30; Head master, St Luke’s CMS School, Sapele, 1930-43; Principal, Imade College, Owo, 1947-62; Founder and 1st Principal, Owo High School, 1963-75; Chairman, Owo District Council, 1954-56; member of the House of Representatives, 1954-66; Chairman, Owo Local Government, 1976-78; 1st Elected Executive Governor of Ondo State, 1979-83;
Political Parties: member, defunct Action Group, 1st Vice-President of Action Group 1951-66; member, banned Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), Ondo State Chairman, 1978-83; member, National Executive Committee of UPN, 1978-83; member and President, Egbe Omo Oduduwa; Initiator and co-founder, Nigerian Union of Students of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1947;
The Asiwaju of Owo, The Adingbuwa of On do, The Owosoyin of Ijero, The Obarimiyo of Akure;
Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFR), 1982; Justice of the Peace, JP, 1976;
Honorary Doctor of Civil Law Degree (Hon. D. CL), University of Sierra Leone, 1982;
reading, gardening
66, Oke-Ogun Street, PO Box 43, Owo, Ondo State
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