AJAYI, Chief Benjamin Afolabi

Born April 21, 1914,
in

Igbara-Odo Ekiti

Chief

AJAYI

Benjamin

Afolabi

BA,

Gender: Male
Marital Status
  • Married
Name of Spouse Rachel Olayemi Ajayi Olofindare 1940
State of Origin: Ekiti
Father's Name
Father's Status N/A
Mother's Name
Mother's Status N/A
Number of Male Children 4
Number of Female Children 5
Profession educationist, publisher
Working Experience
Previous Appointments:

Pupil Teacher, Iro-Iyin Primary School and Emmanuel Cen tral School, Ado-Ekiti, 1931-32; Student Teacher, Omofe-Ilesha and Ipetu Ijesa, 1935; First Master, acting and First Vice-Principal, Christ School, Ado-Ekiti, 1938-57; Principal, Ekiti Divisional Teachers Training College, 1957-67; Local Government Councillor, Ekiti South Local Council, 1951-59; member, Federal Parliament of Nigeria, 1959-64; Com missioner for Local Government and Chief taincy Affairs, defunct Western State of Nigeria, 1967-68; Commissioner for Trade and Industry, defunct Western State, 1968-71; Director, Vegetable Oil Nigeria, 1976-79; Executive Chairman, Book Representation Company Limited, Ibadan; Chairman, Governing Council, Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti, 1982-84;

St James' Anglican Primary School, Igbara-Odo, 1917-29, Pupil Teachers' Centre, Ado-Ekiti, 1930, St An drew's College, Oyo, 1933-37, Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra-Leone, King's Col lege, New Castle-Upon-Tyne, Durham University, UK, 1946-50, Institute of Education, London University, 1955-56;
Tertiary
Yes

executive member, defunct Action Group; Deputy President, Ekiti Progressive Union, 1952-53; Federal President, Ekiti Progressive Union, 1954-60;

The Aboluwodi of Igbara- Odo

honorary Doctor of Letters (Hon. D.Litt), Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti, 1987

music, farming

Falana Layout, Jericho Reservation, PO Box 2524, Ibadan, Oyo State;

Alive
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