JOHN, Chief Stephen Ade

BA, MA, ad ministrator, born October 23, 1924, Mopa, Oyi, Kwara State; married, has children; Edu cation: St Peter's Anglican School, Aiyede Ekiti and Baptist Day School, Mopa, 1932- 37, Kaba Provincial Middle School, Okene, 1938-40, Government Teachers' Training College, Ibadan, 1941-42, Sheffield Univer sity, England, Oxford University, Ohio, USA; Career: Appointed School Teacher, 1944; Pioneered the founding of several Commu nity Primary Schools in the former Kaba Province, Kwara State. 1945-58; Education Officer and later, Lecturer, Technical Insti tute, Kaduna, 1958-60; Secretary to the Ex ecutive, former Northern Nigeria, 1960-63; Secretary to the Agent-General of Northern Nigeria in UK, 1963-64; appointed Perma nent Secretary (now Director-General),Min istry of Economic Planning, Kaduna, 1964- 67; Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Lagos, 1967; served as Executive Directorfor Nigeriaon the African Develop ment Bank, Abidjan; former Chairman, NorthernNigeria Development Corporation; former Director, Nigerian Produce Market ing Company; former Director, Nigeria Oil Refinery Company, Port Harcourt; currently Chairman, LeventisMotors Limited, Lagos; Director, Leventis…