broadcaster, soldier, politician, for mer Federal Minister of Internal Affairs, Labour and Welfare; Born March 30, 1912; Education: St. Matthias Catholic School, Lagos, 1918-24, Holy Cross School, Lagos, 1924-28, William Wilberforce Aca demy Lagos, 1928-32; worked as Clerk B.B.W.A., 1932-35, broadcast ing monitor Radio Rediffusion Ser vice Lagos, 1935-38; enlisted in the army (Territorial Battalion) in the Northern Region, April 1938; dis charged from the army, March 30, 1946 with the rank Warrant Officer Class II (WO II) position; Senioi instructor W.A. School of Educatior Accra; (first suggested to the Nigerian Government the floating of "Win the War Fund" 1940 - made a loan free of interest to the imperial Gov ernment, January 1941, while still serving in the army), registeredv P.W.D. contractor, May 1946, mana ger Mobilgas Service Mart, Ibadan, 1955-56; Western Regional represen tative Nigeria Ex-Servicemen's Wel fare Association 1948; elected coun cilor Ibadan District Council, March 1954 and chairman in 1955, elected NCNC member for Ibadan in the Federal House of Representatives, 1954, appointed Federal Minister of Labour, Internal Affairs, Labour and Welfare, 1957-59 - resigned from Balewa's Government, 1959; Married with children; Address: Apapa Lagos; Hobby: cricket (won Hon. E.O. Moore's Silver Cup, 1934), swim ming, boxing trainer/manager (Collister Boxing Group Ibadan), garden ing, billiards, horse racing.
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