Born
Prof.
OGUNSANWO
Alaba
Cornelius Abiodun
B.A, M.Sc, Ph.D, political scientist, diplomat; Born: April 6,1942; Place: Ijebu-lmushin; State of Origin: Ogun; Married: Helen Wangari, 1972; No of Children: one daughter;
EDUCATION: St. Paul's Catholic Church School, Ebute-Metta, St Patrick's Catholic School, Yaba, 1952-55; St Gregory's College, Lagos, 1956-1960; Awe High School, 1960-61; Government College, Ibadan, 1962-63; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1964-67; London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London
) UK, 1967-71;
CAREER: Accounts Clerk, Marketing Board, defunct Western Region, Ibadan, 1964; Administrative Officer, Federal Public Service Commission, Lagos, 1967; Lecturer II, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), lle-lfe, 1971 -73; Lecturer 1,1973-75; Senior Lecturer, University of Lagos, 1975; associate prof. Political Science, University of Lagos; prof. Political Science, since 1984; Part-time Lecturer, Nigerian Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru; Part-time Lecturer, Foreign Service Academy/Defence and Staff College, Jaji; Nigerian High Commissioner to Botswana, 1994; Nigerian Ambassador to Belgium, 1994-97; prof. Political Science, University of Lagos, Akoka; Political Science/International Relations, Leads University, Ibadan, currently; mm: Nigerian Task Force on Foreign Policy, 1975-76; Nigerian Mission to Angola, 1976; National Advisory Council on Foreign Policy, 1977-79; National Committee against Apartheid, 1982; Nigerian Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, New York, USA,1984; Publication: China's Policy in Africa, 1958-71, Cambridge University Press, 1974; Our Friends, Their Friends: Nigeria's External Relations, 1960-85, Alfa Communications Limited, Lagos, 1986; and numerous articles in national and international scholarly journals; Hobbies: lawn tennis, table tennis; off: Department of Political Science/International Relations, Leads University, . Ibadan, Oyo State.
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