OLOWU, Dr. Claudius Akinlemibola Bamidele

B.Sc, (Hons), Ph.D, administrator, university teacher, born December 11, 1952,Okeigbo, Ondo State; married Comfort Olubukunola Akinyele 1980, one son, twc daughters; Education: St. Luke's Primary School, Okeigbo, 1958-63, Okeigbo/Ifetedo Grammar School, 1964-68, Igbobi College, Lagos, 1969-70, University of Ibadan, 1971-74, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1975-79; Visiting Fellow, Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham, England, 1978; Academic Coordinator, Local Govern ment Training Programme, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, 1979-82; Senior Lecturer, University of Ife, 1983; Visiting Scholar, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, 1985-86, 1987; Research Fellow, International Union of Local Authorities, The Hague, Netherlands, 1986; Head, Department of Public Administration. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife; member, Nigerian Political Science Associa tion; member, Nigerian Economic Society; member-at-large, American Society of Public Administration, 1982-84; Publications: The Administration OfSocial Services In Nigeria, (Ile-Ife, Local Government Training Programme, University of Ife), Managing The Nigerian Federal System, co-author, (Lagos, Universityof Lagos Press), The Failure Of The State, co-author, (Westview Press, 1988); Hobbies:…