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Tejumade Alakija

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Tejumade Alakija
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Ein country of citizenshipNigeria Edit
Name in native languageTejumade alakija Edit
Family nameAlakija Edit
Noble titleOba Edit
Ein date of birth17 May 1925 Edit
Place dem born amNigeria Edit
Date wey edie23 August 2013 Edit
Place wey edieUniversity College Hospital, Ibadan Edit
Ein poppieAdesoji Aderemi Edit
Ein occupationcivil servant, politician Edit
Educate forWestfield College, University of Oxford Edit
Personal pronounL484 Edit

Tejumade Alakija (17 May 1925 – August, 2013) na she be a Nigerian civil servant wey rise to be de first female head of Oyo State ein civil service.[1]

Early life den education

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Na dem born Princess Alakija Tejumade for 17 May 1925 to ein poppie, Sir Adesoji Aderemi (de Ooni of Ife), insyd Ile-Ife, Oyo State insyd de south-western part of Nigeria.[2] Na she go Aiyetoro Primary and Central Schools insyd Ile-Ife, then Kudeti Girls School insyd Molete, Ibadan for ein secondary education.[2] She further ein education, wey she earn a bachelor's degree insyd history for Westfield College insyd de University of London, England.[3] Na she train make she be a teacher, wey she pass ein PGCE for Oxford University between 1950 den 1951, then she join de Nigerian civil service wer na dem direct am make she teach.[4]

Career

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Na she start ein teaching career for Queen's School, Ede, Osun State, wey later dem transfer am to de new Government Girls’ Secondary Grammar School wer na she work from 1951 to 1953.[2] During ein career as a teacher, she found a school dem name Girls' Secondary Grammar School insyd 1953. Na she sanso work for de Ministry of Works and Ministry of Trade and Industries as de Assistant Secretary wey na dem appoint am as Training Officer-in Charge of de region ein Public Service Training Programme den secretary of sam important commissions.[5] Respectively from 1960 to 1964, den later, she cam turn Chief Investment Officer insyd de Ministry of Trade and Industries in charge of Industrial Promotions from 1969 to 1972.[1]

Na Alakija Tejumade sanso serve insyd sam key ministries, such as Ministry of Health as de Deputy Permanent Secretary insyd 1978, den insyd Ministry of Education as Permanent Secretary insyd 1979, before she cam trun de head of state civil service insyd Oyo State.[6]

Na she rise to be de first female head of Oyo State ein civil service.[1] From 1993 to 1997, na she be Pro-Chancellor of de University of Abuja.[4]

Death

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Princess Alakija die insyd University College Hospital, Ibadan insyd 2013.[7]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Oyo’s First Female Head of Service, Princess Tejumade Alakija Dies at 88!, 23 August 2013, TheStreetJournal.org, Retrieved 15 February 2016
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 vanguard (2013-08-23). "Alakija, first female Head of Service in Oyo, dies at 88". Vanguard News (in British English). Retrieved 2025-02-11.
  3. ↑ "Oyo's First Female Head of Service, Princess Tejumade Alakija Dies at 88!". The Street Journal (in American English). 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.; Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong; Mr. Steven J. Niven (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
  5. ↑ "Ajimobi mourns Tejumade Alakija" (in American English). Retrieved 2025-02-11.
  6. ↑ Adegbite, Ademola (2023-08-23). "Oyo govt celebrates first late female HoS, Alakija". Punch Newspapers (in American English). Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  7. ↑ Oyo’s First Female Head of Service, Princess Tejumade Alakija Dies at 88!, 23 August 2013, TheStreetJournal.org, Retrieved 15 February 2016
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