13TH Annual Lecture and Award of Post Graduate Scholarships on

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 

Senator (Otunba) Olabiyi Durojaiye B.Sc.(Lond.), LL.B B.L., mni, AMNIM

Chairman Board of Trustees

Senator Durojaiye is a Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District. He is a Lawyer, Banker, Economist with a 35 Years public service career including 28 Years as a Senior Staff of the Central Bank and Executive Director of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPMC). He is also a past President of the Alumni Association of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies and former Presidential Aspirant during the 3rd Republic.


Otunba 'Tade Ismail MSc. (Reading), FRICS, FNIVS.

Vice - Chairman Board of Trustees

Principal Partner since 1975 of Messrs Ismail & Partners, a firm of Chartered Surveyors, Real Estate Consultants and Land Economists. He is the President of the Nigerian Chapter and Vice-President of the International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) based in Paris, France, Past President of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers.


Prof. Ayodele F. Ogunye

Professor Ogunye is the Vice-Chairman of Phoenix Oil Nigeria Ltd. and serves on the board of directors of a number of companies including RADMED Diagnostic Central and ABB Lummus Crest Randall Ltd.

He is a retired Professor and former Head of Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Lagos. He is a Fellow and past President of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineering.


Prof. Isaac Ayinde Adalemo

Professor Adalemo has been Professor of Geography and Planning, University of Lagos since 1977. He is currently the National President of the Tri-Alpha (ASPAU/AFGRAD/ATLAS) Programmes Alumni Association.
Professor S. O. Awokoya played a pivotal role in the establishment of the ASPAU (African Scholarship Programme of American Universities). He was the 1988 recipient of the AFGRAD DISTINGUISED ALUMNI AWARD. He served as the foundation Dean of the School of Post-Graduate Studies (1981-1984) at the University of Lagos and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University between 1985 and 1989. He was also President of the Nigerian Cartographic Association, the Nigerian Economc Society and the Nigerian Geographical Association. He is consultant to several International organisations such as UNDP, UNCHS and the World Bank on Transportation and Development Policy.


Dr. (Mrs) Olufunmilayo O. Martins B.Ed., M.Ed., Ph.D (ABU)

Dr. Martins (Nee Awokoya) is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Education of the Ahmadu Bello University. She holds a B.Ed. and Ph.D Degree in Science Education from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. She also has an Associateship of the King’s College of the University of London. She has authored and co-authored several scientific papers and has a wide range of experience in Science Education.


Mrs Modupe Aduke Ogunwale B.Sc.(Lagos) M.Sc. (Reading)

Mrs. Ogunwale (Nee Awokoya) is the Assistant Director (Agro-Meteorology) of the Department of Meteorological Service in the Federal Ministry of Aviation. She is the first lady Meteorologist in Nigeria, and is the focal point in Nigeria for the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on participation of Women in Meteorology. She is the alternate for Dr. (Mrs) Olufunmilayo Martins, a distant member of the Board of Trustees.


Dr. Folarin Awokoya Ph.D.(Engr.)

Dr. Awokoya is the Chairman / Chief Executive Officer of Tritech Computers Ltd., a Computer Services firm that is the Nigeria distributor of Dell Computer Corporation, a Microsoft Solutions Provider, Novell Authorized Reseller, Cisco Systems Authorised Reseller and the authorized Distributor of Brand-Rex Structured Cabling Systems. He holds a Ph.D and M.Sc degree in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. He also holds an M.Sc. degree in Management from Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


Dr. Omolaraeni Awokoya-Adadevoh M.Sc.(Occ. Med.) Lond.

Dr. Awokoya-Adadevoh, is the Executive Secretary of the African Heart Network. She is very active in several professional, social, charity and religious organisations amongst which are the Society of Occupational Health Physicians of Nigeria (SOHPON) The Lions Club International (District Membership Chairperson) and the Ladies Round Table. She is The National Coordinating Director of the NGO-Centre for Women for the Child and the Woman (CWCW), whose main focus is the empowerment of women in all facts of life, prevention of child abuse and drug control. She was a 2005 Women Achiever's award winner of the Lagos State Branch of WOWICAN. Dr. Awokoya-Adadevoh is an Occupational Health Physician.

 


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