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.

Prof. Isaac Ayinde Adalemo

Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees

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.

Prof. Ayodele F. Ogunye

Member, Board of Trustees

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.

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

Member, Board of Trustees

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)

Member, Board of Trustees

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.)

Member, Board of Trustees

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. Sonny Folorunsho Kuku, OFR

Member, Board of Trustees

Dr Kuku is a world renowned Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist. He holds several degrees and Fellowships in medicine including 2 doctorates. He has been the Joint Chief Director at the EKO Hospital (Ekocorp Plc) which he co founded in 1978.

Dr. Kuku has also been a trustee and a Distinguished Fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria and President and Trustee West African College of Physicians and President of Pan African Diabetes Study Group. A past Chairman of the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State Universities and Committee of Chairman of Federal Tertiary Hospitals, he was a recipient of the First Distinguished Alumnus Award University of Lagos in Lagos in 1991, Ambassador of Goodwill Award City of Freetown, Honorary Fellow of the College of Physicians South Africa and Glasgow. He is a Fellow of the Nigeria Academy of Science. Dr. Kuku was conferred with the National Honours of the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (OFR) in 2003. He was a Director of Midas Merchant Bank and is the Chairman of Midas Stockbrokers Limited, Clina-Immunoassay Lab and a Director of Ecobank Nigeria Plc and Total Health Trust Ltd. He was the Chairman of the Human Capital Policy Commission of the Nigerian Economics Summit Group.

He became the first African Master of American College of Physicians in 2005 and Honorary Life President, Nigerian Society of Endocrinology 2007.

He is currently the president, King’s College Old Boys Association, Chairman Board of Management University College Hospital Ibadan, and the Board of trustes, Otunba Tunwase National Paediatric Centre, Ijebu-Ode.

A highly cited individual in bibliographic in the world, including Who is Who in the World, he holds several traditional titles including the hereditary Oloriogun of Ijebu-Ode. He is the founder of the Sonny Kuku Foundation, and the current chairman of Ecobank Nig. Plc

CHIEF J.O. ANYIGBO

Member, Board of Trustees

Chief Joe Anyigbo joined the Board of Trustees of S O Awokoya Foundation in 2009. He graduated with Honors in Chemical Engineering (Bsc, 1967; Msc, 1969) and MBA (1971). He has over 30 years extensive experience in key sectors of the Oil and Gas Industry both in Nigeria and abroad. He retired in 2002 from Chevron Nigeria Limited as a pioneer Executive Director. Chief Anyigbo is a fellow of Nigeria Society of Engineers, a Fellow and member of the Bard of Trustees of Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors (IOD). He is a proud recipient of National Productivity Order of Merit Award and the Petroleum Industry's Golden Jubilee Pathfinder Award. Currently Chief Anyigbo serves on the Boards and Strategic Committees of several Companies both in Nigeria and abroad.

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

Executive Director, Board of Trustees

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.