Chief
Chief may refer to:
Title or rank
Military and law enforcement
* Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force
* Chief of police, the head of a police department
* Chief of the boa ...
Ayotunde Rosiji (24 February 1917 – 31 July 2000) was a
Nigerian
Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...
politician, having served as Minister for Health and Minister of Information.
He was born in
Abeokuta
Abeokuta is the capital city of Ogun State in southwest Nigeria. It is situated on the east bank of the Ogun River, near a group of rocky outcrops in a wooded savanna; north of Lagos by railway, or by water. , Abeokuta and the surrounding are ...
,
Ogun State
Ogun State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. Ogun State borders Lagos State to the south, Oyo State and Osun State to the north, Ondo State to the east, and the Republic of Benin to the ...
, on 24 February 1917 to the family of an
Egba policeman. Rosiji attended Christ Church Primary School, Abeokuta, and then
Ibadan Grammar School
Ibadan Grammar School is a secondary school in the city of Ibadan, Nigeria. It is currently located at Molete area, close to St. David grammar school.
History
Established in March 31st 1913. It is among the notable oldest secondary school in Ibada ...
and
Government College, Ibadan
Government College Ibadan (founded 28 February 1929) is a boys' secondary school located on the hills of Apata Ganga in Ibadan, Nigeria.
History
The founding fathers of Government College Ibadan were Selwyn MacGregor Grier, Director of Education ...
, for secondary education. He was also educated at the
Yaba Higher College
Yaba Higher College was founded in 1932 in Yaba, now a suburb of Lagos in Nigeria to provide tertiary education to Africans, mostly in vocational subjects and teaching. The college staff were transferred to start the University of Ibadan in 1948 ...
, where he received a civil engineering certificate. He subsequently went abroad to study for a law degree at the
University of London
The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...
in
London
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, England after working at
Shell Nigeria
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as an engineer. Returning to Nigeria, he became one of the founding members of the
Action Group.
Oloye
Oba means ″ruler″ in the Yoruba and
Bini languages of West Africa. Kings in Yorubaland, a region which is in the modern republics of Benin, Nigeria and Togo, make use of it as a pre-nominal
honorific. Examples of Yoruba bearers include Oba ...
Rosiji died on 31 July 2000.
References
* Nina Mba, ''Ayo Rosiji, A Man with Vision''
*
Rosalynde Ainslie
Ros de Lanerolle (22 January 1932 – 23 September 1993),Haward, Pat, "Jennifer Rosalynde de Lanerolle 1932–1993" (obituary), ''History Workshop Journal'' (1994), 37 (1):261–266, Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/hwj/37.1.261. also known ...
, Catherine Hoskyns,
Ronald Segal
Ronald Michael Segal (14 July 1932 – 23 February 2008) was a South African activist, writer and editor, founder of the anti-apartheid magazine '' Africa South'' and the Penguin African Library.Denis Herbstein"Ronald Segal"(obituary), ''The Gua ...
, ''Political Africa: A Who's Who of Personalities and Parties'', Frederick A. Praeger, 1961
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Alumni of the University of London
Health ministers of Nigeria
Federal ministers of Nigeria
Yoruba politicians
Action Group (Nigeria) politicians
Politicians from Abeokuta
2000 deaths
Egbe Omo Oduduwa politicians
Ibadan Grammar School alumni
Government College, Ibadan alumni
Egba people
Yaba Higher College alumni
1917 births