Jadesola Olayinka Akande (CON, OFR) (15 November 1940 – 29 April 2008) was a

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lawyer, author and academic who is regarded as the first Nigerian female professor of Law.

Early life and education

Akande Jadesola Olayinka was born on 15,November 1940, in

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,defunct Western Region of Nigeria. Akande Jadesola Olayinka completed her nursery, basic and secondary school education at Ibadan People's Girls School and St. Annes School respectively. She obtained her G.C.E Advanced Level certificate after attending Barnstaple Girls Grammar School, Devon, England before proceeding to study a course in Law at the

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where she graduated in 1963.

Career

After her call to the bar at the Inner Temple, London and the

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, Akande Jadesola returned to Nigeria where she began her career as an Administrative Ofiicer in the West Regional Civil Service. Akande Jadesola was a key member of the Constitutional Review Committee of 1987, and the Presidential Panel of National Security in 2000. In April 1989, Akande Jadesola Olayinka was appointed as the second Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University, a position she held till 1993, after quitting as a lecturer at the

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. In 2000, she was appointed the Pro-Chancellor of the

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until 2004. She was a key member of the Constitutional Review Committee of 1987 and the Presidential Panel of National Security in 2000. Her wealth of experience was second to none. As a mother and human rights activist,

Works

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Honours and accolades

Commander of the Order of the Niger Nigeria became an independent country on 1 October 1960 and in 1963 became the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The republic instituted two orders of merit: the Order of the Niger and the Order of the Federal Republic. Award The two highest honour ...

(CON) – 1998 * National Honour of the Order of the Niger (OFR) – 2002

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