Obafemi Oluwole Onashile (born August 1964) is a Nigerian Quantity Surveyor, the founding partner of the Quantity Surveying firm Consol Associates located in Nigeria, Ghana and Rwanda. He is the past President of the

Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) is the professional umbrella body for quantity surveyors in Nigeria. It is one of the two major bodies associated with the profession in the country. The other is Quantity Surveyors Registration B ...

(NIQS). He is the a past President of the African Institute of Quantity Surveyors. He is the President of the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria (QSRBN).

Background

Obafemi was born at Jericho Nursing Home, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria to a family that hails from Ogun State, southwest Nigeria. He grew up in Oke Ado, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. His father, Folarin Onashile, was a well read lawyer, one of the first of the profession to be trained in the United Kingdom, and he rose to be the chief judge of Ogun State High Court and his mother, Esther Olayide Onashile, was a business woman and building contractor. Obafemi was the seventh child in his family of nine children.

Education

Obafemi had his primary education at Ebenezer Church Primary School, Oke Ado, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria in 1975. In 1980, he completed his secondary education at Federal Government College Odogbolu and he had his bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying at the University of Ife now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife in 1986. He then went on to obtain a master's degree in Project Management at the University of Lagos in 2007.

Career

In 1986, Obafemi started his career during his

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at the Ministry of Works, Housing and Transport, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. His professional training started at Tillyards & Partners, Kaduna in 1987. He then joined Group Q Associates, Lagos in 1988 there he worked till 1992. In November 2017, Obafemi became the President of

(NIQS) until 2019 when he handed over to Mohammed Abba Tor. On 20th October 2020, He was elected and became the 8th President of the African Association of Quantity Surveyors (AAQS) the umbrella body of all the institutions of Quantity Surveyors in Africa Obafemi started Consol Associates as a Principal Partner after leaving Group Q Associates, Lagos. He leads the management of the Lagos office.

References

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