Reports reaching me right now accredit the fact that the Mrs Tejumade Alakija, the first
female Head of Service in the Old Oyo State
and daughter of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba
Adesoji Aderemi, is dead.
The death of Alakija was confirmed by her
younger brother, Mr Adelowo Aderemi, in an
interview with in Ibadan on Friday.
The 88-year-old Alakija died on Friday
morning at the University College Hospital
(UCH), Ibadan, after a brief illness.
Alakija, born on May 17, 1925, in Ile-Ife,
attended Aiyetoro Primary and Central
Schools, Ile-Ife, between 1933 and 1937 as
well as Kudeti Girls’ School, Molete, Ibadan.
She obtained a B.A Honours (History) at
Westfield College, University of London,
England, between 1946 and 1950.
Alakija then proceeded to Oxford University
where she bagged a post-graduate diploma in
Education between 1950 and 1951.
As a graduate teacher, she joined the Nigerian
civil service and was posted to Queen’s
School, Ede, and later to the new Government
Girls’ Secondary Grammar School between
1951 and 1953.
In 1953, Alakija founded a Girls’ Secondary
Grammar School at the invitation of the
Anglican Mission in Ijebu-Ode Diocese.
She later became an Assistant Secretary
(Finance) at the Ministry of Works and then
Training Officer-in Charge of the region’s
Public Service Training Programme between
1960 and 1962.
The deceased was the Assistant Secretary in
the Ministry of Trade and Industries in the
region between 1962 and 1964 and was later
appointed secretary of some important
commissions.
She served in the Committee on Development
of Training in the Western Region Civil Service
and the Committee on Technical Education in
Western Nigeria.
Alakija became the Chief Investment Officer
in the Ministry of Trade and Industries in
charge of Industrial Promotions between
1969 and 1972.
She served the nation as Deputy Permanent
Secretary to the Ministry of Health between
1976 and 1978 and as Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Education, between 1978 and
1979.
Alakija also served as Head of Service in the
old Oyo State and voluntarily retired on Sept.
30, 1983.

May her soul rest in peace!

She's as dead as a dodo. Guess she died b4 Sallah.

For a moment there I thought it was Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija.

demelza: For a moment there I thought it was Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija.

That one is the fake Alakija. For decades the only known and respected Alakija was Chief Tejumade Alakija. But come o , The press have always referred to her as the only child of the late Ooni. It took her death, for us to hear that she has a brother. Obviously a very senior prince that the nation was ignorant about. Na wao for royal news blackout.

Stale news

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demelza: For a moment there I thought it was Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija.

Same here o!

I Refuse To Be A Pessimist!!

RIP Iya Alakija