Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi
Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi | |
|---|---|
| President of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) | |
| In office 1977–1986 | |
| President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) | |
| In office 1967–1970 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 March 1920 |
| Died | 12 August 2014 (aged 94) Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria |
Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi OFR CON (17 March 1920 – 12 August 2014) was a Nigerian civil engineer and former President of COREN, an engineering regulation body in Nigeria.[1]
Life and career
[edit]He was born on 17 March 1920 in Osun State, southwestern Nigeria. He was educated at Saint John School, Iloro, Ilesha, Osun State (1927-1936). He also attended Government College, Ibadan (1937-1942). In 1948, he received a scholarship that earned him a bachelor's degree in Civil engineering at the Battersea Polytechnic in London.[2] Having completed his bachelor's degree in 1952, he joined the service of Cubits, British engineering company, where he worked for two years.[3] He returned to Nigeria, where he became a full engineer in 1954.[4] He left to England in 1957 for a post graduate (PGD) training as a water engineer. He completed the program in 1958 and returned to Nigeria as a Senior Engineer in various towns in the old Western Region, including Abeokuta, Ibadan and Benin.[5] He later rose to the position of a Chief Water Engineer in the old Western Region of Nigeria (1960-1963). He later became the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (1963-1965) and Chief Executive Officer, Lagos Executive Development Board (LEDB), now Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC) (1965-1972).[6][7][8] He served as Chairman of Industrial Research Council of Nigeria between 1971 and 1974.[9]
Fellowship
[edit]- Foundation Fellow of The Nigerian Academy of Engineering.[10]
Awards
[edit]- Certificate of Honour, Nigerian Boy Scouts Movement[citation needed]
- Officer of the Order of Niger, OFR (1982)[citation needed]
- Commander of the Order of Niger, CON (2002)[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Chukwuma Okparaocha-Lagos. "Obasanjo, others pay tribute to late housing guru, Fadahunsi". Archived from the original on 2015-04-13.
- ^ Dapo Fafowora. "Chief Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi, CON (1920- 2014)". The Nation.
- ^ "Chief S.O. Fadahunsi, OFR, CON: Tribute to an exceptional leader and engineer - Vanguard News". Vanguard News.
- ^ "BiafraNigeriaWorld: The Authority on BiafraNigeria".
- ^ "Institute Concludes Research On Bad Roads". Archived from the original on 2015-04-11.
- ^ "Nigeria HomePage - Breaking News, Business, Sports, Entertainment and Video News". Archived from the original on 2015-04-12.
- ^ Reflections on the events of my life. OCLC 839303897.
- ^ Fadahunsi, Samuel Olatunde (2010). Reflections on the Events of My Life. ISBN 9789780694166.
- ^ "Institute concludes research on bad roads". New Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2015-04-13.
- ^ RapidxHTML. "The Nigeria Academy of Engineering :: promoting excellence in technology and engineering training and practice to ensure the technological growth and economic development of Nigeria".
- ^ "Chief Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi, CON (1920- 2014)". The Nation Newspaper.[dead link]