Chief
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Ayotunde Rosiji (24 February 1917 – 31 July 2000) was a
Nigerian
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politician, who served as Minister for Health and Minister of Information.
Biography
He was born in
Abeokuta
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,
Ogun State
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, on 24 February 1917 to the family of an
Egba
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policeman. Rosiji attended Christ Church Primary School, Abeokuta, and then
Ibadan Grammar School and
Government College, Ibadan
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History
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, for secondary education. He was also educated at the
Yaba Higher College
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, where he received a civil engineering certificate. He subsequently went abroad to study for a law degree at the
University of London
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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.
Personal life
Oloye
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...
Rosiji died on 31 July 2000. He was married to Gbemisola Rosiji (nee Mann).
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 know ...
, Catherine Hoskyns,
Ronald Segal
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Life
Ronald Segal was born on 14 July 1932, int ...
, ''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