Olawale Adeniji Ige

Olawale Adeniji Ige Member of the Order of the Federal Republic, MFR (Born 13 October 1938) is a Nigerian Electrical engineer and former Minister of the Federal Ministry of Communications (1990-1992).[1] He also served as the Minister of the Federal Ministry of Aviation (1993).[2]

Olawale Adeniji Ige
Minister of the Federal Ministry of Aviation
In office
1993–1994
Minister of the Federal Ministry of Communications
In office
1990–1992
Personal details
Born (1938-10-13) 13 October 1938
Oyo State, Nigeria
Political partyNon-Partisan

Life and career

He was born on 13 October 1938 in Ogbomosho, a city in Oyo State, Nigeria. He was educated at Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, Nigeria (1951-1956) where he obtained the West African School Certificate (WASC). He proceeded to the Polytechnic, Regent Street, London now University of Westminster where he obtained a Diploma in Electrical engineering.[3] He later became a graduate of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 1965.[4] He returned to Nigeria as a chartered Engineer in 1967 to join the services of the Federal Ministry of Communications where he rose to the position of a Director General in 1989.[5][6] He was appointed as the honorable Ministre of the Federal Ministry of Communications in 1990, a tenure that ended in 1992 and later reappointed as the Minister of the Federal Ministry of Aviation in 1993.[7] He was the first Civilian Chairman of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited, NITEL, and currently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Nigerian Internet Group[8] and also on the Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC.[9]

Awards and fellowship

See also
  • List of notable engineers in Nigeria

References
  1. Awoyemi Femi. "NIG has been pivotal to ICT in Nigeria-Engr Olawale Ige MFR Former Minister of Communications, Nige". proshareng.com.
  2. "Nigeria: NIG to Focus On Broadband Devt At 2013 AGM". ictafrica.info.
  3. 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". nae.org.ng.
  4. http://allafrica.com/stories/201009150435.html
  5. "open access fibre Archives - Technology Times Hub". Technology Times Hub.
  6. "Rural Telephony: MTN covers 350 uncovered villages with smart technology". Vanguard News.
  7. "Ndukwe, Ige for celebration of 50 years of ICT tomorrow". Vanguard News.
  8. "Nigeria Internet Group - Board of Trustees". nig.org.ng.
  9. "Olawale Ige". Nigeria CommunicationsWeek.
  10. "GMD Bags Fellowship of Nigerian Academy of Engineering > NNPC". nnpcgroup.com.
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