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My husband’s death forced me to go to varsity at 40 – Prof Fashola
Eighty-year-old Professor of Education, Winifred Fashola, shares the story of her life with TOPE OMOGBOLAGUN
How do you feel at 80?
I thank the Almighty God, the father of our Lord for granting me the grace to attain 80 which qualifies me to enter into the octogenarian club. I thank him for many things – life, health, food, good children, shelter and sight. I do a lot of reading and writings and I don’t wear glasses.
When and where were you born?
I was born on October 3, 1938 in Lagos in an area called Okepopo, Popo Aguda, Lagos Island. I was told that I was born at 6am when my mother was on her way to the church for a morning service. She gave birth to me after descending the stairs.
Tell us more about your childhood days.
Lagos, during my time, was a beautiful place. We knew ourselves. If you told me you were from Okepopo, all I needed to do was to ask of your family name. One beautiful thing about our time was the way we desired education. In Okepopo, where I come from, intellectualism was the in-thing. We were known for brilliance. One needed to be well educated to mix up with people then.
If one wasn’t educated, one would feel left out. We so much desired education like we were possessed. I am glad that many of us from that area did well for ourselves.
Tell us more about your educational background.
I started from Lagos Academy School in Idumagbo. The owner of the school was known as Baba Lee. He was the uncle to Professor Abisogun Leigh, a past Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University. After that, I went to Enugu with my elder sister, who got married to a man who then worked with the Nigerian Railway Corporation. There, I attended Saint Michael’s Catholic School, Enugu, where I learnt how to speak Igbo. Then, I returned to Lagos, where I joined Saint Mary’s Convent School, Broad Street, Lagos.
I attended the school when reverend sisters were there. T Nigerian politician and lawyer (born 1963) Babatunde Raji FasholaCONSAN (Yoruba: Bàbátúndé Rájí Fáṣọlá(Listen); born 28 June 1963) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as the federal minister of Works and Housing of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. He was the minister of Power, Works and Housing from 2015 to 2019. He also served two terms as governor of Lagos State from 2007 to 2015. Fashola was born on 28 June 1963, in Lagos at Island Maternity Hospital into the family of Ademola Fashola, a former journalist with the Daily Times of Nigeria, and Olufunke Agunbiade, a nurse. He has 12 siblings. He was called to the Nigerian Bar as a solicitor and advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in November 1988 after completing the professional training programme at the Nigerian Law School, Lagos which he undertook between 1987 and 1988. Fashola, a Notary Public of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, has received awards and certificates of merit including the Distinguished Alumnus Award conferred on him by the University of Benin Alumni Association. He is also a recipient of Lagos State public service club Platinum Award for outstanding contribution towards development. And Alliance for Democracy "Igbogbo Bayeku Local Government Award" in recognition of activities towards the success of the party. Fashola is also a Patron of the Law Students Association of the University of Benin and he is the second law graduate from the University of Benin and the first member of the Nigerian Law School graduating class of 1988 to be conferred with the professional rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. Fashola is also the First ever Chief of Staff to be so honoured. Babatunde Fashola is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, the International Bar Association and an Associate of the Chartered Ins
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