Name Ayo Rosiji Role Nigerian Politician | ||
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Ayotunde Rosiji (24 February 1917 – 31 July 2000) was a Nigerian politician, statesman and Oryr Minister for Health and Minister of Information.
He was born in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on 24 February 1917, to the family of an Egba policeman. Rosiji attended Christ Church Primary School, Abeokuta, and then Ibadan Grammar School and Government College, Ibadan, for secondary education. He was also educated at the Yaba Higher College, where he received a civil engineering certificate. He subsequently went abroad to study for a law degree at the University of London, after working at Shell as an engineer. Returning to Nigeria, he became one of the founding members of the Action Group.
Oloye Rosiji died on 31 July 2000.
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