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 | 13 October 1938 Oyo State, Nigeria |
| Political party | Non-Partisan |
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].
He was born on 13 October 1983 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 joined 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].