Awolowo Museum And Private Beach

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09/11/2022

Francesca Emanuel CON was Nigeria's first female administrative officer and first federal permanent secretary. She was awarded Commander of Order of the Niger (CON). She was born on 19 September 1933, and had her secondary education in Holy Child College, Lagos and attended University of Ibadan, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in Geography.
At the first Nigerian Festival of the Arts in Lagos in 1950, she won her first prize as a soprano solo and then she was still a secondary school student. She was also a member of the pioneer musical group known as the Steve Rhodes Voices. She featured in Wole Soyinka’s earliest plays in the 1960s. She was also cast in his first major play titled A Dance of the Forests which was performed at the Nigerian Independence celebrations in 1960.
Due to the pioneering role she played in the post-colonial civil service, she received the Retirement Award for Brilliant Performances and Outstanding Achievement by the Federal Directors-General (Permanent Secretaries) when she voluntarily retired in 1988.
In 1964, she married her husband Dr Leonard Abosede Emmanuel, an obstetrician and gynaecologist. The couple had only one child who they named Muyiwa.
She died on April 8, 2020 at the age of 86... 🇳🇬

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11/02/2021

Encouraged by Awolowo, he ran for election as executive governor of Lagos State in 1979, on the Unity Party of Nigeria platform. He defeated his opponents, Adeniran Ogunsanya of NPP and Sultan Ladega Adeniji Adele of National Party of Nigeria and was subsequently sworn in as governor. His administration was effective and open and implemented the cardinal policies of his party. He introduced housing and educational programs targeting the poor, building new neighbourhood primary and secondary schools and providing free primary and secondary education. He established the Lagos State University...