ICONS: Professor Jide Owoeye

Founder/Pro-Chancellor, Lead City University

•             Born March 1, 1956, Ibadan, Oyo State.

•             He had his primary education at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel College (OLMC) Demonstration School in Ibadan, between 1962 and 1967. From there, he proceeded to Olivet Baptist High School in Oyo, where he completed his school certificate between 1968 and 1972. In 1973, he gained admission into Government College Ibadan for his Higher School Certificate, completing it in 1974. Owoeye gained admission to the University of Ibadan, where he studied Sociology, graduating with a B.Sc. (Honours) in 1977.

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• He moved to the University of Ife — now Obafemi Awolowo University — for his postgraduate education, where he earned both his Master’s degree and PhD. Later supported by a highly competitive Japanese Government Scholarship that took him to Japan for doctoral fieldwork on Japan’s policy in Africa.

•             In 1980, he joined Obafemi Awolowo University as a lecturer.

•             In February 2005, after 25 years of service at the institution, Professor Owoeye voluntarily retired and founded Lead City University in Ibadan.