PAEDIA EXPRESS EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER
SHINES AT CHILD FRIENDLY AWARDS
BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU..
A member of the Editorial Board member of E.N.M. Paedia
Express Multimedia Group, Chief Mrs Anette Adeoba was the cynosure of all eyes
at the recently held 2017 The Nigerian Child Friendly Awards.
The Nigerian Child Safety Report Initiatives [N.C.S.R.I],organizers
of the award appointed Adeoba as its Life Patron on account of her unquestionable
integrity and long years of service to humanity through education .
Born in Yorkshire ,England in 1946,she arrived in Nigeria
,December 1974.
She was a teacher between 1975 till 1984 and became a
Principal at Lagos African Church Grammar School ,Ifako –Ijaiye in Lagos ,Nigeria
.
In 2003,she was made the Director of the
directorate of recruitment and appeal at the Teaching Services Commission ,she
was later appointed as Pioneer Tutor
General and Permanent Secretary of Educational District one in 2005.
Adeoba retired at age 60 year in November,2006 and was
appointed Special Adviser on Vocation and Technical Education to the then
Governor of Lagos state of Nigeria.
Her husband of about 42 years ,Chief Samuel Adeoba died only
towards the end of last year and was interred at their country home ,Bishops
Court in Ile-Oluji,Ondo State of Nigeria.
Mama Oyinbo as she is called by all is well loved despite
been a foreigner who adopted Nigeria by marriage .
Adeoba is the Founder of Maurice Academy ,an educational
monotechnic in Mowe,Ogun State with emphasis on engineering and other forms of
skills acquisition .
She also got an award at the Nigerian Child Friendly Awards
for her support for children as a mother through the ages ..
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