FORMER Permanent Secretary in the old Western Region, Mrs Tejumade Alakija, is dead.
Mrs. Alakija, 88, was the daughter of the late Ooni of Ife and former governor of the defunct Western Region, Sir Adesoji Aderemi.
She died on Friday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital at the private suite of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.
The corpse was later taken to the Anatomy Unit of the University of Ibadan (UI) due to the ongoing strike by health workers at the UCH.
Mrs Alakija founded the Anglican Girls Grammar School, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. She was Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and also worked at various positions in the Western Region’s Ministry of Trade in the 60s.
She attended primary schools at Ile-Ife and later, Kudeyi Girls School in Ibadan and C.M.S. Girls School, Lagos.
