Michael Olutusen Onafowokan started working after his training at the Public Works Department. Below is a succinct trajectory of his career path.
Public Works Department 1937–1946 He also worked in different provinces in Nigeria and some parts of
West Africa around this time. Drawing and Quantity Surveying Section –
1937–1939 Junior Technical Staff –
1937–1942 Works and Building Section –
1939–1946 Higher education University Evening Classes in Lagos –
1942–1945 passed the
University of London Matriculation Examination in
1946 Started at the
Royal Technical College London 1946 Transferred to
Glasgow Caledonian University in
1947 Bachelor of Science in Architecture –
1952 Post Graduate Diploma in Town Planning –
1953 He returned to Nigeria in 1953 and started working in the old Western region, by 1954 he was working with the Ministry of Lands and Housing in Ibadan and later in the Ministry of Transport. He retired on 1 December 1968 as the Chief Regional Architect. He later went into private practice in the name of Onafowokan Cityscape Group. The architecture firm still exists in the modern day as Onafowokan Cityscape Limited over 30 years after his death. OCL is also a town planning firm. == Architectural philosophy and style ==