He was born on 17 March 1920 in
Osun State, southwestern Nigeria. He was educated at Saint John School, Iloro, Ilesha,
Osun State (1927-1936). He also attended Government College, Ibadan (1937-1942). In 1948, he received a scholarship that earned him a bachelor's degree in
Civil engineering at the
Battersea Polytechnic in
London. Having completed his bachelor's degree in 1952, he joined the service of Cubits, British engineering company, where he worked for two years. He returned to Nigeria, where he became a full engineer in 1954. He left to England in 1957 for a post graduate (PGD) training as a water engineer. He completed the program in 1958 and returned to Nigeria as a Senior Engineer in various towns in the old Western Region, including Abeokuta, Ibadan and Benin. He later rose to the position of a Chief Water Engineer in the old Western Region of Nigeria (1960-1963). He later became the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (1963-1965) and Chief Executive Officer, Lagos Executive Development Board (LEDB), now Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC) (1965-1972). He served as Chairman of Industrial Research Council of Nigeria between 1971 and 1974. ==Fellowship==