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Isaac Fola-Alade

Isaac Fola-Alade

Nigerian architect (1933–2021)

Chief Isaac Folayan Alade, FNIA, D.Sc, OFR (24 November 1933 – 19 June 2021) was a Nigerian architect.[1][2]

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Biography

Education

Isaac attended St Phillips Elementary School in Aramoko, Ekiti and Christ's School, Ado Ekiti for his secondary education. In 1961 he graduated from the Nigerian College of Arts & Sciences and Technology Zaria (now Ahmadu Bello University) as one of the first four pioneer Architecture graduates. Thereafter, he completed his post graduate studies at the Architectural Association School of Tropical Studies, London in 1965, on a Commonwealth Scholarship.[3]

Career

After his post-professional training, he became an associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (R.I.B.A.) and Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom (ARCUK) in 1963. He joined the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing as a Resident architect in the old Western Region and later Lagos City Council. In 1969, he became the first Registrar of the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON). He later joined the Federal Civil Service. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Health of the UK (F.R.S.H.) in 1965. He became Chief Project Architect in 1972, and the Director of Public Buildings in 1975. He was the first Architect to become a Federal Permanent Secretary in 1976, a post he held until his retirement in 1979 after which he established his private practice Fola Alade Associates in 1979. He served as the General Secretary of the Nigerian Institute of Architects. He was appointed Pro-Chancellor and Chairman Governing Council of the Federal University of Port Harcourt in 1990. Fola Alade was awarded an OFR and he became a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Architects. He also held several traditional titles including the Maiyegun of Aramoko.[citation needed]

Personal life

Fola Alade married Yemi in 1961. They had five children.[4] Fola Alade passed on June 19 th 2021 at the age of 87[5]

Selected works

References

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    E. K. Akintoye (2001). Nigerian Bureaucracy: Development, Ecology & Management. Alsun International. p. 28. ISBN 9789783607903.
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    "EKITI LAUREATE: Chief (Architect) Isaac Fola Alade, OFR. FNIA, D.Sc. Hons. THE ASIWAJU Of ARAMOKO-EKITI". Ekiti Defender. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
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    Dipo Ajayi (2004). This I Believe: The Philosophies and Personal Histories of 24 Eminent Nigerian Achievers. Prestige Associates (Indiana University). p. 111. ISBN 9789780622145.
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    Nathaniel Motunbade Adeyemi (1996). The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies :: the story so far (1979-1995). Kraun Publishers. ISBN 9789783153721.
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    "Isaac Fola Alade". Tell Magazine (44–49, 52). Tell Communications Limited: 16. 2003.
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    Raph Uwechue (1991). Africa Who's who (Know Africa). Africa Journal Limited. p. 148. ISBN 9780903274173. ISSN 0261-1570.
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    Olugbemi Fatula; Centre for Multiperspective Projects (Nigeria), UNIFECS (2000). 2000 Foremost Nigerians: 200 profiles. Vol. 1. Caltop Publications. pp. 129–131. ISBN 9789782066138.
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    Bankole Makinde (2001). Who's who in Nigeria. Newswatch. p. 558. ISBN 9789782704122.
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    "Nigeria: Indigenes Charged On Community Development". AllAfrica. Lagos, Nigeria: ThisDay. 19 April 2006. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
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