Background
Tugbiyele, Emmanuel Akande was born on April 22, 1923 in Igbajo, Osun, Nigeria. Son of Abraham Dada and Comfort Ige Tugbiyele.
Tugbiyele, Emmanuel Akande was born on April 22, 1923 in Igbajo, Osun, Nigeria. Son of Abraham Dada and Comfort Ige Tugbiyele.
Bachelor, Virginia Union University, 1954. Master of Arts in Teaching, Harvard University, 1955.
Teacher, Baptist Mission, Igbajo, Nigeria, 1945-1947;
teacher, Baptist Mission, Abeokuta, Nigeria, 1948-1952;
vice principal, Baptist Mission, Agbor, Nigeria, 1955-1957;
from lecturer to senior lecturer, U. Ibadan, Nigeria, 1957-1968;
from associate professor to professor, U. Lagos, Nigeria, 1968-1976;
director training, Dunlop Nigeria, Lagos, 1976-1979;
Chief Executive Officer, Tawabat Consultancies Ltd., Lagos, since 1979. Author: Yoruba Conundrums, 1948, The Emergence of Nationalism and Federalism in Nigeria, 1956, The Educational System-Philosophy, Form andContent, 1976, An Introductory History of Igbajo, 1986. Co-author Igbajo-Citadel of the Brave, 1995.
Contributor articles to professional journals.
The separation of church and state has guaranteed the diversity of religious expressions and the freedom to worship God according to each person’s conscience. However, separation of church and state permit interaction.
Christians with differing approaches should be engaged with each other to discuss how the Bible should be applied to issues in our contemporary world.
Counselor Action Group Party, Nigeria, 1958-1960, 76-79. Member Assets Investigation Tribunal, Western Nigeria, 1967-1968, Constituent Assembly of Nigeria, Lagos, 1977-1978. Chairman technical committee Oyo State University of Technology, Ibadan, 1990.
Member governing board Baptist College Theology, Lagos. Trustee Ikate Baptist Church. Fellow Nigerian Institute Training and Development, Nigerian Institute Management, Institute Personnel Management Nigeria.
Member Institute Management Consultant Nigeria.
Married Dorcas Yetunde Bamigboye, October 28, 1951 (divorced December 1959). 1 child, Abiodun; married Wuraola Caroline Elutilo, May 5, 1960. Children: Bolanle, Aduke, Olusegun, Titilola.