Background
He was born on March 17, 1920 in Osun State, southwestern Nigeria.
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Samuel Fadahunsi
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He was educated at Saint John School, Iloro, Ilesha, Osun State (1927-1936). He also attended Government College, Ibadan (1937-1942). Having completed his bachelor"s degree in 1952, he joined the service of Cubits, British engineering company, where he worked for two years.
Career
In 1948, he received a scholarship that earned him a bachelor"s degree in Civil engineering at the Battersea Polytechnic in London. He returned to Nigeria, where he became a full engineer in 1954. He left to England in 1957 for a post graduate (Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis ) 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 to 1974
Foundation Fellow of The Nigerian Academy of Engineering.
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Nigeria