Venerable Godwin Adebayo Ogunlowo (JP) an Anglican with a heart of gold, has passed on.
His peaceful and glorious exit occurred at the early hours of Saturday, May 29th, 2021.
Born in 1930 and was ordained as a deacon in 1989 and later a priest in 1990. He was installed a Canon in the year 2000 shortly before he retired from the Church Ministry. He was on holy Pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 2004 .
Ogunlowo had a great passion for music and he gleefully sang all parts but had a preference for tenor.
He is survived by wife, Mrs. Diekola Ogunlowo (nee Bolaji), children and grandchildren.
He started his elementary education at the St. Peter’s Anglican School, Oluponna in 1938 and gained admission to Ibadan Boys High School in 1945 but crossed to Remo Secondary School, Sagamu and lastly to the C.M.S Grammar School, Lagos where he obtained his Senior Cambridge (Oversea) School Certificate in December 1953. He started work in 1954 at the then Western Region Ministry of Education, Ibadan as a Clerical Officer and was posted to the Provincial Education Office in Abeokuta.
He was later posted to the Planning Office, Ilaro in Egbado where he along with other officers worked tirelessly to prosecute the free Primary School Education Scheme then newly introduced by the then Premier of the Western Region, late Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
The late Venerable Ogunlowo resigned his appointment in December 1955 to start a Theological course at the Melville Hall, Kudeti Ibadan, the course he abandoned after spending a term at the institute due to financial problems. He was re-employed to his former post of Clerical Officer at the Ministry of Education and after a spell, he was sent along with an expatriate officer by name Mr. Boothroyd to a newly established Government Trade Center (later renamed Technical College) on Awe Road, Oyo in 1962/63. He was transferred back to Headquarters Ibadan in 1964.
Leave a Reply