King Samuel Odulana Odungade was born in Igbo Elerin, Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria on 14th April 1914 to Pa
Odulana Ayinla.
He began his elementary education at Saint Andrew’s School,
Bamigbola, Ibadan in January 1922 and transferred to St. Peter’s School, Aremo
in 1929.
He completed his middle school education at Mapo Central School in
1936. He completed his primary school at St Peters School Aremo, Ibadan in 1929
He was an Army officer during the 1939 World War II. After
returning from World War II in 1945, he was appointed to be in charge of the
demobilisation of returning soldiers in Lagos.
He briefly worked with United
Africa Company (UAC) as a produce clerk before commencing his teaching career
at the Church Missionary Society (CMS) Elementary School, Jago in 1938.
He also
taught in several schools from 1939 to 1942 while with the Colonial Office
Education Department in 1964.
He went into politics in 1959 as a Member of the
House of Representatives and was appointed parliamentary secretary to Tafawa
Balewa. He was Minster of State for Labour and in 1964.
He led the Nigerian
Parliamentary delegation to the London Constitution Conference to restructure
the former British colonies of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now Malawi, Zimbabwe and
Zambia).
He joined the royal chieftaincy line in 1972 as the Mogaji
of Ladunni Compound I'm Ibadan. In 1976, he was conferred Jagun-Olubadan,
He was the co-founder of several organisations such as the
Ibadan Economic Foundation and the Ibadan Progressive Union. He was conferred
the honorary degree of Doctor of Management Technology by the Federal
University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, in December 2005.
He was crowned Olubadan of Ibadan at the age of 93 years in
August 11, 2007.[ He died on January 19, 2016 at age 101
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