Kofo Abayomi

Oloye Sir Kofoworola Adekunle "Kofo" Abayomi, KBE (10 July 1896 – 1 January 1979) was a Nigerian politician who was one of the founders of the nationalist group, the Nigerian Youth Movement, in 1934 and went on to have a distinguished public service career. His last major public assignment was as chairman of the Lagos Executive Development Board from 1958 until 1966. Quotes I grew up in Lagos and my childhood was good. Knowing my background, I lived well and was brought up in a very comfortable environment. I went to the best schools. Lagos was good then. My primary education was at Princess School and Christ Church Cathedral School in Lagos; I never schooled outside Lagos except when I travelled abroad. Princess School was a preparatory school, a mixed school; but for boys, when you were in Standard Three, you had to be withdrawn. It was a mixed school up to Standard Three because basically, it is a female school. From there, I had to go to Christ Church Cathedral School which is also a church school. I proceeded to CMS Grammar School which was just the next compound to Christ Church Cathedral School. It was not as rough as it is today but even as of then, you had to know the son of whom you are. I had friends who were on drugs but I have never taken drugs in my life. I had friends who were always going to night clubs but I preferred regular parties. I had friends who broke bounds in school and I also did a bit of that. Yes, I got caught. There was a time I took about nine people to the Ambassador Hotel. We left school at about 8pm and got to school about 2am but we were caught, two were expelled, six were suspended but the principal thought that since I just got in from another school and I did not know the routine, I should be on probation. My friends thought that it was favouritism but I was not bothered. My father was a medical doctor and he had his own practice. He expected me to study medicine. I remember one day when I was in the boarding school and I went out to buy something, coincidentally my father’s car drove by. When the driver saw me, he stopped and approached me with my father at the back seat. We had just finished the term, so I had my report card in my pocket. I came first in class. I showed my father my report card and he browsed through it. I did very well in biology and chemistry, I did not offer mathematics or physics because I was more inclined to the arts class. He asked what I thought I was doing because he expected me to study medicine but I told him I was not going to study medicine. He just threw my report card at me and told the driver to move the car. He was visibly angry. External links Category:1896 births Category:1979 deaths Category:Politicians from Nigeria