Prominent Nigerians

Full Name: Lady Oyinkansola Abayomi
State of Origin: Lagos.
Ethnicity: Yoruba.
Date of Birth: 6 March 1897 
Died: 19 March 1990 (aged 93) Lagos, Nigeria
Cause of Death: Natural causes
Nationality: Nigerian
Marriage status: Married.
Spouse(s): Moronfolu Abayomi, Kofoworola Abayomi.
Parents: Mr Kitoye Ajasa and Mrs Oyinkan
Residence: Lagos, Nigeria
Language: Yoruba and English
Religion: Christian
Alma mater: Young Ladies Academy at Ryford Hall, England. And Royal Academy School of Music in London.
Occupation: Feminist, Educator, Scouting guide, Motivational speaker.

INTRODUCTION
Oyinkansola Abayomi populaly known as Oyinkan was born on 6 March 1897 by Mr Kitoye Ajasa a lawyer and newspaper founder, knighted in 1929 and her mother Mrs Oyinkan Bartholomew. When Oyinkansola Abayomi was born her parent gave her six powerful names they are: Ajibati,Ajibike,Morenike,Moronkeji, Olaosebikan and Oyinkansola
She started her primary schoool at Anglican Girls' Seminary in Lagos. She graduated in 1909. She proceded to the Young Ladies Academy at Ryford Hall, located in Gloucestershire, England. In 1917 she attended the Royal Academy School of Music in London.
She joined the Girl Guides. She came back from London after she graduated from Royal Academy School of Music in London and settled down in Lagos in 1920. After 11 years away from Nigeria, Abayomi returned home to Lagos. She took work as a music teacher at her old school. It was during this time when she met at lawyer named Moronfolu Abayomi. They married in August 1923. Unfortunately he was assassinated in court two months later. In 1930, Lady Oyinkan remarried Kofoworola Abayomi.

EDUCATION
She attended Anglican Girls' Seminary in Lagos. She graduated in 1909. She then went to school at the Young Ladies Academy at Ryford Hall, located in Gloucestershire, England. She joined the Girl Guides. In 1917 she attended the Royal Academy of Music in London.

TITLES
She was honored with five Nigerian chieftaincy titles.
Lady Oyinkan Abayomi

• O.F.R.
• M.B.E.
• Iya Eko of Lagos
• Iya Abiye of Egbaland

CAREER
While in England, Lady Oyinkansola Abayomi had joined the Girl Guides. When she returned to Nigeria, she connected with the local Lagos Nigerian Girl Guides Association, which was founded by an English woman. Abayomi joined the group and was the first Nigerian woman to serve as a supervisor. She also became active in the education of women and girls in Nigeria, which was not equal to that of men and boys. She joined the Lagos Women's Organization. She did fundraising and promoting for Queen's College through the West African Educated Girls' Club, an organization she founded. It opened in 1927.
Lady Oyinkansola Abayomi became the chief commissioner for the Girl Guides. She joined the Nigerian Youth Movement in 1935. She wrote an article in the organization's journal that year, demanding that wealthy women of Nigeria needed to fight for women's rights and willing to work with women of middle and lower classes for those rights. On May 10, 1944 she founded the Nigerian Women's Party; at a meeting at her home with twelve women. The organization sought equal rights for women.
On January 1, 1979, Kofo died. Three years later, in 1982, Abayomi retired from the Girl Guides and was given the honorary title Life President. This was not, however, her only title. In 1954, Kofo had been knighted by the king, and she was thus known as Lady Oyinkan. In recognition for her work on behalf of Nigeria and women, Abayomi was also honored with several traditional chieftaincies, receiving five chief titles in all, the last of which was Iya Abiye of Egbaland. Lady Oyinkan Abayomi died in 1990 at the age of 93.
LOVE, MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN
While she was teaching Music at the Anglican Girls' Seminary she met at lawyer named Moronfolu Abayomi. They married in August 1923.It was a bitter experience in two months later when lawyer Moronfolu was assassinated in court. Seven years later she remarried Kofoworola Abayomi.
On her successful marriage and motherhood
INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT OYINKANSOLA ABAYOMI

• She was a feminist and nationalist as she campaigned for the education of women.
• Lady Oyinkansola Abayomi was a women civic leader
• She was the first Nigerian woman to serve as a supervisor in Nigerian Girls’ Guide Association founded by an English woman.
• Oyinkansola Abayomi was a founding teacher at the Queens College and the first Nigerian to work there.
• She became one of the first women in Lagos to drive a car.
• In 1930, Lady Oyinkan remarried Kofoworola Abayomi.
• In 1931, the Girls’ Guide was recognized and supported by the Nigerian government and Oyinkan later became the chief commissioner for the association.
• Lady Oyinkansola Abayomi founder the Nigerian Women's Party and advocate of woman suffrage in May 1944.
• In 1954, her husband, Kofo Abayomi was knighted and she became known as Lady Oyinkan.
• Kofo Abayomi died on 1 January 1979 and three years later Lady Oyinkan retired from the Girls’ Guide and was given the honorary title of a Life President.