16 Facts About Michael Omolewa

Michael Abiola Omolewa was born on 1 April 1941 and is a Nigerian diplomat, scholar, education historian, and civil servant.

From January 2000 to August 2009, Michael Omolewa served as permanent delegate and ambassador of Nigeria to UNESCO.

At University of Lagos, on Wednesday 6 February 2019, Michael Omolewa delivered the 5th Enoch Adeboye Annual Birthday Public Lecture; titled: Peace: The Global Quest.

Michael Omolewa is an emeritus professor of adult education at the University of Ibadan.

Michael Omolewa is a former deputy chair of the governing board of the Commonwealth of Learning in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Michael Omolewa is a member of the Commonwealth Advisory Council on Teacher Mobility, Recruitment and Migrations in London.

In September 2008, Michael Omolewa was given the President's award for distinguished contribution to world peace and solidarity by Bulgaria's President Georgi Sedefchov Parvanov.

Also during 2008, Michael Omolewa was inducted into the University of Oklahoma's International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame.

Professor Michael Omolewa served as Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Ibadan; Nigeria's oldest University, from 1985 to 1987.

Michael Omolewa was Chairman of the Committee of Deans of Education of Nigerian Universities from 1986 to 1987.

Michael Omolewa led his Education Faculty's research team to become runner-up for the UNESCO Institute for Education International Literacy Research Award in 1992.

From April 1991 to April 1993 Michael Omolewa was chairman, General Studies Programme University of Ibadan; and from 1979 to 1999, he was Member of Senate at the same University.

In 1994, Professor Michael Omolewa became a Member of the Nigerian National Commission for UNESCO, and subsequently, the Commission's chairman of the Education Sector.

Michael Omolewa was a Consultant on educational issues to the British Council, USAID, UNICEF, World Bank and UNESCO; including being among the team that prepared foundational, background document for the United Nations Literacy Decade.

Consequently, before he left for France, Michael Omolewa took leave of absence as a professor at University of Ibadan.

Also, Michael Omolewa facilitated the nomination and inscribing, in July 2005, of Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove as a UNESCO World Heritage Site; as well as UNESCO's establishment of a Category 2 Institute for African Culture and International Understanding in Abeokuta, Nigeria during April 2009.