You probably have not heard much about him. And thats because the man known as Fola Alade is a man who keeps a low profile.
Up until his death on Saturday 19th June, 2021 Fola Alade was an accomplished architect. He holds the record as one of Nigeria’s first four Architecture graduates.
The famous architect has quite a number of architectural masterpieces dotting various locations across Nigeria bearing his insignia.
Architectural masterpieces bearing his insignia are the 1004 Housing Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos, defunct Federal Secretariat building, Ikoyi, Lagos and the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
Others are the Remembrance Arcade, Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, Satellite Town, Lagos, Nigerian Air Force Base, Ikeja and the Nigerian Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies building, Kuru, near Jos.
Yet others are the National Judicial Institute, Abuja and Nigerian Embassy buildings in 11 countries.
Fola Alade graduated from the Nigerian College of Arts & Sciences and Technology, Zaria (now Ahmadu Bello University) in 1961 as one of the first four Architecture graduates.
Thereafter, he completed his post graduate studies at the Architectural Association School of Tropical Studies, London in 1965, on a Commonwealth Scholarship.
Alade died on Saturday at the age of 87, family sources in Aramoko-Ekiti said.
