John Omoniyi Abiri

Who is John Omoniyi Abiri?

John Omoniyi Abiri was a Nigerian academic.

Born into the family of Pa Abraham 'Muyiwa Abiri at 28, Oke Ayetoro street, Ile-Ife, South Western Nigeria. The renowned educationist Omoniyi Olayioye Abiri attended S't Phillips School, Ile-Ife and Odudwa College Ile-Ife where he obtained the West African School Certificate in the first division in 1955. After a brief spell in the Federal civil service in Lagos and as a teacher at Ife Grammar School Ile-Ife, he gained admission to the University College, Ibadan in 1957 and graduated in 1961.

He holds the B.A degree of the University of London, Master of Education degree of the University of Birmingham, U.K as well as the PGDE and the Ph.D. degrees, both of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He is a winner of both the Irving Bonnar Graduate Prize and the George Cadbury Prize in Education.

After obtaining his first degree he served as a graduate teacher at Ife Grammar School, Ile-Ife in 1961-1962. He later moved to the University of Ibadan, starting as a Research Fellow and then as Assistant Lecturer, he rose steadily through the academic ranks until he became a Reader.