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{{Short description|Retired Nigerian Army General}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = [[Major-General]]
| name = Oluyemi Joseph Bajowa
| honorific_suffix = [[OFR]]
| image = Bajowa.jpg
| birth_name = Oluyemi Joseph Bajowa
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| birth_place = Igbotako, [[Okitipupa]], [[Ondo State]], [[Nigeria]]
| nationality = Nigerian
| alma_mater = [[Nigeria Defence Academy]],[[National Defence College (India)]] [[New Delhi]], [[University of Lagos]], [[Nigeria]]
| awards = [[Nigerian Independence Medal]]
| honours = [[Commander of the Federal Republic]] (CFR), [[Order of the Federal Republic]] (OFR)
}}
'''Oluyemi Joseph Bajowa''' {{post-nom|CFR|OFR|country=NGA}} (born 27 December 1940) is a retired [[Major-general (Nigeria)|Nigerian Army Major General]] , who was [[Quartermaster-General to the Forces|Quartermaster General,]], Nigerian Army, [[Ministry of Defence (Nigeria)|Ministry of Defence]] (MOD) from 1976 to 1978 and then Commandant, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]- in [[Nigeria]] from 1978 to 1979.<ref>{{Cite webencyclopedia |editor-last=AdminOsso |editor-first=Nyaknno |edition=Online |date=2016-11-28 |title=BAJOWA, Maj-GenJosephGen Joseph Oluyemi |url=https://blerf.org/index.php/biography/bajowa-major-general-joseph-oluyemi/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |websiteencyclopedia=Who's Who in Nigeria|publisher=Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=says |first=Orimioburumagazine |date=2021-11-16 |title=THEThe UNTOLDuntold STORYstory OFof THEthe CONTRIBUTIONScontributions OFof Aa DISTINGUISHEDdistinguished OLUOMOOlomu TOto IKALEIkale LANDLand, ONDOOndo STATEState ANDand NIGERIANigeria IN GENERALin general: PRINCEPrince DRDr OLUOlu BAJOWABajowa (GENGen.) |url=https://heromagazines.com/the-untold-story-of-the-contributions-of-a-distinguished-oluomo-to-ikale-land-ondo-state-and-nigeria-in-general-prince-dr-olu-bajowa-gen/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |websitemagazine=The Hero Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> He was also the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defence (1990–1993); Industry (1993–1997) as well as Science and Technology (1997–1999).<ref>{{Cite webnews |work=PM News Nigeria |first=Kazeem |last=Ugbodaga |date=December 28, 2020 |title=My times with General Bajowa during military years: Buhari |url=https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2020/12/28/my-times-with-general-bajowa-during-military-years-buhari/ |url-status=bot:live unknown |access-date=December 9, 2023 |archive-date=December 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209095828/https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2020/12/28/my-times-with-general-bajowa-during-military-years-buhari/ |archive-date=December 9, 2023 |access-date=December 9, 2023 }}</ref>
== Early life and education ==
Bajowa was born on December 27, 1940, at Igbotako Osooro in [[Okitipupa]] Local Government Area of [[Ondo State]] .<ref name=":0" /> He attended Manuwa Memorial Grammar School, Iju-Odo, Okitipupa, Gboluji Anglican Grammar School, [[Ile-Oluji]], [[Ondo Town|Ondo]] (1959) and had his "A" Levels at the Federal School of Science, Lagos in 1960. He later proceeded to the [[University of Lagos]], where he graduated in 1988 with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Business Administration. He was also awarded a [[Doctor of Theology]] by the [[Theological Seminary]], [[Durban, South Africa]], in London on 29 October 2005.
== Career ==
Bajowa was enlisted into the [[Nigerian Army|Nigeria Army]] as a cadet in training in September, 1960 at the then Military College now [[Nigerian Defence Academy]] [[Kaduna]] and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant at [[Mons Officer Cadet School]], in [[Aldershot, England]], in 1961. He was later attached to the [[British Army]] in [[the Rhine]], Western Germany during the "Cold War" and thereafter, he was posted to the 4th Infantry Battalion of the Nigerian Army in 1962 to start his military career. He tookwas part inof the [[United Nations Peacekeepingpeacekeeping]] Operations|Unitedforce Nationsdeployed Peaceto Keeping[[Republic Operationsof the Congo (Léopoldville)|the Congo]] in their [[United Nations Operation in the Congo]]. andHe was involved in the [[Nigerian Civil War]], particularly at the "Ore Battle" as a Commanding Officer from 1967 to 1970.{{Citation Heneeded paragraph|date=April 2024}}
Bajowa retired as a Major General from the Nigerian Army at the age of 40 on 16 April 1980.<ref>{{Cite webnews |title=Obasanjo: How Bajowa Saved My life During Dimka's Coup |first=James |last=Sowole |date=27 December 2020 |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/12/27/obasanjo-how-bajowa-saved-my-life-during-dimkas-coup |access-date=2023-12-16 |websitework=thisdaylive.comThis Day |language=en}}</ref>
Bajowa is also a philanthropist and the owner of AWAWA 94.1 FM.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ondo gets first community radio station in Ikale |url=https://ground.news/article/ondo-gets-first-community-radio-station-in-ikale |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=Ground News |language=en}}</ref> He commissioned the Radio Station in 2020 as part of his 80<sup>th</sup>80th birthday celebrations by the now deceased Ondo State Governor, [[Oluwarotimi Akeredolu]].<ref>{{Cite webnews |date=December 31, 2020 |first=Dayo |last=Johnson |title=Ondo gets first community radio station in Ikale |url-status=live |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/12/ondo-gets-first-community-radio-station-in-ikale/ |urlarchive-statusdate=bot: unknownDecember 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216154306/https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/12/ondo-gets-first-community-radio-station-in-ikale/ |archive-date=December 16, 2023 |access-date=December 9, 2022 |websitework=Vanguard Newspaper }}</ref!--The below cite is the very same article as the previous: merely the first paragraph of the Vanguard story and a link to it. It should probably be removed as unneeded-->
* Cited as: {{cite news |first=Dayo |last=Johnson |title=Ondo gets first community radio station in Ikale |url=https://ground.news/article/ondo-gets-first-community-radio-station-in-ikale |work=Ground News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222180139/https://ground.news/article/ondo-gets-first-community-radio-station-in-ikale |archive-date=22 December 2023 |access-date=2023-12-16 |language=en}}</ref>
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