Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas

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Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas.

Until his death on February 2, 2015, Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas held many important positions in Lagos State and Nigeria as a whole.

He studied at Princess School, Lagos; Balham and Tooting College of Commerce, London; and Columbia University, New York.

He served as chairman of many organizations, including CFAO Nigeria, CICA (Nigeria) Ltd., Transcap Nigeria Ltd., Oktom Investment Ltd., Iltochu Nigeria Ltd., Chiyoda Nigeria Ltd., and Anchoria Investment & Securities Ltd.

A recipient of the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur, the highest national honor given by the French to a foreigner, Okoya-Thomas also received the national honor of MFR. He died at the age of 79.