Mrs. Iyabo Arinola Awokoya studied law at the University of Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University) and graduated in 1981. After a year’s study at the Nigerian Law School, Lagos, she was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1982. She undertook the compulsory National Youth Service Corp year at the Oyo State Ministry of Justice. She thereafter worked in the chambers of Chief Gani Fawehinmi and Chief Rober Clark respectively.
In 1986, she co-founded the firm of Awokoya, Awokoya & Co with her husband and the firm subsists. Iyabo also founded and practice legal consultancy under the name and style of Castalia Consultants and of recent, have become a partner in the firm styled “The Neighbourhood Law Practice”.
She is a development and management consultant and practice at Sages Consult Limited where she is the Managing Director. Her firm’s consulting strength is in public sector developmental projects and particularly those funded and/or monitored by multilateral institutions. The firm also consult for civil society sector. Their areas of consulting expertise include project appraisal, monitoring and evaluation, process evaluation, mid-term project reviews, impact assessments and implementation completion reports among others.
Iyabo Arinola is passionate about training and capacity building and has facilitated at numerous trainings that her firm Sages Consult has undertaken for Federal and State Governments MDAs and Agencies and the Private Sector. She is also a motivational speaker and has taken advocacy on living a life of purpose to the men, women, and youths. As a public commentator, she has ruffled many a good feather in her discourse on public issues.
As an Author, Podcaster and Blogger, she has authored the following books:
Nigeria: History through her leaders;
Arise O Compatriot-A call to patriotism (A civics book for children);
The Enigma: Rumblings and ramblings of a Thinker (Co-authored),
Just Me (A portrait of myself at 50);
The Adventures of High Jumper (a storybook for children).
All these publications are available in Nigeria from Lord & Daisy Limited.
In 2019, she was persuaded by her daughter and niece to start a podcast (All About Nigeria)focused on being an information bridge for the youths about Nigerian History as well as a forum for having healthy conversations on contemporary Nigerian issues.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND MANY HAPPY RETURNS TO A GREAT PATRIOT 🥂
