He was educated at Saint John School, Iloro, Ilesha, Osun State (1927-1936).
In 1948, he received a scholarship that earned him a bachelor's degree in Civil engineering at the Battersea Polytechnic in London.
[2] Having completed his bachelor's degree in 1952, he joined the service of Cubits, British engineering company, where he worked for two years.
[4] He left to England in 1957 for a post graduate (PGD) training as a water engineer.
He completed the program in 1958 and returned to Nigeria as a Senior Engineer in various towns in the old Western Region, including Abeokuta, Ibadan and Benin.