The Dagburewe of Idowa,Oba Yinusa Adekoya is dead. Ijebuland has been thrown into mourning,since the news of the passing of the Ijebu monarch,,filtered out.Oba Yinusa Oladele Adekoya was born on 11th October. 1935 at Idowa in Ogun State. He was educated variously at the Macwen College of Secretarial Studies, and Universities in Nigeria such as Nsukka (UNN) in 1962, while in 1973 he was at the Institute of Administration, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) where he bagged a certificate in Administrative and Management Techniques. He also attended at various times, Royal Institute of Public Administration, London, and bagged several professional certificates such as Certificate in Advanced Management Techniques, Certificate in Personnel Management. Certificate in Management Consultancy and Certificate in Advance Records Management. In 1978, he bagged Certificate in Management Consultancy and Certificate in Wages & Salary Admin from Urwick Orr Management Centre, Slough. England. He later proceeded to Industrial Society, London in 1990 and bagged Certificate in records Management. His Royal Highness, Oba Y. O. Adekoa joined the Federal Civil Service on 1st May, 1958 as a Clerk in the Prime Minister’s Office. He got a Federal Government Busary to Study Secretarial Studies at the University of Nigeria Nsukka in 1962. On finishing at the University, he was posted to the Federal Ministry of Labour as Personal Assistant to the Permanent Secretary and later as Private Secretary to the Honourable Minister of Labour and Social Welfare. He attended the International Labour Conference (ILO) Geneva, Switzerland in 1963, 1964 and 1965. The ILO Conference took him to the Scandinavian Countries of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. He also attended the African Labour Conference in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa in 1964. He was promoted to the prestigious Administrative Class of the Federal Civil Service in 1977 and rose steadily from the grade of Admin. Officer VII to Administrative Officer Grade II; until the new Civil Service Reforms re-designated the post to that of Assistant Director. While in the Service, he served ad-hoc member of the Job Evaluation Task Force during the Public Service Review Commission (otherwise known as Udoji Commission in 1973-74). He equally served on the Job Evaluation Team at Williams and Williams Review Panel in 1975. He was for many years Federal Gate to the Meetings of National Council on Establishment and National Negotiating Council (I), (II) and (III) where the conditions of service of Federal Civil Servants and State Civil Service were determined after consultation with the Trade Unions Side. Official Nigeria Delegate to the meeting of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Burkina Faso, Lome, and Gambia on personnel matters of Statutory and local staff of the Organisations. Member of the Nine Member Team appointed by the Hon. Minister of Communications of the placement of NITEL staff in 1986. He was a member of the four-mart Team on Comparative Fact Finding tour of United States of America, United Kingdom, Egypt, Kenya and Turkey on the condition of service of Air Traffic Controllers in the Federal Ministry of Transport and Aviation in 1977. A member of the Salary Fact Finding Team on behalf of the Nigeria Airways for pilots, Engineers and Cabin Crew in the United Kingdom, Amsterdam and Western Germany in 1978. Leader of the Special Task Force for the re-organization of the Central Records and Pensions Registries containing 30,000 files of Establishments Department, Office of the Head of Service of the Federal Civil Service of the Federation in 1981-83. He was the Chairman of the National Council on Establishment Committee on the Review of the Annual Performance Appraisal Form for the Federal and States Civil Services in 1991-92. He served in the following Ministries: Prime Minister’s Office; Cabinet Office, Ministry of Pensions, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Establishments, Office of Head of Service.
He got the 25th Anniversary Merit Award of Idowa Club 50 for outstanding contributions to the development of Idowa (1999); Ansalrat-Lliahi Society of Nigeria Merit Award for recognition of excellent contributions and selfless service to Islam and Muslim (2000); Secretary Idowa Progressive Union; Secretary, Idowa Club 50; Secretary and later 2nd Vice President, Rotary Club of Lagos and Member Island Club, Lagos.
When he retired from the Federal Civil Service after 35 years service, he was appointed the Dagburewe of Idowa by the civilian administration of His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba on 10th February 1993. The Staff of Office was presented to him on the 5th of March 1993.