Samson Olajuwon Kokumo Olayide

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Samson Olajuwon Kokumo Olayide (born

). He married Theresa Folashade Olayide (née Ikoli, daughter of famous Nigerian politician, nationalist, and pioneering journalist Ernest Sessei Ikoli) in 1961. And gave birth to four children [Biodun, Tokunbo, Oluwole, and Olajide]

Olayide was educated at Apostolic Church Primary School in Ilesa and Government Teachers College in

degree (D.Sc.) in economics by research from the University of London in 1981.

On return from the US in 1967, Olayide joined the University of Ibadan as a senior lecturer in agricultural economics. He went on to become vice-chancellor between 1979 and 1983, and was elected to run for a second term before his untimely death in March 1984. Olayide was a prolific writer and administrator. He also held various research consultant/director positions, most notably at

), and the Federal Agricultural Coordinating Unit (FACU) of Nigeria.

Olayide also published numerous articles in major national and international scientific journals, most notably his seminal paper on "The Nigerian Food Problem", delivered in 1974 and published in the Journal of the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER). He is also the author of many textbooks in economics/econometrics and production agricultural economics.