Madam
Sheila Solarin (Nee Tuer), the wife of Dr Tai Solarin, the educator and author
who established the famous Mayflower School, Ikenne, Ogun State, has died.
British born Sheila Mary, who was a co-founder of the Mayflower School, died
today October 21st 2012 at Babcock University Teaching Hospital in Sagamu. She
was 88 years old. Tai Solarin died in 1994 at the age of 71. May her soul rest
in peace...amen.
Sheila
Mary Tuer (nee Shiela Solarin) is a British
woman married to the late Tai Solarin. She was recently an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II on 17 October 2007 for
services to education in Nigeria. She currently runs Mayflower
School on behalf of her late husband Tai Solarin.
Nigeria.Sheila
met her husband while both were in the forces following the World War II.
In
1952 they decided to move to his native Nigeria, and both worked in Molusi
College ijebu Igbo
But
they disagreed with the politics of the day and religious discrimination in
schools, and decided to build their own in a town called Ikenne.
On
27 January 1956, Tai Solarin and his wife founded the first and only secular
school in Nigeria, Mayflower School, Ikenne, Ogun State.
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