About: Lawrence Omole

Dr. Lawrence Omole (October 11, 1915 – November 14, 2008) was a prominent Nigerian entrepreneur, who over the years contributed a great deal of effort to the industrialization drive in the country. He was one of the most successful Cocoa merchants from western Nigeria. He was also a community leader, who had invested time and energy in creating various community development programs in Ilesha. During the 1960s, he founded the Ijesa Planning Council, an association that was interested in promoting industrial development in Ijesa land. In 1978, the effort of another collective, resulted in the establishment of the International Breweries, Ilesha. The brewery is seen as one of the successful benchmarks of a collective methodical plan and execution of an industrial project in the country.