He was the first student to win the Atlas Award in Architecture in the Inter. RIBA exams in 1958.
He was the first indigene of Aramoko Ekiti and the second citizen of Ekiti to become a Chartered Architect.
He was the first Registrar of the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON).
He was the first Architect to become a Federal Permanent Secretary.
He was the founder and first President of Club Arcade of Lagos.
He was the first President of Ekiti Golf Club.
He was a co-founder and the first President of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Alumni Association.
He was the first to bag the National honours of the Officer of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (OFR).
He was the first Architect to be appointed as a Pro Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council of the Federal University of Port Harcourt.