Education and Job Experience

After his primary education, Bawa got a job as a teacher at a time when the profession was dignifying. However, he developed himself through constant reading and writing. Bawa seemed to excel in everything. A colleague of his who was encountered accidentally narrated (15 years after his death) When the Nigerian independence was being negotiated, indigenous people were recruited to fill clerical positions in the colonial administration. Bawa succeeded in the selection exam and became the one appointed to fill the Northern quota of the vacancy that was open at the administrative headquarters in Lokoja. That was how he left teaching for clerical duties.

A ruler in the region was envious and attempted to use his position to block the employment. He kept the letter of appointment which was sent though him to the then young Mr. GB Akerejola. It was an open disgrace when the colonial administrator, in his wise fury compelled him to use his personal horse-driven cart to transport Bawa to Lokoja. Bawa made good progress acquiring administrative skills that were to be of invaluable benefit to him in his latter calling.