Olabode OLOWOPOROKU

Politician, Consultant · b. September 29, 1945

Owolabi, B.Sc, MA, Ph.D., industrial and economic consultant, politician; born September 29, 1945; married 1971; one son, three daughters. Education: University of Ife, 1970; Manchester University, England, 1976. Career: Appointed High School Teacher, Akure, 1970-Junior Research Fellow, Institute of Administratioin, Univer sityof Ife, 1971 -72; Junior Research Fellow and Post-graduate Student, Manchester Uni versity, 1972-76; Lecturer, Economic Devel opment/Economic Planning, University of Ife, 1976-79; Commissioner for Economic Planning, old Ondo St71; ate, 1979-81; ap pointed Federal Minister ofState for Science and Technology, 1983; member, Nigerian Economic Society; member, West African Economic Society, Governorship Candidate, All Peoples Party, Ekiti State, 1999. Politi cal Parties: member, defunct Unity Party of Nigeria, member, defunct National Party of Nigeria, member, defunct National Republi can*Convention, member, defunct, Demo craticPartyof Nigeria, member, All Peoples Party, Ekiti State, 1999; member, Peoples Democratic Party since 1999. Honour: Ford Foundation Fellowship, Manchester, 1972-76. Hobbies: reading and writing Home: Ijewi Street, Aye Quarters, Ilawe- Ekiti, Ekiti State.