Philip Chukwuedu ASIODU,

Mills Limited; Chairman, Ni gerian National Oil Corporation (now Nige rian National Petroleum Corporation) 1971- 75; Chairman, MEDIFE Limited, Lagos, Chairman, Summit Furniture Company; Chairman, Bendel Feed and Flour Mill Lim ited; Director, Metal Box Toyo Glass; Di rector, West African Milk Company; Direc tor, BEECHAM Nigeria Limited; Director, SCAN Construction Nigeria Limited; Chair man, New Africa Holdings Limited, Kaduna; Director, Gulf Oil Company, since 1988; Senior Special Adviser, onEconomic Affairs, to the President, 1999-Date; Chairman, Na tional Executive Council, Nigerian Conser vation Foundation; member, Governing Council, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; member of council, Bendel State (now Edo State) Institute of Technology, Benin City; member, Advisory Committee, Tropical Products Institute, London, Secretary of Pe troleum and Mineral Resources, 1993; Presi dential Aspirant, Peoples' Democratic Party, 1999; Traditional Titles: Izoma Onyaa of Asaba; Political Party: member, Peoples' Democratic Party, 1999-date; Publication: Essays on Nigerian Political Economy, Samkon Publishers, 1993; Honourary De gree: Doctorate Degree ofLiterature by the University of Benin, 1991; Foreign Deco ration: Recipient, Republican Decoration of the FirstOrder of the United Arab Republic (Egypt), September 1970; Hobbies: lawn tennis, golf; Official Address: The Presi dency, Aso Rock, Abuja; Or:MEDIFE Lim ited, 58/60 Broad Street, 4th Floor, Lagos State. Telephone: 01-630646, 633041; Home: 2, Ologun Agbaje Street, Victoria Island, State. Telephone: 01-613536.