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Sunday Bolorunduro AWONIYI,

Retired civil servant, Industrialist, Administrator

CON. B.A, (LON), D.Litt; administrator, industrialist, retired civil servant; b: April 30, 1932, ht: Mopa, lga: Mopamuro; so: Kogi; married, has children, ed: Baptist Day School, Mopa, Kogi State, 1938-44; Holy Trinity School, Lokoja, Kogi State, 1945-46; Kabba Province Middle School, Okene, Kogi State, 1947-49; Barewa College, Zaria, Kaduna State, 1950-53; Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, (now Ahmadu Bello University), Zaria, Kaduna State, 1954-56; University College, now University of Ibadan, 1956-59; Imperial Defence College, now Royal College of Defence Studies, London, 1970-71. cr: Administrative Officer, Class IV, Northern Nigeria Civil Service, 1959; Divisional Officer, Bauchi Division, Bauchi Province, 1959-60; Divisional Officer, Lafia and Nassarawa Divisions, Benue Province, 1960; asst. sec, Federal Ministry of Mines and Power, Lagos, 1961-62; ag. snr. asst. sec. Security, Northern Nigeria Civil Service, Kaduna, 1962-63; sec, ExecutiveCouncil of Northern Nigeria, 1963-64; Provincial Secretary-in-charge, Nigeria Province, Minna, 1964; Provincial Secretary-in-charge, Plateau Province, Jos, 1964- 65; Under Secretary to the Premier, Northern Nigeria, Kaduna, 1965- 66;…

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Under-Secretary, Military Governor's Office, Kaduna, 1966-68; Provincial Secretary, Borno Province, Maiduguri, 1967; ps: Ministry of Finance, Kwara State, Ilorin; 1968-70; Federal Administrative Service, 1970; ps: Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs, Lagos, 1971- 75; ps. Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Lagos, 1975-77; ech: Howas Services Limited, since 1979; Boja Industries Ltd, Mopa, Mopamuro LGA, Kogi State; dir. Total Nigeria Pic; official delegate, Northern Nigeria, adhoc Constitutional Conference, 1966; Representative, Oyi Local Government Area, Kwara State, mm: Constituent Assembly 1977, Nigerian Constitution, 1977-78; Constitutional Conference, 1994-95. ch: Impresit Bakolori Nigeria Limited, 1977-79; Board of Arewa Consultative Forum; ch: Arewa Consultative Forum, since 2003; mm: committee to explore the establishment of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos, Plateau State; mem. first Board of Governors to develop and govern the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos, 1978-82; mm. Board of Governors. Institute of Management. Ahmadu Bello University. Zaria,1970-84; Pro-Chancellor, Council ch. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1984-87; Senator, National Assembly, West Senatorial District, Kogi State, National Republican Convention, 1992; tt Aro Mopa, Kogi State, 1986; Fiwajoye Iyamoye, Kogi, 1986; Jagunmolu Igbagun, Kogi,1991; pp: Defunct National Republican Convention; Board of Trustees, Peoples Democratic Party, 1998-2000; nh: Commander of the Order of the Niger, 1977; Kwara State Merit Award, 1988; Federal Government Appreciation Plaque, 1994-95; Kogi State Certificate of Honour, 1995; fh: Officer de L'ordre National du Merite, French National Hon. of Officer of the National Order of Merit of the Republic of France, 1988; ah: Doctor of Letters, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, 1989; hob: badminton, reading, initiating and promoting community self-help development efforts; off/tel: 01-2690524; res: Mopa, Kogi State;

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Surname
AWONIYI,
First Name
Sunday
Other Names
Bolorunduro
Gender
Male
Profession
Retired civil servant
Industrialist
Administrator
Have you ever been a member of any political party?
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