Lagos
AKEJU, Prof.
Rufus
Rufus
B.A, M.A, Ph.D;
- Married
Has children
asst. prof. Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, USA, 1977-80; Lecture 1, University of Sokoto, (now Usmanu Dan Fodio University), Sokoto, 1980-82; snr. Lecturer, 1982-84; Counsellor, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja, 1984-86; Counsellor, Political, Embassy of Nigeria, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1986-88; snr. Counsellor, 1990-91; asst. dir. Minister Counselor, Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Peru, Chile, and Uruguay, 1994-98; Deputy dir. (Minister), Inter-African Affairs Department, 1999; Training and Staff Welfare Department, 1999; Deputy dir. Office of the ps. Abuja, 1999-2000; International Organisation Directorate, First United Nations Division, Abuja, 2000- 2001; East, Central and Southern Africans Division, Abuja, since 2001; ag. Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Administration, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, USA 1981; 1983; 1980-84; Depart mental Representative, 1983-84; Faculty Adviser, Model United Nations, 1979; University Adviser, 1978-80; ch., University Search Committee; Departmental Standing Committee; Memorial Examiner, Indiana, USA, 1980; Commentator, Nigerian Television Authority, 1981-83; mm: Convocation Sub-committee on Student Debate, 1981- 82; University Housing Loan Committee, 1980-82; FSSA Appointment and Promotion Committee, 1979-82; Faculty Board of Science, 1980- 92; Academic Staff Union of Universities, Sokoto Branch; Council, 1981-82; v-c. Administrative Staff Colleges ofNigeria, 1983; Ministerial Meeting of Non-aligned Heads of State and Government, Harare, Zimbabwe, 1986; Ministerial Meeting, Co-ordinating Bureau of Nonaligned Countries, New Delhi, India, 1986; Eleventh Summit ofHeads of State and Government, Group of Fifteen on South Cooperation, Buenos, Aires. Argentina, 1995; Ministerial Meeting, Coordination Ministerial Bureau, Non-aligned Countries, Cartegena, Colombia, 1998;
American Society of International Law; Nigerian Institute of International Affairs; Nigerian Political Science Association; International Studies Association; Africans Studies Association; American Academy of Political and Social Science; National Political Science Honor Society, Gamma Kappa; World Association of Former United Nations Internees and FellowsInc
“African personality”, Black Family News, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 1971; “Africans Speaking for Themselves” The Post Perspective, Athens, Ohio, USA, 1974; “The Tragedy That Was Biafra”, International Background, Vol.7, No. 4, Stockholm, Sweden, 1979; “Self Determination Denied: The Tragedy That Was Biafra”, International Interactions, Gordon and Breach, Science Publishers, Inc. New York, USA, 1979, Problems of Nation-Building in Africa, Nigeria’s Historical Experience”, The Farfaru Journal of Education 1, Sokoto, Nigeria, 1983; Nigeria at the United Nations: Partnership fora Better World; 1991;
Graduate Scholarship Award, Graduate School of International Affairs, Ohio University, Athens USA, 1973-74; Trustee f. Howard University, Washington DC, USA, 1974-75; Highest Graduates Terminal f. 1976-79; Graduate Teaching Asst. f. 1976-79; Pi Sigma Alpha National Honour Society, 1976; Doctissimus Scientia Reipucae, 1977; Certificate of laud and honor, Tennessee State University. School of Arts and Sciences. USA, 1979; Outstanding Young Men in America, 1980; Scholarship, Paris, France, 1982, Transendent Star of Humility, Outstanding Diplomat, Buenos Aires Argentina, 1996; Outstanding Figure, Relations between Nigeria and the National University of Santiago de Estero, Argentina, 1998;
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