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Samuel Oyewole Oyewole ASABIA

Economist, Banker

BA (Hons) B.Sc, economist, banker, born December 7, 1931, Idoani, Ondo State; mar ried Maureen Patricia Lyon, two sons, two daughters; Education: Christ's School, Ado- Ekiti, University of Exeter, England; Ad ministrative Officer, Nigerian Civil Service, 1954; Assistant District Officer, later Senior Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Finance, defunct Western Region, 1958-60; Senior Assistant Secretary, Cabinet Office, Western Region; appointed Under Secretary, Premier's Office, Western Region, 1961-62; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Lands, Housing and Home Affairs, 1962; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Establishments and Training, 1963-66; appointed Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, 1966-70; member, National Population Census, 1963; member, Ad-Hoc Committee on- Revenue Allocation, 1969; former member, Governing Board, Institute of Public Administration, University of Ife (how Obafemi Awolowo University) 1963-66; appointed Deputy Gover nor, Central bank of Nigeria, 1970-75; Vice- Chairman and Chief Executive, Standard Bank (now First Bank Nigeria Limited), Lagos, 1975; member, Board Directors, Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Com pany, 1970-75; Chairman, National Wages Advisory Council, 1972-75;…

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Chairman, Capital Issues Commission, 1972-75; President, Nigerian Stock Exchange, 1975-81; Chairman and Managing Director, First Interstate Merchant Bank, since March 1987; former Vice- President, Nigerian Economic Society; Na tional Honour: Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR), 1982; Publications: Development of Commercial Banking in Nigeria; Impact of the Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Decrees on the Banks and other Financial Markets; Aspects of Inflationary Trends in the Nigerian Economy, 1973-79; Hobbies: squash, biographies, music, walking, cycling, swimming; Official Address: First In terstate Merchant Bank, Unity House, 37 Marina, Lagos. Telephone: (01) 666439, 666443, 666448.

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Title
Chief
Surname
ASABIA
First Name
Samuel Oyewole
Other Names
Oyewole
Gender
Male
Source of Publication
Newswatch Who's Who (1st Edition)
Status
Alive
Father's Status
N/A
Mother's Status
N/A
Marital Status
Single
Profession
Economist
Banker
Education Level
Primary
Have you ever been a member of any political party?
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