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Gilbert Prince Obiajulu CHIKELU,

Economist, Administrator

B.Sc, M.Sc, economist, administrator, born September 9 1930; Enugu State; married Irene Nkechinyelu Okpala 1962,one son, three daughters; Education: St. Peter's School, Ogbete, Enugu, 1936-44; College of Immaculate Conception, Enugu 1945-48; University College Ghana, Legon, 1957-60; London School of Economics, 1961-63; Central School of Planning & Statistics, Warsaw, Poland,1973; Career: Appointed Administrative Officer (various grades), Federal Civil Service, 1960-74; Director, Central Planning Officer, Lagos, 1974-75; Permanent Secretary, Minister of Mines and Power, 1975-76; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Development, National Planning, 1976-84; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Employment, Labour & Productivity, 1984-87; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources,1987-89; Director-General, Ministry of Petroleum, 1989-90; appointed Minister of Establishment & Management Services, 1992; appointed Executive Chairman, National Salaries & Wages Commission, 1998-date; Chairman, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, 1991; Governor for Nigeria, International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, World Bank, 1975-84; Governor for Nigeria, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1989-90; Vice President, General Conference, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1991; Chairman, Conference for Planners, 1978;Chairman, Joint…

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Planning Board 1976-84; Chairman, National Provident Fund, 1984-87; Chairman, National Labour Advisory Council, 1984-87; President, Nigerian Economic Society, 1985; Member, Governing Council, United Nations Institute for Economic Development & Planning, 1974-84; Member, Board of Directors, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,1976-84, 1989-90; Member, National Economic Advisory Council,1974; Member, Nigerian Delegation to the International Labour Organisation Conferences, 1984-87; Member, Nigerian Delegation to the Commonwealth; Finance Ministers Conferences,1976-84; Member, Nigerian Delegation to the Commonwealth Heads of State Conference, Ottawa, Canada,1974; Member, Nigerian Delegation to the OAU Economic Summit,1980; Member, Nigerian Delegation, to the Meetings of the ECOWAS Heads of States,1976-84; Leader, Nigerian Delegation to the Joint Commission Meetings with Austria,Czechoslovakia and Hungary, 1983; Member, National Directorate of Employment, 1985-87; Member, Utility Tariff Review Commissioner, 1990; Member, National Committee on Ecological Problems,1987-90; Member, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, 1979-90; Hobbies: photography, lawn tennis, swimming, football, chess; Official Address: National Salaries,Incomes and Wages Commission, Federal Secretariat, Shehu Shagari Way, Abuja; Telephone: 09-523-9525; Residential Address: Plot 1594, Maitama Zone A6, Abuja. Telephone: 09-523-7934, 523-7935.

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Surname
CHIKELU,
First Name
Gilbert
Other Names
Prince Obiajulu
Gender
Male
Profession
Economist
Administrator
Have you ever been a member of any political party?
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