Abudu Yesufu EKE,

Educationist, Administrator · b. September 7, 1923

B.A, B.Sc, M.A, educationist, administrator, company director, born September 7, 1923, Benin City, Bendel State; married Clara Noyogiere Anyanso 1956, two sons, four daughters; Education: Govern ment School, Benin City, 1933-37, Edo Col lege, Benin City, 1938-39, King's College, Lagos, 1939-44, Government College, Ibadan, 1944-45, Higher College, Yaba, 1946-47, University College, Ibadan, January-July 1948, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, 1952-54; Assistant Publicity Officer, Publicity Officer and later Information Officer, Federal Information Service, 1948-55; Assistant Registrar, University College, Ibadan, 1955-59; Principal Information Officer, Chief Information Officer and later Director, Ministry of Home Affairs, Western Region, Ibadan, 1959-61; Registrar, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, 1961-62; Commissioner for Information, Western Nigeria, May 28-July 31, 1962; Registrar, University of Lagos, 1962-71; Direc tor, Institute of Mass Communication, Univer sity of Lagos, 1966-69; Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Midwestern Nigeria, 1967-71; Federal Com missioner for Education, 1971-74; Nigeria's Ambassador to the United States, 1981-84; Chairman, Edecon Limited; Political Party: member, banned National…