{"id":10722,"date":"2017-02-16T13:16:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T12:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10722"},"modified":"2017-04-13T14:30:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T13:30:30","slug":"durojaiye-senator-otunba-olabiyi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/durojaiye-senator-otunba-olabiyi\/","title":{"rendered":"DUROJAIYE, Sen. Otunba Olabiyi"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> B.Sc. LL.B. B.L, MNI; legal practitioner, legislator, politician; b: February 8, 1933; p: Ojowo, ht: Ijebu Igbo; lga: Ijcbu-North; so: Ogun; m: Florence Olufunso Olubanjo, April 9, 1959; nc: Two S, four d; ed: Ojowo United Primary Sch. Ijebu-Igbo. 1940-48; Molusi College, Ijebu-Igbo. 1949-53; Two Universities^Degrecs. Private Studies. 1960; London 1976; National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, 1979-80; Training inMoncy and Banking IMF, 1964; Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 1976; London City University Business School Course for Senior Bankers and Financial Executives. 1982; Participant in the British Council Sponsored City ofLondon Money Market Operations Course, 1975; cr: Junior Examiner of Titles, Federal Lands Registry. Lagos. 1954- 57: Executive Officer (Accts). Old Western Region. 1957-61; Research Officer. Central Bank of Nigeria. 1961-65; Managers Sec, Central Bank of Nigeria. 1965-66; Manager, Staff Matters. 1967-68; Manager. Premises and Supplies. Central Bank of Nigeria. 1969-70; asst. Exchange Controller, Central Bank of Nigeria 1973: Deputy Exchange Controller. Central Bank of Nigeria, 1974-75: Chief of Admin.\/Sec. \u00a3o the Board, 1976-77; dir. (Finance andCommercial), Nigeria Security Printing and Minting Company Ltd. 1984-89; on Secondment from the Central Bank; retirement from public services. 1989; Legal Practitioner. Chief Rotimi Williams Chambers. 1990 mem. Constituent Assembly. 1988-89; ch. Public Funds Committee of the Assembly; Board mem. Niseria Industrial Development Bank. 1978-84; Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria 1978; National Treasurer for Seven Years; presd. Alumni Association of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies. 1988-90; mm: Ikoyi\/Victoria Island Civil Defence Unit, 1967-70: Nigeria BarAssociation; Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriation; Judiary and Legal Services; Power and Steel and Industries; Foundcr\/presd. Congress of Ijebu-Igbo Community, 1982- 1989; ch. Ijebu-North Community Caucus, since 1988; Parish Council\/ presd. Christian Morning Star Society of St. Matthews Church, Ojowo Ijebu-Igbo, since 1985; Head, Buyi Durojaiyc &#038;Co., Legal Practitioners and Notaries Public, Opebi, Ikeja, 1999; foundation mem. NADECO and active mem. Afenifere; Solitary Military confinement, as a political detainee without a charge or any accusation whatsoever.1996-1988: Senator. Federal Republic of Nigeria, representing Ogun East senatorial District, 1999-2003; currently, ch. Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service; award: Central Bank of Nigeria 15 years meritorious service award 1976 and 25 years award 1986; conferred the legal status of Notary Public 1994; tt: Otunba Kolawolu of Ijebu 1991; publ: &#8216;Nigeria Tomorrow&#8221; My vision and Mission 1992; sc: foundation presd. Congress of Ijebu-Igbo Community. 1982-89; pp: ch. Registration Committee of the People&#8217;s Solidarity Party, 1989; Twice Elected delegate to National Convention of the Social Democratic Party, 1990 &#038; 1991; presd. Aspirant under the platform of Social Democratic Party, 1992; hob: photography, horticulture; off: Opebi Road. Ikeja Lagos; tel: 01-4970008; off: 4961488; 21. Olisas Durojaiye St. Ojowo Igbo; tel: 037-350625. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165,166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10722","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-legal","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19298,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10722\/revisions\/19298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10722"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}