{"id":10962,"date":"2017-02-18T02:59:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T01:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10962"},"modified":"2017-04-21T13:58:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T12:58:22","slug":"giwa-chief-rufus-foluso","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/giwa-chief-rufus-foluso\/","title":{"rendered":"GIWA, Chief Rufus Foluso"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>, B.Sc, Ph.D, chartered accountant, administrator, born April 24, 1942, Okeaghe Akoko, Ondo State; married MargaretOluyemisi Adewumi 1975, four sons, six daughters; Education: St George&#8217;s School, Okeagbe-Akoko, 1948-54, Secondary Modern School, Omuo, Ishua, Ikare, 1955-58, Akoko Divisional Teachers Training College, 1959-60, University of Lagos, 1963-66, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA, 1987; Teacher, Local Au thority School, Ilepo, Ikare, 1961-63; Ca reer: Appointed Warehouseand Stores Man ager, Lever Brothers Nigeria Limited, 1966- 67; Commercial Accountant, LBNL, 1967- j68; Computer Services Manager, LBNL, 1968-69; Marketing Accountant, LBNL, 1969-70; Senior Accountant, Financial De- | partment, LBNL, 1970-73; Deputy ChiefAc countant, LBNL, 1973-74; Chief Accountant. LBNL, 1974-77; appointed Financial Con troller, LBNL, 1978-79; Commercial Direc tor, LBNL, 1979-82; Commercial Officer. Overseas Committee\/Financial Group, Unilever PLC, London, 1982-84; Corporate Affairs and Personnel Director, Lever Broth ers Nigeria Limited, 1987; Chairman\/Man aging Director, LeverBrothersNigeria Lim ited, 1987; Chairman, Club 15, Okeagbe, since 1973; Secretary, Akoko Development Group, 1978-82; President, University of La gosAlumni Association, LagosState Branch, 1984-88; Chairman, Ondo State Investment (Holding) Company Limited, 1886-87; Na tional President, University of Lagos Alumni Association, since 1988; member, Ogun State University Advisory Council, since March 1988; member, University of Lagos Enter prises Management Board, sinceApril 1988; Member of Council, Nigerian Institute of Management, since 1986;member, Institute of chartered Accountants ofNigeria; fellow, Institute of Cost and Management Accoun tants, 1971; fellow, chartered Institute ofSec retaries and Administration, 1973; President, ManufacturersAssociation ofNigeria, 1999- date; Traditional Titles: The Aro of Affa, Okeagbe, Akoko; Jagunmolu Babalaje, March 1991; Honourary Degree: Doctor ate Degreeofthe FederalUniversity of Tech nology, Akure, May 15, 1999; Hobbies: table tennis, badminton, writing, photogra- , phy; Home: 2, 2adagry Road, Apapa, La gos State. Telephone: 01-873368.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10962","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10962","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\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10962"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}