{"id":11270,"date":"2017-02-20T17:20:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T16:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=11270"},"modified":"2017-05-17T10:04:07","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T09:04:07","slug":"okunnu-lateef-olufemi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okunnu-lateef-olufemi\/","title":{"rendered":"OKUNNU, Lateef Olufemi"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LLB, lawyer, politician, born February 29, 1933, Lagos; married, one daughter; Education: Ansar-UdDeen School, Alakoro, King&#8217;s College, Lagos, 1948, University College, London, 1956-59; worked as a civil servant in Lagos, 1953; appointed Technical Assistant and Teacher, King&#8217;s College, Lagos, 1953-56; Publicity Secretary, Council of African Organisations, London, 1958-60; engaged in private legal practice with Messrs Remi Fani Kayode and Sowemimo Law Chambers; former active member of the Nigerian Youths Congress, featured prominently in the agitations against the Anglo-Nigerian Defence Pact and the Detention Act; former editor, Nigerian Bar Journal; editor, African Statesman, 1966; former member, Executive Committee, National Bar Association; former Honorary Legal Adviser, National Sports Council; appointed Federal Commissioner for Works and Housing, 1967; Managing Partner, Femi Okunnu and Company; Assistant General Secretary, Nigerian Union of Great Britain and Ireland, 1957-58, General Secretary, 1958-59, President, 1959-60; member, Constitution Drafting Committee, 1976-77; member, Yoruba Tennis Club; Foreign Honours: Com mander of the Order of Dahomey (now Benin Republic); Commander of the (National) Order of Niger; Hobbies: reading, squash; Address: Femi Okunnu and Company, 3 Karimu Kotun Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165,166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-11270","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-legal","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/11270","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\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/11270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11270"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=11270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}