{"id":11760,"date":"2017-02-22T15:23:31","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T14:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=11760"},"modified":"2019-11-15T16:07:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T15:07:47","slug":"olagunju-dr-tunji-oladeji","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/olagunju-dr-tunji-oladeji\/","title":{"rendered":"OLAGUNJU, Dr. Tunji Oladeji"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.A., M.A., Ph.D; consultant; b: October 16, 1944; ht: Offa; so: Kwara; m: Musilimat Omobola Olabooye; No of Children: three sons, two daughter; ed: St. Mark&#8217;s Primary School, Offa, 1954-58; Provincial Secondary School, Ilorin, 1958-62; Government College, Keffi, Plateau State, 1963-64; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1965-68; University of Manchester, UK, 1968-70; University of Manchester, UK, 1974-76. CAREER: asst. Lecturer, Lecturer, Institute of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1969-72; Research f., Department of Research and Publication, Institute of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1972-75; Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1972-75; Special asst Under Secretary, (political), Federal Cabinet Office, Lagos, 1976- 79; Senior Research f. National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos, Plateau State, 1979-80; director New Nigerian Development Company, Kaduna, 1980-83; director Agro-Allied Division, New Nigerian Development Company, Kaduna, 1983-85; Deputy Managing. Nigerian Paper Mills, Jebba, Kwara State, 1988-89;Special Adviser to the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1990-92; min. Internal Affairs, Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1992-93; Consultant\/Principal Partner, TAS and Associates; Consultant in Public Policy; Magnum Insurance Brokers; RTL Konsult Ltd; Tuna Travel and Tours; mm: Professional and Academic Board, 1972-74; Centre for Nigerian Cultural Studies, 1972-74; Nigerian Political Science Association; Nigerian Society of International Affairs; Royal Institute of African Affairs; Asst Editor, Nigerian Journal of Public Affairs, 1972-75; Editorial Board, ThisDay Newspapers; Manpower Planning and Review of Data for Northern States, 1970-72; Panel, Review, Evaluation, Promotion and Posting of Senior Administrative Staff, North-Eastern State, 1973; Local Government reform in Kwara State, 1976; Committee, Local Government Training in Nigeria, 1977-78; Study Group, Creation of National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, 1978; Governing Board, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, 1986-93; Presidential Commission on Civil Service of Federal Ministries, 1991; ch: Peace Conference on Sudan, 1991-92; member Federal Study Group, Civil Service Organisation in selected countries operating Presidential System of Government, 1997; delegate. Summit of Organisation of African Unity, 1988; delegate. Summit of Organisation of African Unity, 1990; delegate, Commonwealth Heads of Government and States summit, Harare, Zimbabwe, 1991; delegate ECOWAS summit 1991; delegate, ECOWAS summit, 1992; delegate. Annual Conference on Nigeria&#8217;s National Development and Foreign Policy organised by Chaneta International, Columbus University, New York, 1992, High Commissioner to South Africa in 1999; b: Commonwealth scholarship, Masters Programme, University of Manchester, UK, 1968-69; British Council Award, Bradford University Centre for Project Planning, 1972; Commonwealth scholarship, Manchester University, UK, 1974-76. publ: co-author, In Search of a Viable Polity, Bakare Press, Zaria, 1974; co-author, Foundations of a New Nigeria, Precision Press, London, 1989; Portrait of a New Nigeria: Selected Speeches of IBB, Precision Press, London, 1989; For Their Tomorrow, We Give Our Today: Selected Speeches of IBB, Volume II, Spectrum Books, Ibadan; Safari Book, London, 1991; Transition to Democracy in Nigeria (1985-93), Safari and Spectrum Books, Ibadan, 1993; Crisis of Democratisation in Nigeria, Malthouse Press, Lagos, 1996. Social Club: Ikoyi Club, Lagos; Offa Club, Offa. bob: sports, football, word games, off: 23, Sinari Daranijo Street, Victoria Island Annex, Lagos. tel: 01-2617506. res: 2, College Avenue, Offa, Kwara State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2412],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-11760","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-management-consultant"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/11760","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/11760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25726,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/11760\/revisions\/25726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11760"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=11760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}