{"id":13268,"date":"2017-03-02T14:25:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T13:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=13268"},"modified":"2017-11-20T12:51:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T11:51:01","slug":"olutoye-major-general-olufemi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/olutoye-major-general-olufemi\/","title":{"rendered":"OLUTOYE, Maj-Gen. Olufemi"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, M.A, retired soldier, born May 18, 1931, Ido-Ani, Owo, Ondo State; married Hannah Omotayo Johnson, 1958, three sons, three daughters; Education: St James School, Benin City, 1937-40; St Peter&#8217;s Schools, Benin City, 1941-44, Government College, Ibadan, 1945-50; University Col lege, Ibadan, 1950-54; University of Cam bridge, 1955-56; Career: Appointed Vice Principal\/Acting Principal,Olu-IwaCollege, Ijebu-Ode, 1954-59; Enlisted into Regular Infantry Services, Nigerian Army, 1959-64; Military Undersecretary, Ministry of Exter nal Affairs, 1967-69; Brigade Commandar, 2nd Area Commander, 1966-67; Director, Nigerian Army Education Corps, 1964-65; Commander, Nigerian Army Resettlement Centre, Oshodi, 1969-75; Chairman, N.Y.S.C, 1975-77; Federal Commissioner For Youths, Sports &#038; Social Development, 1975-77;President, Nigerian Olympic Com mittee (NOC); Chief of Mission, Nigerian Olympic Teamto Moutreal &#8217;76; Chairman, Ondo State Health Management Board, 1978-79; member, Rotary International, 1982-date; member, Full Gospel Business Men&#8217;s Fellowship International (FGBMFI), 1994-date; member, Constituent Assembly, 1988-89; Traditional Title: Baba Ijo ofHoly Trinity Anglican Church, Ido-Ani, Ondo State; National Decorations: Gold Medal for Services to University Education by Uni versity of Lagos; Distinguished Service Medal (DSM), by the Nigerian Army; Forces Services Star; Foreign Honour: Listed, Who&#8217;s Who in the Commonwealth; Publi cation: BreedingtheBoys: History oftheNi gerian Military at Age 40; Political Party: member, defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP), and Presidential Aspirant, 1992-93; Hobbies: reading, playing organ &#038; piano, current affairs, walking; Address: 22, Ikale Road, Ijapo Estate, Akure, Ondo State, P.O. Box 892, Akure, Ondo State; Telephone: 034-241-345.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[253],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-13268","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-military"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13268","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\/13268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13268"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=13268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}