{"id":13678,"date":"2017-03-03T13:29:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T12:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=13678"},"modified":"2017-05-25T08:46:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T07:46:47","slug":"omoshule-chief-ayodele-kusimi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/omoshule-chief-ayodele-kusimi\/","title":{"rendered":"OMOSHULE, Chief Ayodele Kusimi"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>company director, sports administrator, philantropist, born March 25, 1938, Ikaro, Owo, Ondo State; married Ogunshakin 1962, has children; Education: St Michael Elementary School, Aba, 1944-50, Aba College, Aba, 1951-55, City University of In surance, London, 1976, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA, 1981; Career: Appointed Officer, Eagle Star Insurance -Company Limited, Owo, 1958-65; served with Nigeria Exchange, 1967-68; worked with Unity Life and Fire Insurance Company Limited, 1968-70; President and Managing Director, Progressive Insurance Company Limited, Akure, since 1970; founder, Progressive Insurance Football Club, 1972; Vice-Chairman, Ondo State Football Association, 1976 and Chairman, 1979-83; Chairman Nigeria Boxing Board of Control, (Ondo State Branch), since 1984 and National Vice- President, since 1987; member, Ondo State Sports Council, since 1987; fellow, Institute of Directors, 1971; Associate member, Ni geria Institute of Management, 1973; member, British Institute of Management, 1973; Gubernatorial Candidate, Great Nigeria Peoples&#8217; Party, Ondo State, 1983; Political party: member, Great Nigeria Peoples&#8217; Party; Traditional Titles: Balogunof Ikaro, TheBobagbimo of Akure, TheOsolo of Ifon, TheApema of Iledi, The Deji of Akure, The Balogun of C and S Divine Order, The Babasale of St Paul&#8217;s Anglican Church, Ikaro; Hobbies: sports, philanthropy; Offi cial Address: Progressive Insurance Company Limited, Akure\/Owo Road, POBox 17, Akure; Telephone: 034-230496, 232722; Home: 8 Chief Omoshule Street, Akure, Ondo State; Telephone: 034-230209.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[547],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-13678","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13678","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\/13678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13678"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=13678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}