{"id":14141,"date":"2017-03-07T10:57:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T09:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=14141"},"modified":"2017-05-16T11:53:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T10:53:38","slug":"orgun-wenesor-thompson","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/orgun-wenesor-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"ORGUN, Wenesor Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OB.Sc, M.Sc, management consultant, consulting economist; b: March 17, 1954; ht: Oginibo, Ughelli South Council, so: Delta; m: Elizabeth Udje, 1991; nc: two s, three d;. ed: Nigerian Baptist Primary School, Oginibo, Ughelli South Council, Delta State, 1963-68: St. Vincent&#8217;s College, Okwagbe, Delta State, 1969-70; Baptist High School, Orerokpe, Delta State, 1971-73; University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, Osun State, 1975-79; Bayero University, Kano, 1982-86. cr: Tutor, State School Board, Benin City, Edo State, 1973-74; Trainee Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Ltd, Jos, Plateau State, 1979; Trainee Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Ltd, Ibadan Area Office, 1979-80; Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Ltd, Kano, 1980-81; Lecturer III, School of Management Studies, Kano State Institute of Higher Education (now Kano State Polytechnic), Kano, 1981-83; Lecturer\/Consultant, Center for Management Training and Consultancy, Kano State, 1985-89; Lecturer 1\/Head, Department of Co-operative Studies, Kano State Polytechnic, Kano, 1989-92; snr. Lecturer, Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Delta State, 1992-94; snr. Economist, columnist. Punch Nigeria Ltd.. Ikeja, Lagos, 1994-95; Economics Editor, The Guardian, Lagos, 1995-97; Research Economist, Nigerian Economic Summit Group, 1997-98; ceo: African Development Consulting Group Limited, since 1998; mm: Nigerian Economics Society, 1987; Institute of Management Consultants of Nigeria, 1996; Managing Editor\/ceo., Financial Standard, 2004; former e-dir., 2003-04; mm: Nigerian Economic Summit Group; alumni, Association of International Students in Economics and Management (AIESEC), since 1976, public relations committee, Institute of Management Consultants of Nigeria, h: Undergraduate Essay Competition in Money and Banking, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, 1978; Young Manager of the Year, Nigerian Institute of Management award (Northern Zone), 1991; Nigerian Media Merit Award, 1996; Best Business Reporter, Sonny Odogwu Prize, res: 8, Fakanbi Street, Okunola, Egbeda, Lagos State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2412,1],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14141","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-management-consultant","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14141","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\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14141"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}