{"id":15997,"date":"2017-03-16T14:27:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T13:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15997"},"modified":"2017-05-31T07:52:32","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T06:52:32","slug":"vincent-olatunde-olabode","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/vincent-olatunde-olabode\/","title":{"rendered":"VINCENT, Olatunde Olabode"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA, ad ministrator, economist, born May 16, 1925, Lagos; married Edith Adenike Gooding 1958, three sons, one daughter; Education: St Saviour&#8217;s Primary School, Lagos, 1930-35, CMS Grammar School, Lagos, 1936-39, University of Manchester, England, 1953-56, Administrative StaffCollege, Henley, England, 1961;joined Nigerian Armed Forces, 1942-46; served in Financial Secretary&#8217;s Office, Lagos, 1947-56; Part-time Lecturer in Economics, Extra-Mural Department, University ofIbadan, 1957-60; Senior Assistant Secretary, Federal Ministryof Finance, 1959-61; Assistant General Manager, Central Bankof Nigeria(CBN), 1961; Deputy General Manager, CBN, 1962;General Manager, CBN, 1963-66; Director, Nigerian In dustrial Development Bank, 1964-66; VicePresident, African Development Bank, Abid jan, 1966-73; Adviser,Central Bankof Nigeria 1973-75; Deputy Governor, CBN, 1975-77 Governor ofCentral Bank ofNigeria, 1977-82 member, LagosExecutive Development Board, 1960-61; member, Committee of Nine for the establishment of African Development Bank (ADB); Chairman, Capital Issues Committee, 1975-77; Chairman, Committee on Motor Vehi cle Advances and Basic Allowance, 1978; member, Nigerian Stock Exchange; Chairman, SonaDairies Limited, since 1985;Chairman, Ci ty Business Computers Limited, since 1985; Chairman, EquityandTrustFinanceCompany Limited; Chairman, Southern Africa Relief Fund, 1977-82; member, National Economy Council, 1979-82; fellow, Institute ofBankers; fellow, Nigerian Institute of Management; fellow, Institute of Directors; Life member, Society for International Development; Life member, International Biographical Association; member, International Airline Passenger Association;member, RoyalOverseasLeague, London;President, Victoria Island Lions Club, 1983-84; Chairman, Lions International Clubs Foundation, 1985-88;HonoraryNational Presi dent, African Lads and Lasses Brigade; Treasurer, Nigerian Conservation Foundation; member, Nigerian EconomicSociety; member, Nigeria-Britain Association; Trustee, African Church Cathedral (Bethel); National Honours: Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR), 1982; Awards: Recipient, African Church Primatial Honours Award, 1981; Distinguished Nigerian Community Award (by Nigeria-American Chamber of Com merce), 1983;Hobbies: walking, classical music, reading; Official and HomeAddress:8 Balarabe MusaCrescent, VictoriaIsland, POBox 8780, Lagos; Telephone; (01) 615687, 619291<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,2403],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15997","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-economist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15997","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\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15997"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}