{"id":17415,"date":"2017-03-24T03:57:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T02:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=17415"},"modified":"2017-10-27T15:27:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T14:27:21","slug":"raji-suleiman-ayinde","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/raji-suleiman-ayinde\/","title":{"rendered":"RAJI, Suleiman Ayinde"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>journalist, born May 7, 1937, Sekondi, Ghana; married Fatima Ayoka 1962, six sons, one daughter; Education: Anglican Primary and Middle Schools, Sekondi,Ghana, 1944-54,Fijai Sec ondary School, Sekondi, Ghana, 1955-58, Ghana School (now Institute ofJournalism), Accra, Ghana, 1959-61, World Press Insti tute, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, 1971-72; Ca reer: Appointed Staff Reporter, and later Sub-Editor, acting News Editor and acting Chief Sub-Editor, Ghananian Times, Accra, Ghana, 1961-64; Head, Publications and Information Department, Ghana Trades union congress (TUC), Accra, Ghana, later Produc tion Editor, The Worker (official organ of Ghana TUC), Accra, Ghana, 1964-66; Edi tor, The Crescent, Accra, Ghana; Deputy Edi tor, The Echo, Accra, Ghana, and later co- Editor, SundayStar, Accra, Ghana, 1966-68; Publiations Editor and Head, Publications Department, Graphic Corporation (Publish ers of Daily Graphk, The Mirror and Ghana Yearbook); Editor,Ghana YearBook, Accra, Ghana,and laterNews Editor, Night Editor, Chief Sub-Editor, leader writer and colum nist,DailyGraphic, Accra,Ghana, 1968-76; Editor, The Pioneer, Kumasi, Ghana, 1972- 74; Assistant Editor,NigerianHerald, Ilorin, Kwara State, 1978-81; Founding Editor, Sun day Herald, Ilorin, Kwara State, 1981-85; Administrative Manager, Shagaya Bottling Company Nigeria Limited, Ilorin, 1986; member, Board of Directors, Nigerian Pa per Mill Limited, Jebba, 1987; member Gov erningCouncil, Kwara StateCollegeof Edu cation, Ilorin, 198t-87; appointed Commis sioner for Information and Culture, Kwara State, 1987-88; Permanent fellow, World Press Institute (WPI), St Paul, Minnesota, USA; National Secretary, Ghana Journalists Association, 1966-68; Founding Member, Ghana Press Council, 1968; FoundingTrea surer, Guild of Editors, Accra, Ghana, 1969; Secretary-General, Ghana Muslims Repre sentative Council, 1974-77; member, Nige ria Union of Journalists, Kwara State Coun cil; NUJ Representative, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), 1978-81; member, Nige ria Guild of Editors, since 1981; Award: Recipient, Honorary Citizen of Minneapo lis, USA, 1972; recipient, Distinguished Leadership Award by Governing Board of Editors, American Biographical Institute Inc. ABI, USA, 1987; Hobbies: faming, garden ing, poultry, sports, reflection, music, mov ies, theatre; Home: 15, Federal Low Cost Housing Estate, Alimi Road, Oloje, Ilorin, Kwara State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[452],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-17415","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/17415","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\/17415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17415"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=17415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}