{"id":18839,"date":"2017-03-31T09:43:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T08:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18839"},"modified":"2017-05-31T06:02:20","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T05:02:20","slug":"taiwo-rasheed-owolabi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/taiwo-rasheed-owolabi\/","title":{"rendered":"TAIWO, Rasheed Owolabi"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, M.Sc; public servant customs officer, administrator, b;April 21,1955; p: Ugos; so: Ugos; married;ed:Government School,, Okesuna, Ugos, 1960-67; Isonyin Grammar School, Ijebu-Ode, 1968-72; Liverpool John More University, 2005-07; cr: NYSC, 1979-80; Asst. Superintendent, 1984; Promoted Full SuperintendenL Nigeria Customs, 1984; Deputy Comptroller of Customs in Charge of International Customs, Research andPlanning, 1991-%; Full Comptrollerof Customs, 1999; Customs Area Comptroller, Port Harcourt Area II, 2002-04; Comptroller, International Customs, Research and Planning, Customs Headquarters, 2004; Comptroller, Ogun State Area Command, 2004; Comptroller, Apapa PortArea 1Command, 2005-07; Comptroller, Federal Operations Unit Zone &#8216;A&#8217;Ikeja Ugos, since 2007; award: Strategic Finance and Administration Institute Fellow Award; Comptroller General Annual Conference Award as a Resource Person, 2006; MaritimeQuaIityServiceAward,2006; Golden MeritAward, Pathways Africa Magazine, 2005; Customs Anti-smuggling Strategist International Maritime DigestNewspapere, 2006; Ambassador for Peace, Inter-Religion and Inter Federation forWorld PeaceAwanJ,2004;OutstandingServfceAward, Maritime Watch Newspapers, 2007;Award forExcellenceandTransparency, Maritime andTourism Newspapers; Dr. Kwame Nkrumah Outstanding Merit Award,. 2008; Presented several papers at seminars including the RoleofNigeria Customs inClearance Procedureand the Units ofCustoms forConducting Cargo Examination, Port Anti-Corruption Committee, Obligation of Government and other Agenciesin Cargo Clearance,!2007;AnOverviewof the Nigeria Destination Inspection Scheme: Practical Implementation of Destination Inspection inthe Ports, 2006; Destination Inspection and Port Concessioning: Appraising the Pastand RefocusingontheChallenges Ahead; The RoleofCustomsintheFacilitation ofInternationalTrade: The Experience ofthe Nigeria Customs Service inthe Sub-Region, Abidjan-Lagos Corridor, sc: Ikoyi Club; Ugos Island Club; Peace Ambassador United Nations; hob: reading, table tennis; off:The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operation Unit, Zone&#8217;A&#8217;ikeja Ugos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,484],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18839","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-public-service"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18839","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\/18839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18839"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}