{"id":6797,"date":"2018-11-16T14:52:49","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T13:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=6797"},"modified":"2018-11-19T12:54:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T11:54:48","slug":"ayida-allison-akehe","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ayida-allison-akehe\/","title":{"rendered":"AYIDA, Allison Akehe"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> B.A, M.A, political economist, administrator, born June 16, 1930, Gbelebu-Siluko, Delta State; married Victoria Oluremi Cheke, has three sons, two daughters; Education: King&#8217;s College, Lagos, Queen&#8217;s College Oxford, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1956-57, Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, 1958, Federal Reserve Bank, New York, 1959; Career: Appointed Assistant Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, 1972-75; Permanent Secretary,&#8217;Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Reconstruction, 1963-71; Assistant Secretary, Federal Public Service, October, 1957; Secretary to the Federal Military Government and Head of the FederalCivil Service 1975-77; presently and Economic and Financial Consultant, Fin invest Associates Nigeria Limited; Board member, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, 1963-71; Board member, National Electric Power Authority, 1963- 1971; Chairman, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, 1967-1968; Chairman, National Rehabilitation Commission for Emergency Relief Operation and Post-War Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, 1969-71; member, National Universities Commission, 1969-75; Chairman,Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Limited, 1972-75; Chairman, CFAONigeria Limited;Secretary, National Economic Council\/Joint Planning Committee of Experts; Chairman, Centre-Point Securities Limited; Chairman, Centre- Point Investments Limited, Chairman, Commercial Bank (Credit Lyonnais Nigeria) Limited; Chairman, Berger Paints Nigeria Limited, S.G.E.N. Limited; Director, Lever Brothers Nigeria Limited and numerous other private Companies; Governor Alternate, Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund \/ World Bank; President, Nigerian Economic Society, 1972-73; member, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, 1963-1971; member, Board of Governors, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada, 1978-85; fellow, Institute of Directors, fellow, Nigerian Institute of Management, fellow, Nigerian Economic Society; Foreign Honour: Officer clan l&#8217;ordre, National de merite, September, 1994; Honorary Degree: Doctor- ate Degree of Law, University of Benin; LL.D, Bayero University, Kano; Publications: Nigerian Revolution, 1973; Federal Civil Service and Nation Building, 1976; Reflections on Nigerian Development, Malthouse Press, Lagos, 1987; The Rise and Fall of Nigeria: The History and Philosophy of an African Experiment in Nation Building, University of Jos Convocation Lecture, 1987; National Reconstruction &#038; Development, NICER, 1969; Hobbies: lawn tennis, table tennis, swimming, music; Official Address: Office of Chairman, CBCLN, Elephant House, 214, Broad Street, Lagos State. Telephone: 01-266-4762, 266-2950, Home: 01-613-836. Allison Ayida died on October 11, 2018 at the age of 88.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24864,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-6797","biography","type-biography","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrator"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6797","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24863,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6797\/revisions\/24863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6797"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=6797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}