{"id":7901,"date":"2017-01-16T08:35:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T07:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7901"},"modified":"2017-05-30T17:49:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T16:49:51","slug":"odama-dr-joseph-sunday","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/odama-dr-joseph-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"ODAMA, Dr, Joseph Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, statistician; economist, university teacher, bom October 28,1938, Ogori, Kogi State; married Lillian Emiola Olaniran 1969, six daughters;<br \/>\nEducation: Abdulazeez Atta Memorial College, Okene, 1954-59, King&#8217;s College, Lagos, 1960-61, University of Ibadan, 1962-65, London School of Economics and Political Science, England, 1967-68, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA, 1971-73; member, Anti-Inflation Task Force, 1975; Head, Department of Economics, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1975-79; member, Financial Systems Review Committee, 1976; member, Revenue Allocation Committee, 1977; Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1977-79;<br \/>\nVice-President, Nigerian Economic Society; member, Anti-Inflation Task Force, 1975; member, Financial Systems Review Committee, 1976; member, Revenue Allocation Committee, 1977; Director,Northern Nigeria Investment Limited, Kaduna, 1977-79; Director, Cotton Board, 1978-79; Director, Trade Bank of Nigeria Limited, 1987; member, African Statisticians Associations; member, The American Economic Society; member, The Econometric Society; Honours: Ogori Community Merit Award winner, 1985; Publication: Glossary ofS tatisticul Terms and Formulae, Koda Publishers, 1982; Hobby: table tennis; Address: 5, Mubi Close, off Obafemi Awolowo Street,Area II, Garki, Abuja; Tele phone: 09-234-5234-6. Memoria College, Okene, 1954-59, Government Secondary School, Okene, 1959; King&#8217;s College, Lagos, 1960-61; University of Ibadan, 1962-65, London School of Economics and Political Science, England, 1967- 68, University of Missouri Columbia, USA,1971-73; Career: Appointed Head, Department of Economics, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1975-79; Chairman,Teka Community Bank; Chairman\/Chief Execu tive, J.Model Nigeria Limited; Head of Department, Economics; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; Dean, Faculty of Arts &#038; Social Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 177-79; Director, Centre for Economics &#038; Social Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria since 1984; Special Adviser to the President on Economic Affairs, 1979-83; Commissioner, National Planning Commission, 1993-94; President, Social Science<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,1505,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7901","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-educationist","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7901","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\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7901"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}