{"id":7974,"date":"2017-01-16T12:19:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T11:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7974"},"modified":"2017-05-30T18:10:20","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T17:10:20","slug":"odia-solomon-godfrey","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/odia-solomon-godfrey\/","title":{"rendered":"ODIA, Solomon Godfrey"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, MPA, economist, administrator, industrial and management consultant, born November 16, 1931, Owo, Ondo State; married Victoria Ebun Olusanmokun 1959, two sons, two daughters; Education: St Peter&#8217;s Primary School, Benin City, 1938-44, Igbo bi-College, Lagos, 1945-50, London School of Economics, London University, 1954-57, Harvard University, USA, 1970-71; Career: Appointed Management Trainee, UAC, Lagos, 1951;Accounting Clerk, The Treasury, Lagos, 1952-54; Assistant Secretary, Minis try of Industry and Trade, Ibadan, 1957-61; Part-time Tutor, Extra Mural Department, University<of Ibadan, 1958-60; Assistant Secretary, Treasury and acting Director, Recruitment and Training, Ibadan, 1961-62; African Desk Officer and later Head, African Section, Technical Co-operation Department, International Labour Office, Geneva, 1962-67; Regional Deputy Director, ILO, East Africa Office, Dar-EsSalaam, Tanzania, 1967-71; Senior Professional Officer, Human Resources Department, ILO, Geneva, 1971 - 72; Director-General, Centre for Management Development, Lagos, 1973-78; Chair man\/Managing Director, George Odia and Associates Limited, (Industrial and Management Consultants), since 1978; Chairman, PolyGram Records Limited, since 1978; Di rector, Leventis Foundation (Nigeria) Limited\/ Gte; Vice President,Nigerian Society for the Welfare of Retired &#038; Elderly Persons (NISWREP); Vice-President, National Council for Population &#038; Environmental Activities (NCPEA); member, Nigerian Council for Management Development, 1973-78; member, Indigenisation Decree Review Panel, 1975; member, Governing Council, Industrial Training Fund, 1975-78; Chair man, Bendel Cinemas, 1977-79; Chairman, Governing Council, Auchi Polytechnic, 1984-87; Local Antenna\/Consultant, Centre for the Development of Industry, European Economic Commission (EEC), 1980; Consultant, Industrial Project Preparation for Preferential Trade Area, UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), 1984-85; Regional Adviser on Industrial Development, West Africa, UNIDO, 1984-86; foundation member, Nigerian Economic Society, 1958; foundation member, Institute of Public Administration, 1960; member, Editorial Advisory Board, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University),Ile-Ife, Quarterly Journal of Administration; member, Executive Committee, African Association for Public Administration and Management (AAPAM); member, Advisory Panel, A.G, Leventis Foundation; founder and member, Nigerian Association of Management Consultants (NAMCON); fellow, Institute of Per sonnel Management of Nigeria, since 1978; member, Lagos Rotary Club; Publications: Over 20 articles and papers in national and international professional journals; Hobbies: tennis, music, Official Address: 36, Lanre Amolokun Road, Gbagada Phase II, Lagos; Home: P. O. Box 4698, Marina, Lagos.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7974","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7974","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\/7974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7974"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}