{"id":8060,"date":"2017-01-17T09:08:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T08:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8060"},"modified":"2017-05-30T19:07:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T18:07:03","slug":"odiri-josiah-ezenwa","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/odiri-josiah-ezenwa\/","title":{"rendered":"ODIRI, Josiah Ezenwa"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M.A, FCCA, FCA; chartered accountant; b: November 18, 1939; ht: Okporo-Orlu; so: Imo; m: Princess Agnes Ugochi Ibenye Ugbala, 1972; nc: three s, five d;<br \/>\ned: St. Mary&#8217;s CMS School, Okporo, Imo State, 1946-47; AHSaintsCMS School, Amaifeke, Orlu, 1948-53; St. Augustine&#8217;s Anglican Grammar School, Nkwere, Orlu, Imo State, 1954-58; Ugos High School, Yaba, Lagos, 1961-62; Catford College, Catford, London, 1965-67; South West London College, London, 1968-69; London School of Economics, London, 1980; Harvard Universiiy, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1989; Oxford University, St. Catherine College, Oxford, London, 1997.<br \/>\nCAREER: Article Clerk, United Africa Company of Nigeria Pic, 1960-64; Asst. Chief Accountant, Guild Holding Ltd, London, 1969-70; Chief Inspector of Taxes and Consultant, Government of Guyana, South America, 1971-74; Asst. comm. Taxation, Government of Guyana, South America, 1974; Accountant, Nigeria Police Force, Force Headquarters, Lagos, 1975-76; Finance Attache Nigerian High Commission, London, 1978-84; Controller of Finance and Accounts, Management Services Department, Treasury, 1985; Controller of Finance and Accounts, Ministry of Special Duties, Office of the presd. Dodan Barracks, Lagos, 1985; Controller of Finance, Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI), 1986; Deputy dir\/Head, Ministry of Finance Incorporated, 1988-92; dir. Federal Treasury and Deputy Accountant-General of the Federation, 1993; Special Adviser, Economic Affairs to Speaker, House of Representatives, National Assembly, Abuja, since 2000;<br \/>\nf: Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, 1980; Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, 1992; mm: African Accounting Council, 1985-86.<br \/>\npubl: Rudiments of Budget, Planning Implementation and Control in Federal and State Ministries in Nigeria, 1996; Financial Accounting in the Federal Public Service, 1980. 1986. reviewed 1996; Fiscal Policy Thrust of the 1997 Budget, 1997; Devolution of Power between Federal, State and Local Government. 1997; Effective Treasury Management in the Public Sector, Strategies and Options, 1997.<br \/>\nsc: Patron, Ebete Social Club of Nigeria; president, Okporo Community Assembly, Ugos.<br \/>\nhob: lawn tennis, photography, reading, off: Office of the Speaker, House of Representatives, National Assembly, Abuja.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2406,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8060","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-accountant","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8060","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8066,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8060\/revisions\/8066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8060"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}