{"id":8179,"date":"2017-01-17T15:56:56","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T14:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8179"},"modified":"2017-05-31T11:14:55","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T10:14:55","slug":"odujinrin-senator-chief-oladipo-olusoga","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/odujinrin-senator-chief-oladipo-olusoga\/","title":{"rendered":"ODUJINRIN, Senator (Chief) Oladipo Olusoga"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LL.B, LL.M, legal practitioner, administrator; born December 19, 1946, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State; married Olusola Osho, 1972; one son, three daughters.<br \/>\nEducation: St. Jude&#8217;s School, Ebute-Metta, 1952-59; King&#8217;s College Lagos, 1960-64; Igbobi College, Yaba, 1965-66; University of Lagos, 1966-69; Nigerian Law School, 1969-70: Harvard Law School, Massachusetts, USA, 1970-71.<br \/>\nCareer: Appointed Legal Assistant, Nigerian Industrial Development Bank Limited, 1969; Associate. Chris Ogunbanjo and Co., 1971-72; .Partner. Odudjinrin and Adefulu, since 1972; ap pointed Notary Public for Nigeria by Chief Justice of Nigeria, 1976; Chairman, Nigerian General Insurance Company Limited, 1976; elected Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1983; member, Consultative Assembly on the Reform of Nigerian Company Law, 1988; Chairman, Abplast Products Pic; Chairman, Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Nigeria, 1998; Secretary-General, National Union of Nigerian Students, 1967- 68; past Chairman, Lagos Round Table No. 1 &#8211; a community service organisation; past President, University of Lagos Alumni Association; member, Nigerian Bar Association.; member, Internatioinal Bar Associatioin; member, University of Lagos, Alumni Association, member, Ode-Remo Development Council; Awards \/ Honour: Best Student, Lower 6&#8243;&#8216; form (Arts), Igbobi College, 1965; German Scholarship Award for Best Student in freshman year, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, 1967; Dean&#8217;s Prize for best overall graduating student in single subjects, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, 1969; Faculty Prize for best over all graduating student, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, 1969; Rockefeller Scholar, Harvard Law School, Massachusetts, USA, 1970; University of Lagos, Faculty of Law, Distinguished AlumnuAwarfor Outstanding Achievement in Society, 1987. Political Party: member, defunct Unity Party of Nigeria, Ogun State, 1979-83;. Hobbies: Travelling, squash, community service. Official Address: Church House, First Floor, 29, Marina Lagos. P.O.Box 7909, Lagos State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,165],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8179","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8179","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\/8179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8179"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}