CHIEF DR EMMANUEL OLULANA AKINNIFESI:
Bsc, MA (Econs) Yale. PhD (Econs) Lagos, FIMC, F.Inst. Fm, FNSA
Chief
Dr Olulana Akinnifesi was a PhD Degree and Yale University,
Connecticut, U.S.A masters degree holder in Economics. He was a former
Director at the Central Bank of Nigeria and was Head Statistics and
Econometrics. He received many awards, which included fifteen years of
meritorious service certificate awarded by CBN in December 1992. While
he was at Central Bank he became a Diplomat and was appointed Chief
Executive/ Executive secretary, West African Clearing House, Freetown
Sierra Leone, an International Organisation. There he represented
Nigeria and the interest of 15 other West African Countries and 10
Central Banks from 1991-1993.
Dr Akinnnifesi was also part time Lecturer
at the University of Lagos where he taught Statistics, Econometrics and
Monetary Economics to Msc/PhD students of the department of Economics. He set
up Emmason Consulting LTD and Emmason Investment LTD, a consulting and business
management company where he put to use his acquired experiences over the years
in International Banking Monetary Cooperation, Trade and Financial
Transactions, top level Negotiation Missions to International Organisation such
as UNCTAD, UNID, FEC and ECOWAS.
Dr Akinnifeis
was a Fellow of Institute of Management Consultants of Nigeria,
Institute of Financial Management and Nigeria Statistical Association.
He was the National Secretary of the Nigerian Statistical Association
from 1981-1985 and later President from 1989-1991. He was also the
Chairman of the Nigerian Economic Society (Lagos Chapter) from
1987-1989. He was Vice-President International Association of Official
Statistics from 1991-1993. He had a passion for World travel and was a
member of Island club, Ikoyi club and FRCN club Lagos.
He died age 74
after a brief illness.
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