Obtained a degree in Law from the U.K. and was called to the English bar. On his return to Nigeria, for many years he had a virile legal practice in Kaduna State where he represented, corporate organisations and labour unions, including the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities. He was called to the higher bench as a Judge of the High Court of Ondo State where he had a distinguished career as a jurist - from which he retired. He has always been interested in the work of civil society organizations. Chairman, Ondo State Law Commission.
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Professor
A. A. Ilemobade, (Former Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology,
Akure).
He served as Vice-Chancellor
of the Federal University of Technology, Akure from 1988 to Jan. 1996.
He has been involved as Expert Consultant to the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in several areas
of his expertise, but more specifically in the area of Sleeping Sickness
of man and animals and in helping to design projects that ensures sustainable
agriculture and rural development. Currently, he serves as the Chairman
of the inter-agency (FAO, AU, IAEA and WHO) consortium (PAAT) on Tsetse
and Trypanosomiasis. Professor Ilemobade became interested in 1997 in
using deliberation to address issues of public policy. He and a group
of citizens incorporated this methodology in grassroots efforts to successfully
address some environmental issues in Ijapo Estate, Akure. Subsequently,
he attended the International Deliberative Democracy workshop in Washington
D.C. in 1999 and the International Civil Society workshop in 2000. Professor
Ilemobade will coordinate the overall project. Professor Ilemobade has
served as resource person and co-facilitator of the workshops organized
by URF.
He is a traditional High Chief of Ondo kingdom, the second-in-command to the Traditional ruler of Ondo Kingdom and a notable industrialist. He is the Chairman of several companies, including a Blue-chip, West African Portland Cement PLC.
He is the Secretary of the Foundation. He is a Veterinary Surgeon and Epidemiologist and is in private veterinary practice.
She retired as the Headmistress of the Federal University of Technology Staff School and currently runs Peaceland Nursery and Primary School, FUTA Road, Akure as the proprietress.
He currently is the Chairman of one of the foremost indigenous Foundations in Nigeria, Ajasin Foundation, and a Director of the Co-Operative Bank of Nigeria, PLC.
Prof.
Mrs. Folasade Akinkugbe (Director, Institute of Child Health,
Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan)
She has a B.Sc and Ph.D in Biological Sciences (Uni. of Ibadan). Her career started at the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, rising through the ranks to become the Director coordinating development of plant and herbal medicine in the Ministry. She moved to the Women Development Centre, Abuja, as Director-General before her appointment as Federal Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Productivity. She is very active in Civil Society organizations both at the local and national levels. She has been on several delegations from Nigeria to foreign countries, including Beijing, on issues affecting women and civil societies.
B.Sc (Econs) from Ahmadu Bello University and MBA (Hull), served in the Civil Service of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) before her political appointment as Director, Women Affairs Commission of the FCT. She returned to the Civil Service to take up her current appointment. Mrs. Maikori is very active in civil society work, both religious and non-religious and is widely travelled in Europe, Africa, USA and Asia.