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Encyclopedia > Adebayo Adedeji

Adebayo Adedeji (born December 21, 1930 in Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria) was United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa until 1991. December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Located in south-western Nigeria, Ijebu Ode with over 100,000 residents is the second largest city in Ogun State after Abeokuta. ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 member states, which includes virtually all all internationally recognized independent countries. ... The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA or ECA) was established in 1958 to encourage economic cooperation among its member states. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Other credentials:

  • Federal Commissioner (Minister) for Economic Development and Reconstruction in Nigeria (1971-1975)under the military government of General Yakubu Gowon
  • Professor of public administration and Director of the Institute of Administration at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife-Ife, Nigeria).

His publications include: 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Yakubu Gowon General Yakubu Jack Dan-Yumma Gowon (born October 19, 1934) was the head of state (Head of the Federal Military Government) of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975. ...

  • Nigerian Administration and its Political Setting
  • Nigerian Federal Finance
  • Developing Research on African Administration
  • Africa, the Third World and the Search for a New Economic Order
  • Economic Crisis in Africa – African Perspectives in Development Problems and Potentials
  • South Africa & Africa, Within or Apart?
  • Comprehending and Mastering African Conflicts: The Search for Sustainable Peace and Good Governance.

External link

  • The United Nations Intellectual History Project

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