24— Vanguard, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2012
APPOINTMENT & PROMOTION
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Aregbesola appoints Makinde DG of Awolowo centre for good governance G
OVERNOR Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, has appointed Professor Moses Makinde as the Director- General and Chief Executive Officer of Awolowo Centre for Philosophy, Ideology and Good Governance. The appointment of Prof. Makinde according to a statement by the Director, Bureau of Communications and Strategy, Office of the Governor, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, took effect from May 1, 2012. According to Okanlawon, the Centre is expected to inculcate, through training workshops and conferences, ideology and art of good governance and areas of Awolowo’s thoughts and practices bearing in mind the issues of integrity, accountability, and transparency, personal discipline, and fiscal discipline, the regime of mental magnitude, true federalism and good governance. Prof. Makinde is a professor of Philosophy at the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife. A native of Ado Ekiti, he had a First Class degree in Philosophy from the University of Toronto, Canada; M.A Degree in Philosophy from the University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada, and Ph.D degree from the University of Toronto in 1974 with specialization in the Philosophy of Science/logic and scientific method. He joined the services of University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in December 1974 where he rose to the rank of professor in October 1989. The new DG was Head of Department of Philosophy in
active and substantive capacities for about 10 years and later Dean of Faculty of Arts 19971999. Prof. Makinde is a recipient of many local and
international honours and awards including Fulbright Hays award in the USA (198384) academic year, Institute of Administration Manager (IAMN), Certified and
Distinguished Administrator (CDA), Qualified and Incorporated Administrative Manager, he is a member of Editorial Board of The Nation Newspaper, among others.
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L-R: MD/CEO Phamatex (Hovid) Nig Ltd, Prince Christopher Nebe and his wife receiving an award for consistent and innovative quality products from the Chairman Board of Fellows, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Pharm. (DR.) John Nwaiwu at Mid Year Meeting and Award for Excellence Dinner 2012 of Board of Fellows, PSN in Lagos.
Phamatex gets excellence award P HAMATEX Nigeria Limited, has been honoured with an Excellence award “consistent quality and innovative products and service to the good people of Nigeria”, by Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN. The company got the award at the Board of Fellows of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria Mid-Year Meeting and Award For Excellence Dinner 2012, held in Lagos. At the ceremony, the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Phamatex Nigeria Limited, Prince Christopher Nebe, was the toast of guests at the ceremony. The Award for Excellence given “in recognition of the company’s Consistent Quality and Innovative Products and Service
to the good people of Nigeria” according to the Secretary to the Board, Prof. Mbang N. FemiOyewo was presented by Pharm John Nwaiwu, chairman, Board of Fellows, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, during the award night dinner in Lagos. Phamatex Nigeria Limited, licensed by the Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria, was incorporated in Nigeria in 1994 with a vision to be a strong and leading company caring for the health needs of the people by way of providing world class and affordable products. Phamatex Nigeria Limited is the sole agent to Hovid, a multi-national Malaysian based company that is known for innovative and quality products.
Promo Africa Marketing names Odedina MD
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ROMO Africa Marketing, a marketing communications company, has named Mr. Soji Odedina as its Managing Director. He is said to be a seasoned and thorough bred marketing communication practitioner. Odedina was at the Polytechnic Ibadan for an OND programme in Estate Management, but abandoned for a degree programme at Olabisi Onabanjo University in Ago Iwoye where he bagged a degree in Political Science. Odedina graduated top of his class thus winning the Chief Adegbenro’s prize for best graduating student in political science. He was also at the Lagos
Business School for the Senior Management Programme (SMP 21). Odedina has had a robust career covering all gamut of marketing communication. He started his career with the Director for Social Mobilisation (The presidency), Ogun State Directorate as a social Mobilisation Officer, and then proceeded to MKO Abiola’s Concord Magazine where had had a brief stint working as a Proof Reader, Sport Reporter as well as a Copy Editor for the magazine. He started his marketing communications career as a Business Manager with Talim Associates Ltd, a front line Public Relation agency of the
time ran by Mr Taiwo Alimi. Odedina later joined the pioneer BTL Agency in Nigeria, Contact Marketing Services headed by Chris Ogbechie from where he moved to 141 Worldwide as a Group Account Director and Client service Director for six years until recently when he teamed up with his partner, Sunday Awoyomi to start the new agency. As a respected brand communicator Odedina gave excellent professional service to global brands like Guinness (FES, GES, Malta Guinness, Harp and Satz), BAT (Dunhill, Consulate, B&H, Rothmans, Pall Mall, Graven A etc), Etisalat, First Bank, FSDH, Multi Choice, Western Union,
•Odedina Virgin Atlantic, Cadbury/Kraft, Pharma Deco’s Sans Cream Soda, WAMCO’s Three Crowns Milk, IDL’s Chelsea and Squadron amongst so many others.
Omotosho now District 9110 Governor
HE Rotary International, District 9110 comprising Lagos and Ogun States, has installed Dr. Kamoru Omotosho its new District Governor for the 2012 / 2013 Rotary Year. The installation ceremony held in Lagos, attracted prominent Nigerians from all walks of life, including rotarians from the three major districts, friends of rotary and well wishers. Omotosho a practicing medical doctor, was born on June 26, 1947. With over three decades experience since his graduation from the University of Ibadan, the new governor is presently the Medical Director of Kamoras Specialist Clinic, Victorial Island, Lagos. A fellow of the Royal College of Surgeon, he had worked in hospitals in Birmigham and Belfast in the United Kingdom before returning back to Nigeria. He was a lecturer in Orthopaedics and Traumatology and later a Consultant Surgeon and Traumatologist at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital and later Medical Director of St. Nicholas Hospital Lagos, before setting up his own private practice. Omotosho is the first Rotarian to emerge as District Governor from the Rotary Club of Ikoyi and a member of the Nigerian Medical Association. He e was the Chairman, Parents-Teachers Association, Kings College, Lagos from 1995-2000, and President, Obokun Social Executive Club, lagos 2009-2010. He is married to Rotn Susan Omotosho, who is a past assistant governor and past governor of Rotary Club of Ikoyi. While giving his inaugural speech with the theme: ‘Peace Through Service’, Dr Kamoru Omotosho said, “we choose this year’s theme because there is need for us to give peace to society by helping others to achieve peace, either through political and religious differences which have recently been ravaging our society”, adding that we are going to achieve this based on four pillars, which are peace and conflict resolution; maternal and child health; economic empowerment and water sanitation.