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A former President of the Institute of Chattered Accountants of Nigeria, Mr. Emmanuel Ijewere has died.
Ijewere, according to information available to the NPO Reports, died in the early hours of today.
Though his family and firm of accountancy are yet to break the news, NPO Reports gathered that Ijewere succumbed to death after a protracted illness.
A source close to ICAN confirmed the death of Ijewere Friday morning but said he was not authorised to make any statement on his death. The source said when the family and partners at his firm conclude meetings, an official statement would be issued.
He was at one time the President of the Red Cross in Nigeria.
A former President of the Institute of Directors, Ijewere was born in 1946, schooling in Lagos, Ijebu-Ode, Cameroon and the UK.
He started his accounting career in 1965 with Coopers & Lybrand and set up his chartered accountancy firm in Nigeria in 1979 called Ijewere & co.
He was at various times, Chairman and Director at Best Foods Group, Emson, Nigeria Agribusiness Group, Drum Resources Nigeria Limited, Apel Capital & Trust Limited, Countrywide Direct Mortgage Company, Kerildbert Holdings, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) and Gemini Pharmaceuticals.
He is a member of the National Economic Forum, the International Investment Council (HIIC) and was a member of Agricultural Transformation Implementation Council (ATIC) under past President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s Chairmanship.
He also served as a resource person on Agriculture to the Buhari Transition committee and is currently the National coordinator of Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NAGB), the umbrella body for Agriculture in Nigeria.
