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Onaolapo Yinka
Onaolapo is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: * Joy Onaolapo (1983–2013), Nigerian Paralympic weightlifter *Onaolapo Soleye Onaolapo Soleye is a Nigerian scholar and former Minister of Finance during the military regime of General Muhammadu Buhari. He served for (20) twenty months as the minister of finance. He was also a former commissioner for Finance and Industry in ..., Nigerian scholar, government minister * Olugbenga Onaolapo Obadara, (born 1960), Nigerian politician and Senator {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy Onaolapo
Joy Onaolapo (24 December 1982 in Sapele, Nigeria – July 2013) was a Nigerian champion Paralympic weightlifter (2012). She won the gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ... in the 52 kg powerlifting category at the 2012 London games. Onaolapo was confirmed dead in July 2013 at the age of 30. Nigerian former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan described "the death of the Nigerian Paralympian gold medallist, Mrs. Joy Onaolapo as a big loss to the nation." Coach Ijeoma Iheriobim, "has described late Onaolapo as a committed and diligent athlete." References External links * 1982 births 2013 deaths Nigerian female weightlifters Powerlifters at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onaolapo Soleye
Onaolapo Soleye is a Nigerian scholar and former Minister of Finance during the military regime of General Muhammadu Buhari. He served for (20) twenty months as the minister of finance. He was also a former commissioner for Finance and Industry in Ogun State. He sits on the board of the Obasanjo Presidential Library. He was a former lecturer at the university of Ibadan, he was also the commissioner of industry in the western region before he was appointed as the minister of finance. Soleye preferred administrative controls on foreign exchange, he rejected proposals to drastically devalue naira. He also decided to print new notes in April 1984, to prevent the repratriation of Naira through smuggling. Education Dr Soleye attended Baptist Boys' High School, Abeokuta, one of the earliest secondary school established in Nigeria. He trained as a Sociologist and studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science and University of Manchester The University of Manche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |