Chief Olusola Segun, Diplomat, broadcaster, television producer and director was born on March 18, 1935 and will be 74 on March 18, 2009.
He was educated at St. Jones Catholic School, Wesley school, Iperu, Remo Secondary School, Sagamu, Ogun State; Syracuse University New York, USA; Pittsburg University, USA; National Institute For Policy And Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos.
His career span through Junior Technical Assistant, Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation [(NBC), now Federal Radio Corporation Of Nigeria(FRCN)], Ibadan, Broadcasting Officer, NBC, Features Producer.
He was Africa's first television producer, Western Nigeria Broadcasting Services/Television; Executive Producer, Controller Programmes, NBC/T; General Manager, Nigerian Television Authority(NTA), Lagos and Zonal Managung Director, Director Commercial, NTA.
He was former Nigerian Ambassador to Ethiopia and the Organisation of African Unity. He was the founding Director, Players of the dawn, Ibadan, Founding Director, Theatre Express, Lagos, Chairman, National Festival Committee, Nigeria Arts Council, Director, Second All-Nigeria Festival Of Arts and Culture, Vice Chairman, National Museum Society.
Chairman, Broadcasting Organisation Of Nigeria Planning Committee, Second All African Games, Lecturer, Nigerian Institute Of Journalism, Chairman, Lagos, Centre for Cultural Studies, Founder/President, African Refugee Foundation, Chairman, Ajibule Moniya Gallery; Talents Associates Of Nigeria Ltd; Vice Chairman, Didi Museum, LAgos.
He was writer/series producer, Broke Time Bar, a radio drama series, 1962; Associate Producer, Taiwo Sango, a television feature film 1965, Writer/Director, Morning Moon and Night, Lagos, Edinburg, 1967; Writer, Series Creator, Village Headmaster, 1968, Writer, Associate Director, My Brother Children.
He married Elsie Thomas-Nkune, (Deceased) a.k.a Sisi Clara of the famous Village Headmaster's fame.
NB: the profile is culled from the new WHO'S WHO in Nigeria, third edition by Nigerian International Biography Centre.
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