A former president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) ,Emmanuel Ijewere is dead.
According to reports, Ijewere died on Thursday after a long battle with an undisclosed terminal illness.
The deceased was a past President of the Institute of Directors (IOD), and the Nigerian Red Cross
He was born in 1946.
He schooled in Ijebu-Ode, Cameroon and the UK and started his accounting career in 1965 with Coopers & Lybrand and set up his chartered accountancy firm in Nigeria in 1979 called Ijewere & co.
Late Ijewere held chairmanships and directorships are numerous including 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.
