Former president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) Emmanuel Ijewere has died at the age of 77.
The deceased’s daughter Esther Ijewere broke the news in the early hours of Friday via Facebook.
She posted photos of a burning candle and later wrote “Rest in peace daddy”.
Senior manager of corporate communications directorate of ICAN Dare Muyiwa also confirmed Ijewere’s death to TheCable.
Ijewere died on Thursday after a battle with an undisclosed illness.
Born in 1946, the former accountant studied in Lagos, Ijebu-Ode, Cameroon, and the United Kingdom (UK).
He began his accounting career in 1965 working at Coopers & Lybrand, and later established Ijewere & Co., a chartered accountancy firm in Nigeria, in 1979.
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Ijewere was the 32nd president of ICAN from 1996 to 1997, and also served as the president of notable organisations such as the Institute of Directors (IOD), and the Nigerian Red Cross.
He was also chairman and director in many companies, 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), Gemini Pharmaceuticals, among others.
Ijewere was the pioneer chairman of the Agriculture and Food Security Commission and also the director of the defunct modified value-added tax committee in 1993.
He was a member of the National Economic Forum (NEF), the International Investment Council (HIIC), and the Agricultural Transformation Implementation Council (ATIC), under the chairmanship of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.
He also served as a resource person on agriculture to the transition committee of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Until his death, Ijewere was the president of the Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NAGB), the umbrella organisation for Nigerian agriculture.
