He passed on at 77 at midnight after a protracted illness according to Kabir Ibrahim, the Chairman Admin of the Nigeria Agric Business Group which Ijewere led for many years.
The life and times of Emmanuel Ijewere
A past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), the Institute of Directors (IOD), and the Nigerian Red Cross, Ijewere was born in 1946.
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His education took him from Lagos to 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.
He 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.