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Ambassador Harun Kolawole Bidmus
Ambassador Harun Kolawole Bidmus,hails from Erin-Osun,Irepodun Local Government,Osun State,Nigeria.He had his secondary education at Osogbo Grammar School,Osogbo between January 1957 and December 1960.
He completed Diploma in Education (Dip.Ed) in Beida Boys High School,Beida,Libya between November 1962 and June 1963.At Muhammed Ali Sanusi Islamic University ,Beida,Libya he completed B.A (Hons,First Class) in September 1963 and June 1967.At University of Ibadan,Ibadan he completed M.Phil between October 1969 and May 1972.
Ambassador Harun Kolawole Bidmus was a tutor at Aiyepe Girls' High School between July-December 1967,Zumuratul-Islaamiyyah Grammar School,Surulere,Lagos between January and December 1968.
He was Junior Research Fellow,Institute of African Studies,University of Ibadan between January 1969 and May 1972,External Affairs Officer (First Secretary) Ministry of External Affairs,Lagos between July 1972 and May 1974,First Secretary,Embassy of Nigeria,Jeddah,Saudi Arabia between June 1974 and March 1977,Counsellor,Embassy of Nigeria,Jeddah,Saudi Arabia between April 1977 and June 1978,Area Officer,Nigeria High Commission,Edinburgh,U.K between June 1978 and August 1979,Chief of Protocol,Nigeria High Commission,London,U.K between August 1979 and December 1980,Minister/Counsellor,Protocol Department,Ministry of External Affairs,Lagos between December 1980 and March 1981,Special Assistant to the Honourable Minister,Ministry of External Affairs,Lagos between April 1981 and April 1982.
Ambassador Harun Kolawole Bidmus was appointed Deputy High Commissioner,Nigeria High Commission,Freetown,Sierra Leone between April 1982 and December 1983,Ag.Higher Commissioner,Nigeria High Commission ,Freetown,Sierra Leone between December 1983 and May 1984.He retired from Foreign Service in May 1984.
He was appointed Chairman,Irepodun Local Schools Board between 1986 and 1989,Elected member ,Constituent Assembly between 1988 and 1989,Commissioner for Commerce and Industry,Osun State between 1994 and 1995,Commissioner for Agriculture,Osun State between 1995 and 1997 and Commissioner (National Broadcasting Commission) Abuja between July 2001 and Jul 2004.
Ambassador Harun Kolawole Bidmus was Secretary-General ,Nigeria Students Union in Libya between 1965 and 1966,President,Nigeria Students Union in Libya between 1966 and 1967,Member,Nigerian Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in 1981,Member,Nigerian Delegation to the United Nations Special Assembly on Namibia in 1982 and Chairman Fisco Nigeria Limited,Ijora,Lagos between 1987 and 1994.
He is the Chairman and Managing Director,Bidi Cola Nig. Ltd,Erin-Osun from 1984 till date and Chairman,Constructive Alternative Limited (CALT) from April 2002 to date.
He is happily married with children.
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