{"id":1809,"date":"2023-03-09T09:51:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T08:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reportwomen.org\/experts\/?post_type=rwexperts&#038;p=1809"},"modified":"2023-12-19T12:51:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T11:51:23","slug":"meet-bukola-olatunji","status":"publish","type":"rwexperts","link":"https:\/\/reportwomen.org\/experts\/rwexperts\/meet-bukola-olatunji\/","title":{"rendered":"Bukola Olatunji"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Career &amp; Expertise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olatunji is a journalist by training, with interests in education and communication for development. 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in 2002 and won it for the second time in 2005, among other awards and commendations by her employers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She joined NUC in 2012 as a Chief Information Officer and has been the Communications Officer at NUC\u2019s Project Implementation Unit (PIU) of the World Bank-supported Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) Project since 2015.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Skills Utilisation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She will be a good source in areas of government policies on 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