Biographical overview
worked with the Shell B.P. Nigeria Ltd., from 1968 to 1978. He was the head of the light vehi cle maintenance unit at the company's Ughelli Production Centre. Apart from working as a practising engineer in government departments and later at Shell B.P., Chief Balogun also served as technical in structor at the Government Trade Centre in Oyo, the Farm Mechanisation Centre in Agbadu near Warri and at the School of Agriculture in Akure. During the race to return the country to civil rule in 1979, Chief Balogun, from the Akoko Edo Constituency of Bendel State, contested and won elections on the Unity Party of Nigeria platform into the House of Representatives. Chief Balogun has travelled to Canada and Ghana. His hobbies include indoor games, table tennis and reading novels. A christian, Chief Balogun is married and has five children.
Biographical record
- Title
- Chief
- Surname
- BALOGUN
- First Name
- Joseph
- Other Names
- Bellius Obora
- Gender
- Male
- Source of Publication
- Who's Who in the legislature (1979-1983)
- Date of Birth
- March 27, 1929,
- Status
- Alive
- Place of Birth
- Bendel State
- Father's Status
- N/A
- Mother's Status
- N/A
- Marital Status
- Married
- Names of Children
- 5 Children
- Profession
- Engineer
Administrator - Education Level
- Tertiary
- Have you ever been a member of any political party?
- N/A
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