{"id":10066,"date":"2017-02-08T15:57:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T14:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10066"},"modified":"2017-06-08T15:28:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T14:28:47","slug":"okagbue-hrh-obi-ofala-akukalia","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okagbue-hrh-obi-ofala-akukalia\/","title":{"rendered":"OKAGBUE (HRH) Obi Ofala Akukalia"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>traditional ruler, born October 5, 1923, Onitsha. Anambra Stale; married, has four sons, two daughters; Education: St Mary&#8217;s Primary School, Onitsha, Holy Cross Catholic School. Benin-City, Roman Catholic Mission Primary School, Ibusa, Christ the King College, Onitsha, 1941-43; worked as a Teacher, 1943-44; Clerk, Book-keeper and later acting Assistant Agent (Manager), John Joly Limited. 1944-56; Manager and Public Relations Officer. Joseph Asaboro Limited, Sapele, 1956-59; Sales Personnel, Mobil Oil Nigeria Limited, 1959-68; in stalled as the Obi of Onitsha, since November 25, 1970; Chancellor, Bayero University, Kano; Chairman, Anambra State Council of Traditional Rulers; member, FESTAC Committee on Culture and Regatta; member, Rotary Club; Patron, Man O&#8217;War Bay Club; patron, Honda Club of Nigeria; patron, Onitsha Development Trust Fund; publisher, Onitsha Calender, since 1971; Traditional Title: Obi of Onitsha; National Honour: conferred with the Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR), 1978; Foreign Honour: The Order of the Republic of Sudan. 1974; Honorary Degree: awarded honorary Doctor of Laws (Hon. LL.D), Bayero University, Kano; Hobbies: sports, philanthropy; Official and Home Address: Obi Ofala Okagbue 1, Obi&#8217;s Palace, Onitsha, Anambra State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[389],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10066","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-royalty"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10066\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10066"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}