{"id":10421,"date":"2017-02-13T15:38:57","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T14:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10421"},"modified":"2017-05-12T11:01:54","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T10:01:54","slug":"okeke-gilbert-ekwenugo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okeke-gilbert-ekwenugo\/","title":{"rendered":"OKEKE, Gilbert Ekwenugo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>administrator, businessman, politician, born November 20, 1915, Ihiala, Anambra State, first marraige: Jane Nkolika Nwanolude 1943 (deceased), second marriage: Esther Eyiuche Nwokolo 1987, five sons, eight daughters; Education: St Mar tin&#8217;s Catholic School, Ihiala, 1925-32, Etukokwu College of Commerce, 1938-40, Wesley College, England, 1941-46; School Proprietor\/Principal, Abbot Secondary Schools, 1941-70; Importer and Exporter, 1942-57; Minister for Transport, Education and Economic Planning, Eastern Region, 1957-66; Chairman\/Managing Director, Nigerian Starch Mills Limited, since 1971; one time Chairman, Onitsha Southern Council; member, Nigeria-USA Business Council, since 1982; member, Six Country Club, England; Patron, Rotary Club, since 1982; Political Party: member, defunct NCNC, 1946-66; Chairman, Strategic\/Peace Committee of the Party: Foreign Honour: member of(the Order of) the British Empire, MBE, 1948 (abandoned on grounds of nationalism); Traditional Title: Igwe-Ozuome of Ihiala; Official and Home Address: Ethiope Hons, PO Box 1, Ihiala, Anambra State; Telephone: (046) 811001. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,209,166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10421","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-business-person","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10421","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\/10421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10421"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}