{"id":10553,"date":"2017-02-14T16:37:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T15:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10553"},"modified":"2017-05-15T12:04:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T11:04:23","slug":"okita-silas-ibu-ododo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okita-silas-ibu-ododo\/","title":{"rendered":"OKITA, Silas Ibu Ododo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA (Hons), M.Phil, educationist, born in 1947, Ohuhu, Owo, Oju, Benue State; married Salome Ochuole Ade 1973, two sons, four daughters; Education: Jesus College (Teacher Training College), Otukpo, 1963-67, University of London (Self tuition), 1968-70, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1970-73, University of Leicester, UK, 1975-78; CAREER: Tutor, Jesus College, Otukpo, 1968-70; Tutor, Oriwu College (NYSC), Ikorodu, Lagos State, 1973-74; Research fellow, Centre for Nigerian Cultural Studies, ABU, Zaria, 1974-78; Research fellow, Centre for Nigerian Cultural Studies, ABU, Zaria, 1974-78; Research fellow and Head of Museology Section, CNCS, ABU, Zaria, 1978-83; acting Director, Centre for Nigerian Cultural Studies, ABU, Zaria&#8217;, since May 1984; Deputy Dean, Student Affairs, 1992- 94; visiting professor, Texas Tech. University, Lubbbock, Texas, U.S.A, 1993; member, International Council of Museums, since 1976; member, American Association of Museums, since 1985; Chairman, Nigerian National Committee of International Council of Museums; President, Museums Association of Nigeria; Board member, Benue and Niger States&#8217; Arts Council; Award: winner, Special Prize in the Royal Commonwealth Essay Competition, 1965; Publication: The Museum And Nation Building, co-author (Owerri, New Africa Publications, 1985); Hobbies: travelling, discussion (politics and philosophy); Official Address: Centre for Nigerian Cultural Studies, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; Telephone: (069) 33089, 33251; Home: BELAG 83, Area BZ, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10553","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10553","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10559,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10553\/revisions\/10559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10553"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}