{"id":10633,"date":"2017-02-15T13:20:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T12:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10633"},"modified":"2017-08-21T17:01:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T16:01:16","slug":"okojie-dr-christopher-gbelokoto","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okojie-dr-christopher-gbelokoto\/","title":{"rendered":"OKOJIE, Dr. Christopher Gbelokoto"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LSM, physician, politician, administrator, born April 9, 1920, Ugboha Ishan, Edo State; married Olufunke Olayemi Phillips 1951, three sons, six daughters; Education: Roman Catholic Mission School, Ugboha, 1925:28, Government School, Ekpoma, 1929-35, government College, Ibadan, 1936-40, 1941 -42, YabaHigher College, 1941 -42, Nigerian School of Medicine, Yaba, 1942-47, New York University (Belvue Medical Centre), USA, 1956-57, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore,USA, 1978;Career: Appointed Medical Officer, Nigerian Medical Service, 1947-50; Schools Medical Officer, 1953-55; member, Eastern Nigeria Finance Corporation, 1955-56; member, Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (now Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN), 1959-63; Chair man, Western Nigeria Development Corporation, 1962-63; appointed Minister of Works and Housing, Mid-western Region, 1963-66;. member, Hoard of Governors, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, 1973-75; Medical Director, Zuma Memorial Hospital, Irrua, since 1950; National President, Nigerian Medical Association, 1974-75; Chairman, Ishan Divisional&#8217; Development Council, 1977-78; Chairman, Bendel State Revenue Allocation Committee, 1977; membe&#8217;r, Nigerian Health Services Panel, 1976-78; Deputy President, defunct Bendel State&#8217; Boy Scouts Council, 1978; Chairman, Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research, NIFOR, 1981-82; Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, University of Ibadan, 1982-83; fellow, International College of Surgeons, since 1956; associate, Current Anthropology, since 1965; fellow, Population Council of New York, USA, 1970; Honorary member, Association of Community Physicians of Nigeria, 1973; Honorary member, Association of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians of Nigeria, 1975; Administrator, defunct Bendel State Scout Council, 1987; Political Parties: member, defunct National Council of Nigerian Citizens NCNC, and Secretary-General, Mid West Region(old Bendel State),Chapter, 1951 -66; member, banned National Party of Nigeria, NPN, and Chairman, defunct Bendel State Chapter, 1978-79, Chairman, Disciplinary Committee. 1978-83; National Honour: conferred with Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR), 1964; Publications: Ishan Native Laws and Cus toms, 1960; What is in a Name? 1984; Co editor, Esan Orthography, 1986; Hobbies: writing,travelling; Official Address: Zuma Memorial Hospital, Irrua, Edo State; Telephone: 055-943-00.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,174,166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10633","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-medicine","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10633","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\/10633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10633"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}