{"id":10786,"date":"2017-02-16T19:16:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T18:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10786"},"modified":"2017-05-16T09:45:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T08:45:40","slug":"okonna-engr-macpherson-okonna","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okonna-engr-macpherson-okonna\/","title":{"rendered":"OKONNA, Engr. Macpherson Okonna"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engineer, Chief Engineer, Champion Breweries Pic; LGA:: Ikono; Born: Jan. I, 1958; Pa: Mr Okon O. Udoh and Mrs. Mama O. Okonna; Married to Mrs. Esther M. Okonna; Children: lfiok (7), Nsikak (5), Ewono (3); Education: Gov!. Sec School, Ikot Ekpene, 1973-78, WASC, University of lfe, Ile lfe, 1978-83, B.Sc. Electronic and Electrical Engineering; Career and Work History: Maintenance Engineer, Sunshine Batteries Limited, Ikot Ekpene, 1984-85; Electronic Engineer, Cross River Breweries Limited, Uyo, 1985- 87; Electrical Engineer\/Superintendent, Newsprint Manufacturing Company Limited, Oku Iboku, 1987- 93 , Chief Engineer, Champion Breweries pic, Uyo, I 974-present; Career Related Activities and Responsibilities: Editor, Ife Engineers Publications, Univ. of Ife, 1981-82; NYSC Project Coordinator, Minna, Niger State, 1983-84; Technical Secretary, Nigerian Society of Engineers, Uyo, 199 1-92; Special Work Related Achievements : Design and Construction of a Regulated Power Supply; Design and Construction of a Programmable Voltage Controller; Design, Construction and Installation of Battery Charging Systems; Creative Works: A special contribution to the Automobile World on Vehicle Ignition System< - Modification Designs for Improved Performance; Civic Activities: Special Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission (Unit 6), Uyo, 199 1-present; Mem., Lions Club International, Itu, 1989-93; Honours and Awards: NYSC Honours award by the NYSC, Niger State, 1984; Life Memberships award by the Electronic and Electrical Engineering Society, Univ. of Ife, 1983 ; Patron, Ukpom Youth Asscn., Ukpom Anwana, Ikono, 1994; Professional Memberships: Corporate Mem., Nigerian Society of Engineers; Registered with Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN); Religious Affiliation: Apostolic; Hobbies and Interests : Games, Reading, indoor Games, Engineering Designs, Current Affairs, Politics; Office: Champion Breweries PLC, PMB 11 06, Industrial Layout, Aka Offot, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Tel : (085) 204765, 204859, 20 1822. \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2399],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10786","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-engineer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10786","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\/10786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10786"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}