{"id":10971,"date":"2017-02-18T03:16:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T02:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10971"},"modified":"2017-04-21T14:07:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T13:07:21","slug":"gobak-nde-barr-john-gozen","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/gobak-nde-barr-john-gozen\/","title":{"rendered":"GOBAK, Nde (Barr.) John Gozen"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>mni LL.B, M.A; lawyer politician, administrator, b: November 15,1950; p: Tabulung;Iga: Kanke;so: Plateau; married; nc:two;ed: Ekan Primary School,Tabulung, 1959-62; Ekan Primary School,Kabwir,1963-63; Government Secondary School, Kuru, 1965-69; Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna, 1971-75;Manchester University, England, 1978-79;ReadingUniversity,England, 1981-82;UniversityofJos, 1995-99; National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, 2005. cr: Rural development Organizer, 1990;AssistantCommunityOfficer,1975;Community DevelopmentOfficer, 1977; HigherCommunity DevelopmentOfficer, 1979- 81; Senior Community Development Inspector, 1981-83; Principal Community Development Inspector, 1983-86; Deputy Chief Community Development Inspector, 1986-89;Ag. Head ofCommunity Development, 1988; Ag. Director, Planning Research andStatistic, 1990; SoleAdministrator, KeffiLocal GovernmentArea,1991; Secretary(Administration), 1999; Director- General, 1996-97;PermanentSecretary, 1997; Commissioner for Special Duties, Plateau State,2002-03;Secretaryto the StateGovernment 2003-07; Board member,New Nigerian DevelopmentCompany Limited, 2003-07; mm: Plateau State Projectors ImplementationCommittee, 1988;MAMSER AdvisoryCouncil, 1988;Trainer, Elected PartyExecutives, PankshinLocal Government Area 1990; Plateau State NYSC Committee; Assistant State Scout Commissioner, 1977-93; State Scout Commissioner, 1993-2001; Secretary, High Powered Judicial Commission oflnquiry to Investigate the Remote and Immediate Causes ofthe Civil Disturbances in Jos and Environs ledby Hon. Justice NikiTobi,2001-02;Secretary, Presidential Committeeto look into PersistentCrisis in the Southern Senatorial Zone, PlateauState led by the His RoyalHighness,the EmirZazzau, Alhaji Dr.Shehu Idris,2004; mem: NIPSS MonitoringTeam2006 NationalCensus to the North Eastern States,March, 2006;Chairman, Integrated Research Group5, NIPSS,Kuru, 2005; prices\/award:AwardedaTrophy forbeing the best performer atthe Citizenship and Leadership Training Course, 1968; Awarded a Colour for being one ofthe best Hockey Player,Government Secondary School, Kuru, I%9; prizefbr Best StudentinCommunity Development Kaduna Polytechnic 1972;Congratulatory Utters fb rOutstanding Performance, Permanent Secretary, Ministry forLocal Government and Community Development, 1979;Prize for Distinguished AcademicWork in Advanced Diploma in Community Development Manchester University, 1979; Honorary Award, National Association of Ngas Students, 2003; Executive Award as an Epitome of University in Plateau State and a Conflict Manager, National University Association of Management and Business Students, 2004; Distinguished Merit Award for Selfless Service, Committee of Performance Evaluation of Newsgate Communication Ltd,2004;MeritAward in Recognition of Immense Contribution to the Cause of Social Work and Practicein Nigeria Nigeria Association of Social Workers, 2004; Merit Award for Public service and for Contribution to the Development ofthe Federal Republic ofNigeria 2004; Memberofthe NationalInstitute,2005; MeritAward forMeritorious Service to the Ngas Nation, Association of Ngas Students, CollegeofEducation, Pankshin,2007; letter of Commendation for Meritorious Services to plateau State, Plateau State Governor, Chief JoshuaC Dariye,2007; tt: Magajin Garin Ngas, Ngolong Ngas\/Traditionat Council, 2007. Attended Several Workshops\/Seminars; hob:badminton, table tennis, farming; off: P.O.Box 7597, Anglo-Jos;tel: 08037031564,08055022022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,165,166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10971","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-legal","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10971","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\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10971"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}