{"id":11529,"date":"2017-02-21T16:29:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T15:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=11529"},"modified":"2017-04-21T16:58:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T15:58:00","slug":"guobadia-dr-abel-ibude","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/guobadia-dr-abel-ibude\/","title":{"rendered":"GUOBADIA, Dr. Abel Ibude"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>, B.Sc, Ph.D, educationist, diplomat, born June 28, 1932, Benin City* Edo State; married Florence Osaze Ukponmwan 1960, three sons, one daughter; Education: CMSPrimary School, Benin City, 1939-45, Government College, Ibadan, 1946-51, University College (now University ofIbadan), Ibadan, 1952-57, Uni versity of Pittsburgh, USA, 1962-46; Ca reer: Appointed Senior Physics Master, Ilesha Grammar School. 1957-58; Senior Physics Master, Government College at Ugelliand Ibadan, 1958-61; Lecturer(Study Leave), University ofNigeria, Nsukka, 1961 &#8211; 66; Lecturer\/Senior Lecturer, University of Lagos. 1966-71; Director of Planning, Na tional Universities Commission, Lagos, 1971-82; Director, Consultancy Services Unit, University of Benin, 1983; Commis sioner for Education, defunct Bendel State, 1986-87; Commissioner for Finance and Eco nomic Planning, defunct Bendel State, 1986- 87; appointed Nigeria&#8217;s AmbassadorExtraor dinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Korea, 1987; appointed Chairman, Inde pendent National Electoral Commission, INEC, 2000-Date; fellow, Science Teachers&#8217; Association ofNigeria (STAN), 1982; Hob bies: chess, swimming, table tennis; Address: Office ofthe Chairman, Indepen dent National Electoral Commission, Plot 436, Zambezi Crescent, Maitama District, P.M.B. 0184, Garki, Abuja; Telephone: 09-523-9544.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,484],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-11529","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-public-service"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/11529","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\/11529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11529"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=11529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}