{"id":11632,"date":"2017-02-22T12:23:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T11:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=11632"},"modified":"2017-10-31T15:31:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T14:31:22","slug":"katsina-major-general-hassan","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/katsina-major-general-hassan\/","title":{"rendered":"KATSINA, Major-Gen. Hassan (Late)"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>retired army officer, businessman, born March 31, 1933, Katsina, Katsina State; married Hajiya Asiya Haruna 1959, two sons, two daughters; Education: Kankiya Elementary School, 1940-43, Katsina Middle School, 1944-47, Kat sina College (now Barewa College), 1948-51, Institute of Administration, Zaria, 1952, Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Zaria, 1953-55; enlisted in the Ar my as Officer Cadet, 1956; attended Regular Officers&#8217; Training School, Teshie, Ghana, 1957, Mons Officer Cadets&#8217; School, Aldershot, England, Royal Military Academy, San dhurst, Camberley, England, Small Arms School, Kent, England, School of Infantry, Warminster, England, 1957-59, School of In fantry, Fort Benning, USA, 1962, Staff Col lege, Camberley, 1964, Royal College of Defence Studies, England, 1972; appointed Military Governor, defunct Northern State, 1966-67; Chairman, Interim Common Services Agency (ICSA), 1967-68; Chief of Staff, Nigerian Army, 1968-72; Deputy Chief -of Staff, Supreme Headquarters and Federal Commissioner for Establishments, 1973-July 1975; retired from the Nigerian Army and now engaged in private business; Chairman, Na tional Oil and Chemical Marketing (Nigeria) Limited; Passed Staff College (PSC); Chair man, Nigerian Polo Association, since 1987; National Honour: awarded Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR), 1982; Traditional Title: Ciroma of Katsina (1974); Hobbies: polo, squash, hunting, gardening; Official and Home Address: Emir&#8217;s Palace, Katsina, Katsina State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[209,253],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-11632","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-business-person","category-military"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/11632","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\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/11632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22669,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/11632\/revisions\/22669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11632"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=11632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}