{"id":12972,"date":"2017-03-01T09:03:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T08:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=12972"},"modified":"2017-11-03T17:33:21","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T16:33:21","slug":"j-affla-george-benson","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/j-affla-george-benson\/","title":{"rendered":"AFFIA, George Benson(Late)"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Librarian, University librarian, University of Port Harcourt Library; LGA: Etim Ekpo; Born: Oct. 20, 1939; Pa: Chief Benson Affia (d) and Mrs. Miller B. &#8216;&#8221; Affia; Married to Mrs. Arit Affia; Previously married to Mrs. Ekanem B.Affia (d); Children: Uduak (27), Ndot (25), Otto (24), Aniekan (21), !toro (I9);Education: Qua [boe Mission Sec. Seh., (Etinan Institute), 1953-57, (W ASC); Hope Wadde ll Training Instn, Calabar, 1958-59, (HSC); Univ. of lbadan, 1960- 63, B.A (Librarianship); Univ. of Lagos, 1964-65, Dip. in Librarianship; Other Qualifications: Proficiency Cert in French, 1971; Career and Work History: Teacher, Qua lboe Church Schools, Etinan, 1960- 63 ; Information Officer!Ag. PRO to Premier, Eastern Nigeria Gov!, Enugu, 1963-64; Asst Librarian; Librarian; Senior Librarian, Univ. of Lagos, 1965-73; Coli Libr ariaH, The Polytechnic, Calabar, 1973-7 6; University L1brarian, Univ. ef Port Harcourt, 1976present; Career Related Adivities and Responsibilities: Chairman, Conuruttee of University Librarians of Nigerian Universities, (CULNU), Port Harcourt, 1990-92; Mem ., J&#8217;:Iiitional Library ~oa r d , Lagos, 199 1-94; Publications: The Nigeriall Crises, 1966-70; A Preliminary Bibliography; various reports, numerous articles and diverse pape rs read at conferences and seminars; Civic and Political Activi ~ies: Patron, Nigerian Fellowship of Evangelical Stuaents, Port Harcourt, 1993-present; Patron, AK Students Asscn, Univ. of Port Harcourt, I 992-prese nt; Chairman, Abak, Ukanafun, Oruk Anam, Etim Ekpo Dev. Asscn. (ABOUEDA), Port Harcourt, 1985- 89; Awards, Recognitions: Elder, Qua [boe Church, Port Harcourt; [Iak of ABOUEDA, Port Harcourt; Listed in Who &#8216;s Who in Nigeria; Professional Memberships: Mem ., Committ ee of University Librarians \u00b7of Nigerian Un ivers ities; Mem., National Library Asscn; Religious Affiliation: Qua IbQe\u00b7;\u00b7: Hobbies: &#8221; Gardening; Farming; Qfflce: University of Port Harcourt Library, P. O. Bpx 269, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State; Home: 18 Banjul Close, Gambia Ama, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[1532],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-12972","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-librarian"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/12972","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/12972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20417,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/12972\/revisions\/20417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12972"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=12972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}