{"id":13501,"date":"2017-03-02T17:51:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T16:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=13501"},"modified":"2017-04-19T19:52:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T18:52:26","slug":"igbinedion-chief-dr-gabriel-osawaru","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/igbinedion-chief-dr-gabriel-osawaru\/","title":{"rendered":"IGBINEDION, Chief (Dr.) Gabriel Osawaru"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Surname:
\nIGBINEDION
\nFirst Name:
\nGabriel
\nOther Names:
\nOsawaru
\nGender:
\nMale
\nTitle:
\nChief
\nDate of Birth:
\nTuesday, September 11, 1934
\nMarital Status:
\nMarried
\nNumber of Children (Male):
\n14
\nNumber of Children (Female):
\n8
\nProfession:
\nBusinessman, Philanthropist, Publisher;
\nName of School:
\nBenin Baptist Primary School, 1944-51; Eko Boys High School, 1952-54;
\nEducational Qualification:
\nFCIT, GCKB, LLD, D.Litt FIMT,FNISM, FIBEN, PHF, JP
\nPrevious Appointments:
\nCourt Messenger, Teacher Benin Divisional Council; Adult Education Assistant, 1955-58; joined the Nigeria Police Force, 1958-63; Sales Representative and later Sales Manager, Leventis Group of Companies, 1964-68; ch: Mid Motors (Nigeria) Limited, 1968; ch\/ceo. Okada Bottling Company (makers of Canada Dry Soft Drinks), Okada Farms, Okada Airlines, Okada Health Farms, OG Bread, Swede Boreholde, Igbinedion Motors, Igbinedion Educational Centre, Igbinedion University; Okunozee Shipping Line and Okada Housing Estate; Proprietor, Okada Grammar School, Igbinedion Television (ITV), Igbinedion Broadcasting Service (IBS).Crown Merchant Bank; Okada University; former Presd. Benin Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture;
\nHave you ever been a member of any political party?:
\nYes
\nIf “Yes”, please state the party(ies) and offices you have held with dates:
\nPeoples Democratic Party (PDP)
\nTraditional Titles:
\nEsama of Benin; Ngwang of Taroh, Langtang, Plateau State
\nInternational\/Foreign Decorations:
\nHonorary Consul in charge of Edo and Delta States, Romanian government, 2005;
\nHonourary Degrees and Awarding Institutions:
\nConferred with Doctorate Degree of the Federal University of Technology, Yola, April 2002
\nOutstanding Achievements:
\nMerit Award for Outstanding Achievement in Air Transportation by Benin Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture,
\nHobbies:
\nHunting, Sport,
\nSocial Clubs:
\nBenin Club, International Club; patron of numerous Clubs, organisations and Youth Association,
\nOther Relevant Information:
\nSponsor, Okada Open Tennis Championship; his Education Centre produced the overall best student in WAEC, 1999; A pupil from his center was the first to win an international art competition organised by the Japanese Governent;
\nResidential Address:
\nres: 2\/3 First Avenue, GRA, Benin City, Edo State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[209,452,2409],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-13501","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-business-person","category-media","category-philanthropist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13501","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\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13501"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=13501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}