{"id":13788,"date":"2017-03-03T16:29:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T15:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=13788"},"modified":"2017-11-21T17:14:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T16:14:51","slug":"omu-prof-fred-isaac-akporuaro","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/omu-prof-fred-isaac-akporuaro\/","title":{"rendered":"OMU, Prof.  Frederick Isaac Akporuaro"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA (Hons), Ph.D, historian and university teacher, born April 9, 1935, Igbide, Isoko, Bendel State; married Rose Ada Nebechukwu Ufelle 1965, one son, four daughters; Educa tion: Igbide Primary School, 1942-46, Ozoro Primary School, 1947-49, Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha, 1950-54, Universi tyof Ibadan, 1957-65; School tutor, IkaGram mar School, Agbor, July \u2014 September 1962; Lecturer in History, University of Lagos, 1965-67; Lecturer I\/Senior Lecturer 1969-74, Asociate Professor, Unversity of Lagos, 1975; Bendel State Commissioner for Education, 1975-76; Commissioner for Information, Social Development and Sports, 1976-78; Commissioner for Trade, Industry and Co operatives, 1978-79; Chairman, Bendel State Public Accounts Committee, 1968-75; Pro fessor of History, University of Benin, since 1979; Director, Centre for Social, Cultural and Environmental Research, University of Benin, 1979-82; Dean, school of Postgraduate Studies, 1981-85; Chairman, Nigerian Educa tional Research Council, 1982-83; member, Board of Directors, Savannah Bank, 1984-86; member, Board of &#8220;Directors of Daily Times, since 1986; member, UNESCO International Commission for the study of Communication Problems, 1977-79; Traditional titles: Iyasere of Igbide, 1982; Publications: Press and Politics in Nigeria 1880-1937 (Longman, 1978), Many Voices, One World, co-author (UNESCO, 1980), Integrated Rural Development inNigeriaand Women&#8217;sRole, co-author (Heinemann, 1987); Hobbies: reading, wat ching sports, gardening; Official Address: Department of History, University of Benin; Telephone: (052) 200250 extension 2559; Home: Senior Staff Quarters P9, Ugbowo Campus, University of Benin, Bendel State. Telephone: (052) 240385, 200250 extension 2581. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,1505],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-13788","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-educationist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13788","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\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13788"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=13788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}