{"id":13964,"date":"2017-03-06T13:17:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T12:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=13964"},"modified":"2017-05-16T09:54:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T08:54:27","slug":"opara-ralph-chukwuemeka","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/opara-ralph-chukwuemeka\/","title":{"rendered":"OPARA, Ralph Chukwuemeka"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA., ad ministrator, media consultant, born April 29, 1933, Umueze Uzoagba, Ikeduru, Owerri, Imo State; married Francisca Mbanwusi 1974, one son, two daughters; Education: St Theresa&#8217;s Primary School, Umuahia, 193942, St Theresa&#8217;s Primary School, Okigwe 1942-46, Government College, Umuahia, 1947-52, University College (now University of Ibadan), Ibadan, 1953-58, Uni- .versity of Syracuse, 1971, Royal Institute for Public Administration, London, 1976, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, 1982; Career: Appointed Programme Assistant (Talks), Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (nowFederal Ra dio Corporation ofNigeria), 1958-62; Head of Talks, NBC, 1962-67; Head of presenta tion, NBC-TV, 1970-71; Acting Controller, NBC, defunct East Central State, 1971-72; Controller,NBC Enugu, 1972-75; Director (External Broadcasting), FRCN, 1975-78; member, ObasanjoCommittee on the Re-Ap praisal of the Public Service, 1976; Officerin- charge, FRCN, Enugu Zone, 1978-79; Zonal Director, FRCN, Enugu, 1979-87; fellow, Society ofNigerian Broadcasters, 1980; Chairman, Reorganisation and Merger Com mittee on Anambra Broadcasting Corpora tion and Anambra Television Authority, 1984; Chairman, Imo Newspapers Limited, 1984-85; appointed Executive Director, MAMSER, 1987-93; member, National In stitute; President, Students Union, Univer sity of Ibadan, 1956-57; President, Govern ment College Umuahia Old Boys Associa tion (Enugu Branch), since 1983; National Publicity Secretary, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies Alumni Asso ciation, since 1983; member, Disciplinary Committee, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Anambra State Branch, 1984; member, Over seas Broadcasters&#8217; Club; member, Society of Italic Handwriting, London; Foundation member, 1960 Masks (theatre group); mem ber,, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, 1992; member, Institute of Management Con sultants, Honour: Merit Award, Octagon Membership Club, 1987. Creative Work: Co-ordinator\/Writer, Pidgin English Radio Comedy, SAVE. Traditional Title: Dikediohamma, Umueze-Uzongba, Ikeduru LGA, 1991. Hobbies: audiophile, calligraphy,jog ging. Official Address: Ralph Opara and Company Limited, P.O. Box 1301, Enugu, Enugu State. Home: 28\/30, Savage Cres cent, GRA, Enugu,Enugu State. Telephone: 042-250327.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,452],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-13964","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13964","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":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13964"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=13964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}