{"id":14022,"date":"2017-03-06T15:37:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T14:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=14022"},"modified":"2017-05-25T16:03:41","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T15:03:41","slug":"oni-dr-stephen-bola","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/oni-dr-stephen-bola\/","title":{"rendered":"ONI, Dr. Stephen Bola"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, MA, Ph.D urban and regional planner, educationist, ad ministrator, born July 30, 1938, Oro-Ago, Ilorin, Kwara State; married Abigail Bola Atotileto 1970, three sons, two daughters; Education: Oro-Ago Central School, Igbaja Teachers&#8217; Training College, Kwara, Kansas State Teachers&#8217; College, 1970; USA, Uni versity of Akron Ohio, 1972; USA, Univer sity of Pittsburgh, USA, 1980; Career: Appointed Teacher,Evangelical Church of West Africa Central School, Oro-Ago, Kwara State, 1957-58, 1962, 1965-66; Research Analyst, Department of Urban Studies, University of Akron, Ohio, USA 1971; Research Analyst, Community Planning Department, Akron, Ohio, USA, 1972; Assistant Profes sor, Vonhees College, Denmark, South Carolina, USA, 1972-73; Economic Consultant, Consumers&#8217; Education for Economic Development Programme Inc., Akron, Ohio, USA, 1973; Teacher, Akron Public School, Akron, Ohio, USA, 1973-74; Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, USA, 1975-78; Senior Administrative Consultant, Institute of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1979-81; Lecturer &#038; Reader, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1979-date; Principal Administrative Consultant, Institute of Administration, ABU, 1982-85; Senior Lecturer, Institute of Administration, ABU, Zaria, since 1985; member, Society for In ternational Development, Rome; member, American Institute of Planners; member, Nigerian Economic Society, 1980-87; mem ber, Planning Committee for Nigerian Students in America; President, Society for International Development, Zaria Chapter; Foreign Honour: Listed, in Who&#8217;s Who in the World, 15th Edition, USA; Publications: &#8220;Citizen Participation in Urban and Rural Development&#8221; in Issues on Development: A Seminar, ABU Press, Zaria, 1985; &#8220;Lead ership Followership and Managerial Behaviour&#8221; in Management and Public Sector, ABU Press, Zaria, 1986; Co-author, Community Development The Backbone for Promoting Socio-Economic Growth, Oluseyi Boladeji Company, Zaria, 1987; 2nd review .edition, 1996;* 1989; Co-author, Managing the RapidGrowth of cities in Nigeria; Reading in sustainable development, 1998; in addition to many articles in national and inter national journals; Hobbies: gardening, animal husbandry, squash, lawn tennis, swim ming, photography, reading &#038; travelling; Official Address: Department of Local Gov ernment Studies, Institute ofAdministration, Ahmadu Bello University, P.O. Box 979, Zaria, Nigeria; Telephone: 069-332-93 ex tension 90; Home: 11,Balag Road, Ahmadu Bello University, Kongo Campus, Zaria, Kaduna State; Telephone: 063-329-07.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,1505,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14022","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-educationist","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14022","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\/14022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14022"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}