{"id":14083,"date":"2017-03-06T17:30:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T16:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=14083"},"modified":"2017-04-19T14:48:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:48:46","slug":"ihonor-john-okafor","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ihonor-john-okafor\/","title":{"rendered":"IHONOR, John Okafor"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, economist, born June 21, 1930, Ogwashi-Ukwu, Delta State: married Margaret Obiajulu Osamo 1960. three son, two daughters; Education: St Peter Clavers Catholic School, Ogwashi- Ukwu, 1939-46, UnitedCollege,Warri, 1947- 50, Commerce Degree Bureau, University of London, 1963-65; Career: Appointed Admin istrativeOfficer, Western Nigeria PublicSer vice, January 1959; Student Officer &#038; Trade Officer. Agents-General for Western Nigeria and Mid-Western Nigeria, United Kingdom: Secretary, State School of Board, Mid-West ern State, 1970-71; Secretary, Public Service Commission, Mid-Western State, 1971-72; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Establish ments, Mid-Western State, 1972-73; Perma nent Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Indus try, Mid-Western State, 1973-75; Chairman\/ Managing Director, Niger Agencies Nigeria Limited, BeninCity;Chairman\/Managing Director. Niger Agencies International Limited, Benin City; Chairman, Board of Directors. NewNigeria Salt Company Limited, Sapele: Chairman, Price Control Committee. Mid- Western State; Chairman, Price Control Board, Lagos; Chairman, Nigeria Enterprises Promotion Committee, Mid-Western State; member, Nigeria Enterprises Promotion Board, Lagos; member\/SecretaryCommittee on Higher Education on the Establishment of Mid-Western Institute of Technology (now University of Benin); member, Committee on Establishment ofAdministrative StaffCollege of Nigeria; First Chairman, Board of Direc tors, Delta Glass Company Limited, Ughelli, Mid-Western State; Vice Chairman, Mid- West football Association; Director, Midwest\/ Good Year Rubber Processing Company Lim ited, Benin City; Director &#038; General Man ager, Leventis Technical Limited, 1976-87; Executive Director, Leventis Motors Pic. Lagos, 1987-93; Director, Leventis Techni cal Pic, 1990-95; Director, AG Leventis &#038; Company (Nigeria) Pic, Lagos, 1990-93; Chairman, Board of Directors, Auto-Compo nents Limited, Otta, 1987-96; Executive Di rector, LeventisFoundation Nigeria Limited, 1993-95; Executive Vice Chairman\/Chief Executive, AGLeventis (Nigeria) Pic. 1994- 95; Director, Biaize Industrial Company Lim ited, Abeokuta, 1978-date; Chairman, Board of Directors, Honda Manufacturing (Nigeria) Limited, Otta, 1991-date; member, Joint AG Leventis &#038; EgbaScholarshipScheme Board, 1993-date; Chairman, Board of Directors, Leventis Foundation Nigeria Limited, March 1995-date; Chairman, Board of Directors. Delta Glass Pic, 1993-date; member, National Council, Manufacturers Association of Nige ria, 1987-95; Chairman, Precision Electrical and Related Equipment Employers Associa tion of Nigeria, 1982-87; member, Govern ing Council, Nigerian Employers Consulta tive Association; 1982-87; Permanent Sec retary, Western Region and defunct Bendel State Public Services, 1959-75; member, Ex ecutive Committee, Automobile. Boatyard and Transport Equipment Employers Association of Nigeria; member, Metropolitan Club, Victoria Island, Lagos; member, Ikoyi Clubl938, Ikoyi, Lagos; immediate past President, Beacon Club, Ogwashi-Ukwu; Knight of St. Mulumba, Lagos Island Sub- Council, Lagos; member, Catholic Mens Guild, Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos; Justice of Peace, Delta State; Executive Director, Leventis Group of Companies, since 1976; fellow, Royal Economic Society, London, since 1965; Hobbies: badminton, squash, music; Official Address: Leventis Foundation Lim ited\/GTE, 10, Abibu Oki Street, G PO Box 26,Marina, Lagos; Telephone: 01 -266-1313; Home: Plot 25B Parkview Estate, PO Box 54644, Ikoyi, Lagos, Ikoyi, Lagos State. Tele phone: 01-269-0761.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2403],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14083","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-economist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14083","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\/14083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14083"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}