{"id":14260,"date":"2017-03-07T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=14260"},"modified":"2017-05-16T14:20:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T13:20:30","slug":"orji-timothy-a","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/orji-timothy-a\/","title":{"rendered":"ORJI. Timothy A"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State of Origin: Imo Local Government Area: Nwangele Village\/Town: Duruemeghara Umudurunna Abba Sir Timothy A. Orji (KSC) Okeosisi. is a retired Railway Chief Station Masterand an eminent Knight of St. Christopher ofthe Anglican Communion. Church of Nigeria. He hails from Duruemeaghara Umudurunna Abba in Nwangele Local Government Area, of Imo State. Education \u2022 CMS Central School. Anara Isiala Mbano LGA. \u2022 St Cyprain&#8217;s Primary School. Port Harcourt \u2022 Baptist High School. Port Harcourt \u2022 Railway Traffic Training School. Ebute-Metta (A Top Professional Engineering School for staff ofthe Railways) 1956 &#8211; 1957 \u2022 Priscilla Memorial Grammar School Oguta Job Experience Sir Timothy Orji is popularly known by peers and the public as OKEOSISIServed the UAC Nigeria Pic as Accounts Supervisor 1954 1956 \u2022 Joined the Nigerian Railway Corporation 1956 \u2022 Retired meritoriously in 1991 as Chief Station Master ofthe Corporation Membership of Professional Bodies \u2022 Chairman. Railway and Ports Transport Staff Union ( R&#038; PTSU) 1976 1982 \u2022 Chairman. Nigerian Union of Railway ( NUR) 1982 1991 \u2022 Chairman. Railway Recreation Club Umuahia \u2022 Currently. President, the Nigerian Railway Pensioner Welfare Association. Abia State. Christian Responsibilities in the Country Sir&#8217;f. AOrji is highly respected in the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion. He is a devout and committed Christian who from early childhood gave his life to the Ministry ofthe Church. He holds many key positions in the Church \u2022 An Eminent Knight of St Christopher- Knighted in 1995 for many years of devoted Service to the Ministry ofthe Church in the Country and in the entire World Anglican Communion. \u2022 Member ofthe Anglican Christian Association that founded Okigw e-Orlu Diocese 1984 \u2022 Member. Stirring Committee that founded Umuahia Diocese in 1994 Member. St Stephen&#8217;s Cathedral Parochial Committee 1976 till date and a Member ofthe Cathedral Chapter and RulingBody till date \u2022 Member. St Andrew&#8217;s Abba Church Committee \u2022 Present Chairman. St Andrews Welfare Association. \u2022 Umuahia Diocesan Synod Delegate, 1991 date \u2022 Member. Diocesan Board 1994 date \u2022 Present Treasurer. Council of Knights Anglican Diocese Of Umuahia \u2022 Treasurer. St Stephen&#8217;s Nursery and Primary School Umuahia 1998 dale \u2022 Special Father, St. Stephen&#8217;s Cathedral Umuahia 2000 \u2022 Patron. Men&#8217;s Christian Association 2001 Patron. Anglican Youth Fellow ship \u2022 Chairman. St Stephen&#8217;s Cathedral Lay Readers Council Vice Chairman. Umuahia Diocesan Lay Readers Council, Anglican Communion \u2022 Life Member. Bible Society of Nigeria Communities Services and Enlightenment Founding Member, the defunct Abba Literary Society &#8211; a voluntary organisation that provide evening programmes and teaching for the local community. Educated those who could not attend regular schools. \u2022 Secretary, Durunna Family Meeting Enugu Branch 1955 19567 \u2022 Secretary,Defunct A.D.U. Umuahia Branch 1992 \u2022 Financial Secretary. Duruemeghara Village Meeting 1981 1998 \u2022 Vice Chairman\/Ag. Chairman. Duruemeghara Village Meeting 1998 2004 \u2022 Represented Duruemeghara Village in Durunna Ezeship Contest in 2001 \u2022 Secretary. Ridge Club Umuahia 1981 1983 \u2022 Member. Umuahia Urban City Father Forum \u2022 Life Patron and Chairman of Board of Trustees ofthe Fathers Forum \u2022 Treasurer, Imo Cultural Association, Umuahia Chapter. Sir Timothy loves sports. Has interest in Football and Lawn Tennis. Happily married to Nneoma (Lady) Virginia Orji and they are blessed with children. His hobbies include reading and walking. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14260","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14260","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\/14260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14260"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}