{"id":14742,"date":"2017-03-09T13:59:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T12:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=14742"},"modified":"2017-05-15T11:08:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T10:08:27","slug":"onyekwelu-lemuel","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/onyekwelu-lemuel\/","title":{"rendered":"ONYEKWELU, Lemuel"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M.Sc, mining engineer, geologist, born May 29, 1943, Achi, Oji-River LGA, Enugu State; married Ukeanya Sally Tochi 1972, one son, one daughter; Education: Methodist Secondary School, Uzuakoli, 1957-61; Federal School of Forestry, Ibadan, 1963-65; Peoples Friend ship University, Moscow, 1965-71; Hungar ian Geological Institute\/Budapest Technical University, 1979; Career: Appointed For est Assistant, MinistryofAgriculture, Enugu, 1962-65; Geologist and Head of Division, Nigerian Steel Development Authority, Ka duna, 1972-75; Mining Geologist &#038; Head of Division, Projects Development Institute, Enugu, 1975-79; Chief Scientific Officer, Ministry of Scienceand Technology, Enugu, 1980-82; Principal Consultant, Geo-Pen Consultants, Enugu-Nigeria, 1983-date; member, Nigerian Mining and Geo-Sciences Society, 1975; fellow,Geological Society of London, 1975; member, Association ofGeoscientists for International Development, 1977; member, Society of Mining Engineers of the American Institute of Mining Engi neers (SME-AIME), 1980; member, Com mittee on Policy Issues on Science &#038; Tech nology for Development, National Confer ence on Science &#038; Technology Policy in Ni geria, 1981;Co-ordinator,InternationalSym posium on the Development of Indigenous Technology, Ministry ofScience &#038; Technol ogy,AnambraState, 1981;ChiefRapporteur, Foundation for the Promotion &#038; Commer cialization of Indigenous Technology at Enugu; First International Trade Fair, 1990; National Delegate, International Symposium on Advances in Geological Engineering, Beijing China, 1990; Foreign Honour: Listed, SME-AIME Veritable Who&#8217;s Who in Mineral Engineering, 1981; Listed, Corre spondent, International Mining, World Wide Mining Industry Survey, 1983-90; Hobbies: photography, reading, music, travelling, table tennis; Official Address: GEO-PEN Con sultants, P.O. Box 2040, 37, College Road Housing Estate, Abakpa-Nike, Enugu, Enugu State. Telephone: 042-557436.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2399],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14742","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-engineer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14742","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\/14742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14742"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}