{"id":15305,"date":"2017-03-13T18:44:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T17:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15305"},"modified":"2017-05-05T10:28:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T09:28:48","slug":"ndubuoke-fan-akalelu","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ndubuoke-fan-akalelu\/","title":{"rendered":"NDUBUOKE, Fan Akalelu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State of Origin: Imo Local Government Area: Aboh Mbaise Milage\/Town: Mbutu Fan. as his numerous admirers fondly call him, is a humble and industrious gentleman, noted for his knack for hardwork. These attributes resulted in his exemplary and meteoric rise from the obscure sports desk of the then Imo Broadcasting Serv ice (IBS) Owerri. where he worked for nine (9) years before joining Champion Newspapers as a pioneer Senior Sports writer (1988). \u2022 Fanco-founded National Sportslink Newspaperin 1991 andon lo thepeakof hiscareervariouslyas \u2022 Former Managing Editor. Sportslink Newspaper \u2022 Secretary-General. African sports Journalists&#8217; Union \u2022 President. Sports Writers Association ofNigeria \u2022 General Manager, Mediaand Communications Department, 8&#8243;&#8216; AllAfrican Games. Organizing Committee and manyothers. Establishments Soon after the above public and professional office tenures, fate seemed to have carved a role for the subsequent founding and leadership of CHYMLAKA Group: Mr. Fan&#8217;s Fast Foods, St. Fan&#8217;s Promotions (Media\/Publicity)on Fan Ndubuike Religious Affiliation Mr. Ndubuoke is an Anglican by faith, married with three (3)children, toanamiable wife, Chinyerc. His devotion to God as  the ultimate provider of all human needs invariably influenced his philanthropic gestures once in a while and his passion for entertainment. His advent into theentertainment and hospitality business has over shot the football arena as sports reportage and now crystallized into his founding the Mr. Fan&#8217;s brand of fast foods, which in similar patterns of excellence set a major milestone by constantly featuring high profile Comedy. Drama and popular Music Artistes alongside promotions of the Mr. Fan&#8217;s brand of fast food from Lagos, through Owerri, Calabar. Aba and so on. Hobbies Fan is an accomplished sports (football) Administrator. Writer and resource person any day. Awards He is also a recipient of several awards, one of which he cherishes most: The Ezinwa (Model Child) of St. Peter&#8217;s Anglican Church Mbutu. Abohvlbaise. Fan Ndubuoke is widely traveled and likes challenges. Fan is a long-time friend of Uvuru community and has consistently identified with several developmental initiatives of Uvuru people. In recognition of his commitment to societal progress and his philanthropic gestures. Fan was conferred .vith the Chieftaincy title ol&#8221;OMEFURU ONYE ODURU OF UVURU. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[209,2409],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15305","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-business-person","category-philanthropist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15305","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\/15305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15305"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}