{"id":15590,"date":"2017-03-14T15:44:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T14:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15590"},"modified":"2017-05-05T15:45:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T14:45:18","slug":"niagwan-captain-cosmas-goekur","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/niagwan-captain-cosmas-goekur\/","title":{"rendered":"NIAGWAN, Captain Cosmas Goekur"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMN, mastermariner, administrator, bom November 11,1942,Shendam, Plateau State; married Biola Akinlusi 1970, three sons, three daughters; Education: Plateau Middle School, Kuru, PlateauState, 1955-57, Gov ernment Provincial Secondary School, Kuru, Plateau State, 1958-62, Nautical School, Dayspring, NPA, Dockyard, Apapa, 1963, King Edward VII Nautical College, London, 1964-65, JohnMoore University, Liverpool, (formerly Liverpool Polytechnic), 1967, John Moore University, Liverpool, 1967-69; 1976; Career: Appointed Marine Officer Cadet, Elder Dempster Line,Liverpool, UK, 1965- 67; Third Officer, Black Star Line, Ghana, 1967-68; Second Officer, Black Star Line, Ghana, 1968-69; Chief Officer, Black Star Line, 1970-74; Chief Officer, Bangladeshi Shipping Corporation, 1974-76; ChiefOf ficer, Nigerian National Shipping Line Lim ited, 1976-77; Captain, on various NNSL, Vessels, 1978-84; Marine General Manager, United Kingdom &#8211; West Africa Line (UKWAL), 1987; General Manager, NIWACOS Shipping Company, (Subsidiary of NICOTES), Lagos and Port Harcourt, 1988-89; Director, (Technical), later Direc tor (Operations &#038; commercial). National Maritime Authority, (NMA), 1993-95; Di rector, (Special Duties) and Sole Adminis trator\/Liquidator, Nigeria National Shipping Line (NNSL), 1995-date; Chairman, Com mittee setting up the Nigerian Unity Line; Chairman, Committee of Merger of NMA with Maritime Inspection Division (M.I.D); member, TaskForce For Implementation On Building ofAdministrative Block, Academic Block and Cadet Hostels, Maritime Acad emy, Oron; member, Board of Directors, NNSL Limited, 1992-94; Adviser, Nigerian Permanent Representative, International Maritime Organization, London, 1984-86; Award: BestShipof the YearAward as Cap tain of the MV RIVER IKPAN, 1982; Hob bies: fishing, hunting, boating; Official Ad dress: Nigerian National Shipping Line, 4, Burma Road, Apapa, Lagos; Telephone: 01-545-2649, 01-545-2650; Home: 7th Avenue, A1 Close, House 7, Festac Town, Lagos State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15590","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15590","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\/15590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15590"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}