{"id":15614,"date":"2017-03-14T15:52:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T14:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15614"},"modified":"2017-04-25T14:54:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T13:54:35","slug":"mandara-alhaji-dr-umoru","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/mandara-alhaji-dr-umoru\/","title":{"rendered":"MANDARA, Alhaji (Dr.) Umoru"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>industrialist, administrator, politician, philanthropist; b: 1932, ht: Dikwa,so: Borno m: Bintu and Nana, has children, ed: Quranic School, Ashigashiya, 1938-45; Quranic School Bama, 1945-48; cr: Senior Messenger, Tin Mining Industry, 1955-56; self-employed Tin-Ore Miner, 1956-57; Foreman- General, Shell Company Limited, 1957-58; Foreman-General Taylor Woodrow, 1958-60; Foreman-General, LADB Construction, Ghana, 1960-62; Acting Manager, John Holt Westminster Dredging Company, 1962-64; General Foreman, Julius Berger 1964-67; ch. Alhaji Bukar Mandara Enterprises, since 1968; Mandara Building and Civil Engineering Limited, since 1973; Mandara Savannah Limited, 1976; Mandara Holding Limited, since 1979; Dujima Guests Inn and later Dujima International Hotels Limited, since 1980; Dujima International Motel, since 1986; expanded, Ultra-Modern Dujima International Hotels and three new branches, since 1993; dir. Borno State Housing Corporation during Lt Col. Abdul One Mohammed&#8217;s tenure; Borno State Water Corporation, Pioneer ch. El-Kanemi Warriors Football Club of Maiguri, 1991; dir. G. Cappa Nigeria Limited, since 1967; vpresd. Borno State Chambers of Commerce and Industry, 1985-date; Group presd. Mandara Group ofCompanies, since 1985; presd. General Borno State Vigilante Group, since 1987; dir. Kabo Airline Limited, since 1994; cbJFounder Mandara Football Club, 1967-90; later Dujima Football Club, 1990-date; pioneer ch. El-Kanemi Warriors; established Alhaji Bukar Mandara Azhar Institute affiliated to Azhar University, Cairo 1990. h: Appreciation Award for encouraging, supporting and promoting of Basket Ball by Nigeria Amateur Basket Ball Association, 1973; Merit Award in the areas ofeconomy and employment by the youths. Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1989; award for exceptional performance in the development of football in Borno State by Sports Writers&#8217; Association of Nigeria, Borno State branch, 1991; National Youth Award Scheme, Bomo State by Ministry ofSocial Development, Youth and Sports, 1994; merit award for participation and contribution to the success of Adult Education in Borno State by Borno State Agency for Mass Literacy Education Programmes of Borno State; doctorate fellowship award in Hotels and Catering Management (DFAHCM) by the National- Institute of Hotels and Catering Management in Nigeria, 1997. tt: Zanna Dujima Borno, 1974; member, Bomo Emirate Council. 1995. pp: Deputy ch. defunct Great Nigeria People&#8217;s Party. 1979; Deputy ch. defunct National Republican Convention, 1991; National ch. of the defunct National Solidarity People&#8217;s Alliance, sc: Grand Patron, all Registered Trade Unions and Clubs in Bomo State; National ch. National Mass Movement of Nigeria. hob: quranic recitation, jogging, swimming, watching sports, horse riding and travelling, off: Mandara Group of Companies, P.O. Box 151 and 1837, Maiduguri, Borno State. tel:076-231937, 233231, 233297, 232716. res: 9, Government House Road, Old GRA Maiduguri, Borno State, tel: 076-232656, 232346.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,307,2409,166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15614","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-industrialist","category-philanthropist","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15614","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\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15614"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}