{"id":15805,"date":"2017-03-15T12:12:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T11:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15805"},"modified":"2017-04-25T16:43:18","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T15:43:18","slug":"mazi-linus-nwokoro","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/mazi-linus-nwokoro\/","title":{"rendered":"MAZI, Linus Nwokoro"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.A; teacher, management consultant; b: January 5, 1940; p: Umunnekwu; ht: Umunnekwu, Agbo; Iga: Isuikwuato; so: Abia; m: Rose Ogoma Irotuge, March 8, 1970; nc: two d; ed: St Patrick&#8217;s Primary School, Isuikwuato, Abia State, 1947- 54; Regina Caoli Teachers&#8217; College, Bori , Ogoni. Rivers State 1957 58; Fatima Teachers&#8217; Training College, Nsu, Imo State, 1961-62; Nigerian Army School of Education, Ilorin, Kwara State, 1974-76* University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, 1977-81; cr: Primary School Teacher, 1955-70; Education Instructor, Nigerian Army 1971- 77; Secondary School Teacher, 1981-83; Management Consultant, 1984-92; Company Admin, mgr., 1993-97; Teacher, Dority International Secondary School, Aba, Abia State, since 1998; mm: Institute of Management Consultants of Nigeria, since 1986; ah: Departmental Prize for the best graduating student in the department of History\/Archaeology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka 1980-81; nh: National Merit Award, Federal Government of Nigeria, 1978; hob: lawn tennis, music; off: Dority International Secondary School, Abayi, Aba, Abia State; res: 9, Umunwankwo Road (behind Onwuka Nail Factory), Abayi, Ugwuala, Aba, Abia State; pha: Umunekwu-Agbo, Oguduasa, Isiukwato, P. O. Box 12604, Umungasi, Aba, Abia State. MBA, Linus Okechukwu; B.Sc; football administrator; b: March 8, 1941; ht: Neke, lga: Isi Uzo; so: Enugu; m: Theresa Chinyere Ozioko, 1996. ed: St Patrick&#8217;s Catholic Primary School, Neke 1947-49; St. Patrick&#8217;s Catholic School, Taraku, Benue State, 1950- 51; St. Mary&#8217;s Catholic School, Enugu-Ezike, 1952-54; St. Theresa&#8217;s College, Nsukka, 1955-59; The Polytechnic, Regent Street, London, 1965-66; North-East London Polytechnic, London, 1972-75. cr: Clerk, Ministry of Commerce and Industries, Enugu, 1960-61; Reporter\/Sub-Editor, Eastern Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation! 1962-64; Editorial Assistant, Israeli News Agency, 1967-71; Clerical Officer, Board of Inland Revenue, London, 1969-71; Executive Officer, Inland Revenue Department, London, 1975-76; Research Economist, Central Bank of Nigeria, 1976-77; Economic Correspondent, Business Times 1977-78; Volkswagen of Nigeria Assembly Plant, 1978-94; businessman, since 1994; Official, Semi Professional League, UK, 1976; Official IICC Shooting Star FC, Ibadan; Sharks Football Club, Port Harcourt, Football Association, 1979; elected Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Referees Association, 1979-82; Instructor, Referees, since 1979; sec. general, Nigeria Referees Association, 1983-87; Refereed, Nigeria vs Egypt, friendly &#8216;A&#8217; matches, 1983; Sierra Fisheries Vs Asian Upper Volta, West African Football Union, 1984; Congo Vs Zaire, Cup of Nations, 1985; Tampere Finland, World Schools Games, 1985; Dahra FC Libya Vs Kampala, Uganda, African Cup Winners, 1986; presd. Nigeria Referees Association, 1992-96; mem. governing Board, Nigeria Football Association, 1993-96; ch.. Referees Committee, Nigeria Football Association, 1993; Match Commissioner, West; Instructor, Referring, African Football Union, since 1996; Match Commissioner, Confederation of African Football, since August 1997; Representative, Referees Committee, Confederation of African Football, 1998; Research Economist, Central Bank of Nigeria, 1976-77; Economics Correspondent, Business Times, tt: Eze Udo 1 Neke, 1995. sc: Ugos Country Club, hob: football, off: Nigeria Football Association, Plot 2033, Olusegun ObasanjoWay, Zone 7, Wuse, Abuja. tel: 09-5237322- 6. res: 30, Omotayo Ojo Street, Off Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Ugos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,1505,2412,547],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15805","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-educationist","category-management-consultant","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15805","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\/15805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15805"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}