{"id":15878,"date":"2017-03-15T16:49:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T15:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15878"},"modified":"2017-04-26T08:59:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T07:59:00","slug":"mbanaso-prof-augustus-mbanaso","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/mbanaso-prof-augustus-mbanaso\/","title":{"rendered":"MBANASO, Prof. Augustus Mbanaso"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMBCH, FRCS, FICS, FWACS; surgeon, academic, administrator; b:November 19,1946; p:Umuahia; ht: Ibeku; Iga: Umuahia North; so: Abia; m:Adaoha Nnenna, December6,1975; nc: twos, three d; ed: St. Silas School, Government College, 1960-65; University ofNigeria, Nsukka, 1966-75; University ofNigeria, Nsukka, Medical School, 1970-75; Post Graduate Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians ofGlasgow, en Internship, UniversityofNigeriaTeaching Hospital, Enugu, 1975-76; NYSC, Emmanuel Hospital, Eket, Akwa Ibom-Statem . 1976-77; Registrar, Queen Elizabeth Specialist Hospital, Umuahia, 1977-78; Registrar, East Ham Memorial Hospital, London, 1979-81; Registrar, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton Somerset, England, 1981-82; Snr. Registrar in Surgery, 1983-85;(Consultant Surgeon) 1985-88;ChiefCbnsuIfantSuigeon, 1991 -94; ChiefConsultant Surgeon, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia,Abia State, 1983-94; Senior Lecturer, inSurgery, Abia State University, 1994-04; Associate Professor, Surgery, 2004-07; Professor of Surgery, since 2007; Provost, College ofMedicine and Health Sciences, 2002-06; Dean, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, ABSU,2006-07; Medical din, ChiefConsultant Surgeon (Founder) Healing Cross Hospital, Umuahia; Personal physician to the ExecutiveGovernorofAbiaState; Board Member, Federal School ofDental Therapy, Enugu, 2000-03; AbiaState University TeachingHospital, 1999- 03; 2003-06; Board ofTrustees, Hannah-May Foundation; Co-ordinator, Free Medical Health Scheme, AbiaState; Post Graduate College Board, 2003-07;AbiaStateUniversityTeachingHospitalBoard,2003-06; University Admission Committees, 2003-06; Appraisalsand Promotions Committee of theAcademic StaffoftheUniversity, 2003-06; ch.,Reaccreditation Committee ofthe College of Medicine, 2003-06; Committee for the Development of Curriculum fir the Department of Dentistry, 2005-06; Committee for the Representatives; 1952-53;Ogoja,HouseofRepresentatives, 1954-55; min. ofLabour, 1953-54; ag. min. ofTransport, 1954; ag. min. Commerce and Industry, 1954-55;ag. min: ofWorks, 1955; min. of State, Office ofthe Prime Minister, I960;HouseofParliament forOgoja, 1960-66; min. Defence (Navy), 1961-65; Specialasst to PrimeMinister, Foreign Affairs,1963-66; min.ofTrahsportand Aviation, 1966; First Nigerian High Commissioner to UK, 1955-59; First Nigerian Chief Representative toWashington DC,USA, 1959-60; First Nigerian Chief Representative inthe UnitedNations, 1959-60; Nigerian Chief Delegate, International Parliamentary Union Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 1960; Laussanne, Switzerland, 1961; Belgrade, 1962; Luzerne 1963;Brazil, 1964and Moscow, 1965;v-presd. IPU,1960;presd. 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Holmwpod House School, Kent, England; ch: Eastern Nigerian Public Commission, 1966-67;Cross River State Investment Trust Company Ltd, 1971-75; memConstituentAssembly, 1977-78; Pro-Chancellor\/ch. University of Ife(nowObafemi Awolowo University), Governing Council, 1980-84; CrossRiver StateThinkTank Forum,1984-87;ch\/dlr. Alratne Nigeria,Ltd; Pilkington GlassIndustry, Nigeria Ltd;WigginsTeapeNigeria Ltd;Plessey CompanyNigeriaLtd; GrindlaysMerchant Bank Nigeria Ltd; Intertrans Nigeria Ltd;ScanConstruction Nigeria Ltd;MJGleesonInternational (Nigeria) Ltd;International LegalConsultant; Overseas Business Interests, Nigeria; sec ExternalAffairs, InterimNationalGovernment ofNigeria 1993;amb. of Nigeria toWestGermany, 1997;ch. South Forum; BoardofTrustees,South- SouthPeoplesAssembly,pp:National Treasurer, defunctNational Congress ofNigerian Citizens;FirstNationalv-ch. defunct NigerianPeo-ple&#8217;s Party, 1978-83,Council of Eastern States; nh: Commander ofthe Order ofthe Federal Republic, 2000; KSJ; hd: Honorary Doctor ofLaws, University of Ibadan, November 17,1988; LL.D,UniversityofCalabar, 1992;D.Litt,Abia StateUniversity, 1996;h: Listed,Who&#8217;s Who in Nigeria&Africa;American Biography ofMenofDistinction, 20thCentury,Men ofAchievement21st Century; RoleModelAward,Hallmarks ofLabourFoundation, 2001;tt: Otu Agrinya ofBokiland, Cross River State; sc: Island Club, Lagos; Lagos TennisClub;AmbassadorClub,London;,hob: tennis,swimming,billiards, off: 2A, Fosbery Road, Ikoyi, Lagos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,749,174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15878","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-administrator","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15878","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\/15878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15878"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}