{"id":15924,"date":"2017-03-16T10:36:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T09:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15924"},"modified":"2019-11-08T15:29:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T14:29:09","slug":"sekibo-sen-george-thompson","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/sekibo-sen-george-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"SEKIBO, Sen. George Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> JP, B.Tech (Arc), M.Eng; politician, administrator, b: April 1,1957; p: Ogu; ht: Ogu: Iga: Ogu\/Bolo; so: Rivers; m: Mrs. Asime GT. Sekibo (Nee Atubobaraolo),1983;nc:sixs,two d; ed: St. Martins State School, Ogu, 1970-75; Government Secondary School, Ogu,1975-80; Rivers State University of Science &#038; Technology, Port Harcourt, 1981-85; University of Port Harcourt, Choba, 2002-08; The Canadian Parliament\/N ASS, 2003; Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 2004; University of Durham, June, 2005; Sept., 2005; Centre for Energy, Petroleum &#038; Mineral, Law &#038; Policy, University of Dundee, UK, Sept., 2008; cr: NYSC, 1985-86; Architectural Concern (Freelance), 1986-87; Executive Chairman, Okrika\/Oyigbo\/Tai\/ElemeLocalGovernmentArea, 1988-89; Executive ch.,Okrika LGA,April, 1989-July, 1989;ch.,Joint Assets Sharing Committee, Defunct OTELGACouncil, 1989;S.A.on Projects, Govemor of RiversState,1999-02; S.A. on Works,G ovemor of RiversState,2002-03; Elected mem. House of Reps, 2003-07; Senator, FRN, since 2007;ch.. House of Reps Committee on Special Duties, 2003-07; Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, since 2007;mm: House of Reps Committees on Works, Agriculture, Internal Affaire, inter-Parliamentary and Land Transport 200307;mem, Senate Committees on Gas,Environment, Niger Delta, Federal Character and Commerce; Led the House of Representatives Committee on Special Duties on its Resolution to Intervene in the Communal Crisis between Ogori Mangogo in Kogi State and Ekpedu in Edo State,2003; led the House of Representatives Committee on Special Duties on the Passage of the National Boundary Commission Act, 2005; Chaired and Facilitated the Hosting of the First National Summit on Boundary Disputes Titled: National Summit on Boundary Disputes in Nigeria: Prediction, Management and Resolutions, 2005;Motion on the Mandatory Installation of the Emergency Locator Transmitter Beacon 406MHzinall Aircraft,2008; Chaired  and Facilitated the hosting of the First National Summit on Solid Minerals at Jos, Plateau State, 2008; held the first Stakeholders Forum in his Senatorial District in Promoting and establishing mutual relationship with the Community by the Issuing of Grants to 260 Widows&#8217; and Scholarships to 100 Orphans Students in the Constituency, etc;mm: National Delegation in Conjunction with the National Boundary Commission on the Observance of the Brazilian Submission of their Claim on their Continental Shelf, UN, NY, USA, 2004; National Delegation in Conjunction with the National Boundary Commission for the briefing of the Nigerian Extended Continental Shelf Project Phase III, NY, USA,2005,etc.;mm: International Institute of Administrative Management of Nigeria;The Inter-Religious and International Federation for World Peace; Association of Philanthropic Management of Nigeria; Men Christian Association,(Anglican Communion) Diocese of Okrika, Church of Nigeria, Okrika; awards: Best Performing LGC Chairman,Rivers State Government 1988; JP, Rivers State Government 2002;Certificate of Holy Pilgrimage to Jerusalem(JP )Immanuel Tours, Israel,2006;Ambassador for Peace,Inter Religious &#038;International Federation for World Peace,2006;Most Outstanding NigerDelta Senator, Business&#038; Leadership Development Centre, 2007; Meritorious Leadership Award,Rivers State Community,Abuja,2007;Award of Excellence, Diocese of Okrika, Anglican Communion St.Martins Church, Ogu, 2008; Best Senator of the Year, South South, Encomium Awards for Political Leadership,2009;tt: Abaji Waritongbolu, Chief,Elders&#038;People of Abaji War Canoe House, Ogu Town, Ogu\/Bolo LGA,Rivers State,2002; hob: parliamentary debate, reading,writing, listening to good music;off: Suite 1.06,New Senate Building,National Assembly Complex,Abuja;tel: 08034003048, 08033101090; 070550903l5;c-m: barababbo57@yahoo.com. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,2408,166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15924","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-architect","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15924","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\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21898,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15924\/revisions\/21898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15924"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}