{"id":16117,"date":"2017-03-16T18:53:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T17:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=16117"},"modified":"2017-06-06T19:38:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T18:38:44","slug":"nuru-professor-saka","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/nuru-professor-saka\/","title":{"rendered":"NURU, Professor Saka"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BVSc, MPVM, Ph.D, veterinarysurgeon,born February 15, 1936, Ilorin, Kwara State; married Maryam 1964, three sons, three daughters; Educa tion: Ilorin Middle School, Ilorin, 1949-50, Barewa College, Zaria, 1951 -56, Bath Technical College, UK, 1957-60, University of Bristol, 1960-64, Kansas State University, 1970-71, University of California, Davies, 1971-72; Career: AppointedVeterinary Of ficer, Kano, 1964-65, Principal Veterinary Officer, Bauchi, 1965-66 Principal Veterinary Officer, Kano, 1969-72; Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1972-75; Provost Collegeof Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 1976-91; Director, National Animal Production Research Institute, ABU, since 1976-91; Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Admin istration), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1988-91; member, Veterinary Council of Nigeria, 1969-76; Vice-President, Nigerian Society for Animal Production, 1973-76; President of Nigerian Veterinary Medical As sociation, 1975-77; member, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, UK; member, New YorkAcademyof Science, since 1978;mem ber, British Veterinary Association; member, Food and Agricultural Organisation, Experts Consultation Committee on Breed Compari son and the Breedingof TrypanotolerantAni mals; Executive member, West African Vet erinary Medicine Association; Executive member, Commonwealth Veterinary Asso ciation; Chairman, Nigerian Veterinary Pub lic Health Association, 1978-82; member, Sub-Committee ofthe World Veterinary As sociation of Wildlife, since 1979; Executive Secretary, International Federationof Agri cultural Research for Development, African Chapter; President, Rotary Club of Zaria, 1979-80,1983-85; member, Niger River Ba sin Development Authority, 1976-80; Chair man, Lower Niger River Basin and Rural Development Authority, 1985-86; Chairman, Committee of Directors of Research Insti tutes, since 1986; member, National Live stock Development Committee; member, Kwara State Planning Council (for 3 years); member, Drug and Cosmetic Committee of the Food and Drug Advisory Committee of the Federal Ministry of Health, 1978-79; member, National Consultative Committee on Industrial Research and Development, 1986; member, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, University Research Grant Committee, 1986; Political Party: member, defunct National Republican Convention; Publications: Over 100 scientific articles in local and international journals; Hobbies: golf, badminton, horse-riding, photography and stamp collection; Official Address: 101A Adeta Street, Ilorin, PO Box 5249, Kwara State; Telephone: 031-220738; Home: Jamaa Village, PO Box 1630, Zaria, Kaduna State, Telephone: 069-51320.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-16117","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16117","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\/16117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16117"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=16117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}