{"id":16260,"date":"2017-03-17T12:13:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T11:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=16260"},"modified":"2017-10-31T12:55:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T11:55:15","slug":"sen-melfordokilo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/sen-melfordokilo\/","title":{"rendered":"OKILO, Sen Melford"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONSTITUENCY: BAYELSA EAST ELECTED: 1999, SEAT UP IN 2003. BORN: NOVEMBER 30, 1933 AND MARRIED WITH SIX CHILDREN. EDUCATION: HE HAS A BACHELOR OF LAW DEGREE FROM BLACKSTONE SCHOOL OF LAW. ILLIONIS. OCCUPATION: FISHING PREVIOUS ELECTED OFFICE: GOVERNOR RIVERS STATE-OCTOBER 1. 1979-1983; ELECTED MEMBER &#8211; CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY 1997\/78; ELECTED COUNCILLOR 1976- 1977. PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE: MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT- 1959 &#8211; 1964; COUNCILLOR 1976- 1977. PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS: PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE PRIME MINISTER, OCTOBER I 1960- 1964; CHAIRMAN-RIVERS STATE TRANSPORT CORPORATION, 1970-1971; COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, RIVERS STATE, 1971 &#8211; 1973; MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND TOURISM, 1993- 1995. AWARDS\/HONOURS: LL.D (HONORIS CAUSA) 1992. RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; COMMANDER OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC &#8211; CFR, OCTOBER 1. 1983. LEGISLATIVE INTEREST: PETROLEUM AND ENERGY HOPES TO ACHIEVE IN OFFICE: MAKE BETTER LAWS FOR NIGERIA IN THE AREA OF PETROLEUM AND ENERGY. CONSTITUENCY ADDRESS &#038; PHONE: BAYELSA EAST CONSTITUENCY. 084 &#8211; 232714.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-16260","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16260","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":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16260"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=16260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}