{"id":16439,"date":"2017-03-20T06:55:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T05:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=16439"},"modified":"2017-06-07T16:50:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T15:50:53","slug":"nwala-prof-ezebunwa-ogbueri-ajoku","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/nwala-prof-ezebunwa-ogbueri-ajoku\/","title":{"rendered":"Nwala, Prof. Ezebunwa Ogbueri Ajoku"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born August 5, 1937; Educa tion: EtcheCentralSchool,Okonwko\/ Egwi\/Umuanyagu, 1945-52; Baptist Boys High School, Port Harcourt, 1956-60; HolyGhost College, Owerri, 1961-62; Fourah Bay College, Free town Sierra Leone, 1963-67; Univer sity of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, 1967-78: The Ohio State University, Columbia, Ohio USA, 1969-7^Qua lifications: B. A. (Hons) University of Durham 1967, M. A. University of Ottawa 1969; Ph.D. Ohio State University; post-graduate certificate in Development Planning, University College, London 1977; major field of specialisation &#8211; geography. Work experience: Pupil Teacher, Niger Delta Diocese 1954-55;Tutor County Gram mar School, Ikwere-Etche, 1963;Asst. Professor of Geography, Tennessee State University, Nashville, USA, 1971-1972; Asst. Professor ofGeography and Urban Planning, First University, Nashville, USA, 1972-73; Principal Town Planning Officer, River State Ministry of Lands and Survey, Port Harcourt, 1973-75; Acting Chief Town Planning Officer, 1975-78. Member, Rivers State Chieftaincy Inquiry Committee, 1975; Rivers State Housing Corporation Port Harcourt, 1973-75; Rivers State Land UseCom mittee, 1976-78: Rivers State Utility Board, 1975-79. Publication: several writings in professional and scientific journals; Deputy Chief Whip and secre tary NPP cancus in House of Reps Chairman Water Resources Committee House of Reps: member Committee on Housing Urban Development and Environment, House of Reps; member, Association of America Geographs; International Geographical Union, Re gional Science Association; Nigerian Geographical Association; Rotary In ternational; Port Harcourt Union; PH Christian Council Project; Hobbies: gardenning and farming. Elected mem ber for Ikwere-Etche II Rivers State in Houseof Representatives. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,1505,166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-16439","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-educationist","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16439","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\/16439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16439"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=16439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}