{"id":16591,"date":"2017-03-20T12:55:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T11:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=16591"},"modified":"2017-06-07T17:04:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T16:04:38","slug":"nwankwo-dr-jeremiah-nwafor","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/nwankwo-dr-jeremiah-nwafor\/","title":{"rendered":"NWANKWO, Dr. Jeremiah Nwafor"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, PGD, Ph.D, FNES; environmental scientist, administrator, DOB: May 5,1941; Place: Ajalli; Hometown: Ajalli; LGA: Orumba North; State of Origin: Anambra; m: Uzoamaka Udokwu; nc: two sons, one daughters; EDUCATIONS: Govt. School,Ajalli, 1947-51; CMS School Ughelli, 1952-53; Govt. College Ughelli, 1954-61; University of lbadan, 1962-67;Tin City University of New York, 1974;cr:Post-Doctoral ResearchFellowCUHY, 1975;Head,Water Quality Research Laboratory, 1975-77; Asst. ChiefCommercial Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), 1978-80; Chief Environmental Officer, NNPC, 1982; Deputy Manager, Petroleum Inspectorate, NNPC, 1985; Asst.din, Dept. of Petroleum Resources, 1989; Deputy dir., DPR,1995-2001; md\/ceo.,Atlantic Waste Management International Ltd.. since2001; mm: Chemical Society, Fellow Nigerian Environmental Society; Nigerian Society of Safety Professionals; Energy Institute (formerly Institute of Petroleum); National Groundwater Association; Award and Honours: University of Ibadan Postgraduate Scholarship, 1965; The City College of New York Graduate Research Prize, 1973; award: PSR Devlopment in Nigeria Merit Award, for Contributions to National Development in the field of Environmental Protection, 2003; Award for Excellence, Nigerian Energy Chronicles, 2008; Social Club: ikoyi Club 1938, Lagos; Lagos Country Club, Ikeja; hob:reading scientific journals &#038; publications; play tennis, table tennis, chess, scrabbles, snookers; enjoy listening to jazz music; off: Atlantic Waste Management International Ltd., 58,Akanbi Onitiri Close, 3&#8243;1 Floor, off Eric MooreRd,Surulere,Lagos; tel: 01-8906689;c-m:atlanticwastemgt@yahoo.com. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,2419],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-16591","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-environmentalist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16591","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\/16591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16591"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=16591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}