{"id":16620,"date":"2017-03-20T16:08:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T15:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=16620"},"modified":"2017-06-07T17:20:48","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T16:20:48","slug":"nwankwu-joseph-ozoemene","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/nwankwu-joseph-ozoemene\/","title":{"rendered":"NWANKWU, Joseph Ozoemene"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>industrialist, born June 14, 1928, Orofia Village, Abagana, Anambra State; married Regina Obiageli Muo 1949, five sons, four daughters; Education: St Mark&#8217;s Catholic School, Abagana, 1936-40, St Raphael&#8217;s Catholic School, Awkuzu, 1940-41, St Bonaventure&#8217;s Catholic School, Nimo, 1941-43; member, Njikoka County Council, 1956-60; Chairman, Onitsha Provincial Scolarship Board, 1960-62; member, Onitsha Provincial Assembly, 1960-62; Chairman, Onitsha Football Associa tion, 1962-65; Chairman\/Managing Director, J. Nwankwu and Bros Limited (Civil Engineer ing and Building Contractors), since 1961; member. House of Representatives, 1965; Chairman\/Managing Director, J. Nwankwu Estate Company Limited, since 1973; Director, Jojolan Enterprises Limited, since 1971; Direc tor, Whessoe Engineering Limited, since 1974; Chairman\/Managing Director, Olympic Packers Limited and Plastic Division, since 1977; Chairman, University of Nigeria Endow ment Fund, Onitsha Zone, 1977; Chairman, Board of Governors, St Charles&#8217; Teachers Training College, Onitsha, 1979; Chairman, Onitsha Urban County Council, 1975-78; Patron, Nigeria Union of Journalists, 1977; member of Council, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1977-79; Board member, Nigerian Grains Board, 1977-80; Director, Diamond Breweries Limited, since 1977; Director, Stena Mills Limited, since 1978; Director, Life Breweries Limited, since 1978; Chairman, Petrogas Limited, since 1978; Chairman, Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company (ANAMCO), 1980-83; Director, Agip Energy, 1981-87; Chairman, Olympic Maize Milling In dustry Limited, 1986; Chairman, Olympic Technical Works and Foundry, 1987; Direc tor, Orient Bank of Nigeria Limited, Enugu, since 1987; Patron and Honorary member, Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce, Anambra State Chapter; Council member, Akanu Ibiam Polytechnic, Afikpo, since 1985; member, British Institute of Management, since 1980; Foreign Decoration: Knight Com mander of St Sylvester (Papal Honorary Award), 1974; State Award: winner, Anambra State Governor&#8217;s Industrialist of the Year Award, 1987; Political Party: member\/ Chairman, banned National Party of Nigeria (NPN), Anambra State Wing, 1979-82; Tradi tional Titles: Onwanetilora of Abagana; Ide Ji Mba of Orlu; Foreign Awards: Spirit of Detroit Award, 1974; Honorary fellow, Socie ty of Sales Management Administrators, Lon don, 1988; Honorary Degree: conferred with Honorary Doctor of Business Administration (Hon. DBA), Kenton University, Singapore, 1987; Hobbies: table and lawn tennis, hockey; Official Address: J. Nwankwu and Bros Limited, Mile 3 Onitsha-Owerri Road, PMB 1568, Onitsha, Anambra State; Telephone: (046) 210588, 210691 OR Industrial Layout, PO Box 297, Abagana, Anambra State; Telephone: (046) 571190; Home: 12A Niger Avenue, GRA, PMB 1568, Onitsha, Anambra State; Telephone: (046) 210691.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[307],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-16620","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-industrialist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16620","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16627,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16620\/revisions\/16627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16620"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=16620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}