{"id":17668,"date":"2017-03-27T11:43:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T10:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=17668"},"modified":"2017-05-25T12:30:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T11:30:06","slug":"lawani-chief-stephen-obekpa","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/lawani-chief-stephen-obekpa\/","title":{"rendered":"LAWANI, Chief. Stephen Obekpa"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OFR,B.Sc, economist, tourism consultant, politician, administrator; b: December30,1946; ht: Otukpo;Iga:Ogbadibo; so: Benue; m: Margaret Enumale,&#8217;1975; nc: one s; ed: Mt St Michael&#8217;s Sccon-darySchool, Aliade, 1962-67;GovernmentCollege, Kaduna, 1968- 69;AhmaduBello University,Zaria, 1970-73;ManchesterPolytechnic, UK, 1975-76;CambridgeUniver-sity,UK, 1980;cr: mgr. CentralHotel, Kano; mgr. Bristol Hotel, Lagos; gm: Nigeria HotelsLimited, 1980-81; Benue HotelsBoard,1981-84;ch:NigeriaHotcbLunited, 1984-86; ElectedDelegate, NationalConstitutionalConference; Elected SenatoroftheFederalRepublic, on the platformofUnited Nigeria CongressParty(UNCP);Elected dep. gov. Benue State, since2007; dir. Home Deve-lopments Limited (a subsidiaryof NNDC, Kaduna),1985;Arewa Hotels Development Limited, Kaduna, 1985; BenueBottlingCompanyLimited, Makurdi;TamboUnitedNigeria-Limited, Lagos; Capital BancorpLimited; ch: Savannah Bank ofNigeria Limited, 1986;AluminiumSmelter CompanyofNigeria Limited (ALSCON); Manny Bank Limited (now part of Fidelity Bank Plo); mm: Nigerian Hotel and Catering Institute; RotaryInternational; presd. RotaryClub,1982-83;District Governor&#8217;sRepresentative, 1984;Treasurer, ArewaConsultative Forum(ACF), since 2002; nh: Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR); tt: OchagwuK&#8217;Idoma, Otukpa; Enyi Oha ofIsiama Ohafia, 2002; pp: dep. ch. National Republican Convention (NRC); UnitedNigeria CongressParty (UNCP); Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), 1999; hob:gardening, reading; off: Office ofthe DeputyGovernor, Government House(1927 Building), AhmaduBelloWay,nearNTA, P.M.B. 102065, Makurdi, BenueState<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,2403,2412],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-17668","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-economist","category-management-consultant"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/17668","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\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/17668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17668"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=17668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}