{"id":17675,"date":"2017-03-27T12:05:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T11:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=17675"},"modified":"2017-06-08T12:54:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T11:54:12","slug":"nwosu-george-ford","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/nwosu-george-ford\/","title":{"rendered":"NWOSU, George Ford"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State of Origin: Rivers Contact Address: Okehi Etche, Rivers State Contact Telephone: 234-8033122797 \u2022 Hon George Ford Nwosu has distinguished himselfas an Icon through hard work and self discipline. He is keenly involved in the crusade to improve the condition of the oppressed and marginalized. He has always believed in the dignity of the human person and as such no one should live below the basic human rights and none should be denied the basic amenities of life. Education \u2022 University of Port Harcourt 2&#8243;d Class Honours Degree Upper Division in Education. Job Experience \u2022 Senior Civil Servant &#8211; Management Cadre for many years. \u2022 Career civil servant. \u2022 Joined Full time politics as a member of the People&#8217;s Democratic Party ( PDP) Executive Chairman of the Local Government Area 1999 under the banner of the Peoples Democratic Party \u2022 ( PDP) Hon Member representing Etche\/Omuma Federal Constituency at the National Assembly in Abuja 2003 Contributions to Community Development \u2022 As a career civil servant, encouraged a lot of youths to imbibe education as a means to power and success \u2022 Motivate and encouraged community self-help projects As the chairman of the Local Government Area- built up infrastructure that improved people&#8217;s life style Built some roads and sunk some bore holes when in power as Chairman. In the National Assembly, has kept up the honour and integrity of his office by encouraging his mates to work for the good of the country and people they represent. His constituents arc encouraged to work hard for community development. Offered some scholarship awards lo many students in his constituency. Supported many Town Unions in his constituency to think of development. Awards Won the Best Local Government Chairman Awards in 2000 for his efficiency and commitment to the welfare of his people in the Local Government <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-17675","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/17675","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\/17675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17675"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=17675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}