{"id":17755,"date":"2017-03-27T14:41:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T13:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=17755"},"modified":"2017-05-31T04:36:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T03:36:23","slug":"william-brig-gen-joseph-olufemi-rtd","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/william-brig-gen-joseph-olufemi-rtd\/","title":{"rendered":"WILLIAM, Brig-Gen. Joseph Olufemi (rtd.)"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DSM, FSS, EOM, GSM, RM, USM; soldier, military technician, administrator; b: July 11, 1942; so: Lagos; Iga: Lagos Mainland; married; nc: five; ed: Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, 1967; MONS Officer Cadet School, Aldershot, England, 1967-68; Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji, 1970; U.S Army Institute of Administration, Indianapolis, USA, 1974- 75;Commandand Staff College,Jaji, Kaduna, 1977-78; Nigeria Defence Academy, Kaduna, 1967; John Hopkins University, Washington DC, USA, 1983-84; National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies; Kuru, 1991-92; cr: Company Commander, Federal Guards, now BDE of CDS, 1968; Commanding Officer,112 MCDOBN, 1968-69; Commanding Officer, 39 INF BN, 1969-70; Commanding Officer, 167 WFBN, 1970; Deputy asst-Adjutant-General 3 MCDO Div, HQ, 1970-74; Commanding Officer, 142 INF BN, 1974; Academy Adjutant, Defence Academy, Kaduna, 1976-77; Directing Staff Command and Staff College, Jaji, 1978-81; Staff Officer Grade I, Army HQ, Lagos 1981; Deputy Defence Attachl, Nigerian Embassy, Washington DC, USA, 1981-85; General Staff Officer, GD 1-3 ARMD Div HQ, Jos, 1985-86; Colonel Adjutant and Quartermaster &#8211; 3 ARMD Div. HQ, 1986; Colonel General Staff- 3 ARMD Div. HQ, 1986-88; dir: Research, Development, Test and Evaluations Training and Doctrine Command, Minna, 1988-89; Administration and Logistics, Minna, 1989-91; Manpower Planning, Army Hqrts, 1992-93; Chief of Staff, ECOMOG, Liberia and Nigeria Contingent Commander ECOMOG, Liberia, 1993-94; Defence Administration, Defence HQPTS, Lagos, 1994-96; ch.\/ceo. Endzone Nigerian Limited; f: Institute of Administrative Management; ch. Centre for Research on Crime Prevention and Peace Network; mm: Institute of Management; The National Institute Advanced Diploma Personnel Management; Award: ECOMOG Service Award, ECOWAS; Passed Staff College, Defence Service Star; Meritorious Service Star, Forces Services Star; ECOMOG Operational Medal; Defence Service Medal; General Service Medal, Republic Medal; National Service Medal; sc: Nigerian Polo Association; ch. Board of Trustees, AbujaJazz Club; hob: swimming, horse ridding, music, gardening and &#8220;do it yourself&#8221;; res: Plot 631 Wuye District, Wuye, Abuja; tel: 08037875848; 08094129004<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,253],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-17755","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-military"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/17755","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\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/17755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17755"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=17755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}