{"id":17861,"date":"2017-03-28T12:40:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T11:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=17861"},"modified":"2017-05-25T17:05:46","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T16:05:46","slug":"lukman-dr-rilwanu-2","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/lukman-dr-rilwanu-2\/","title":{"rendered":"LUKMAN, Dr. Rilwanu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CFR, B.Sc, D.Sc; mining engineer, b: August 26, 1938; p: Zaria; so: Kaduna; m: Amina, 1965; nc. two s, one d; ed: Elementary School, Tudun Wada, Zaria, 1944-48; Middle School, Zaria, 1948-49; Barewa College (now Government College), Zaria, 1950-55; Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology (now Ahmadu Bello University), Zaria, 1956-58; Royal School of Mines, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of Undon, 1959-62; Institute of Prospecting and Mineral Deposits, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Leoben, Austria, 1967-68; Mcgill University, Montreal, Mineral Economics, 1977-78; cr: asst. Mining Engr. AB Statsgruvor, Sweden, 1962-64; Inspector of Mines, snr. Inspector, Mines Division, Federal Ministry of Minesand Power, Jos, Plateau State, 1964-67; ag.asst. Chief Inspector of Mines, Mines Division, Federal Ministry of Mines and Power, Jos, 1968-70; General Manager, Cement Company of Northern Nigeria Limited, Sokoto, 1970-74; gm\/ce. Nigerian Mining Corporation, Jos, 1974-84; min. Federal Ministry of Mines, Power andSteel of Nigeria, 1984-85; min. Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, 1986-89, Foreign Affairs, 1989-90; Special Adviser on Petroleum, 1999; Resigned as Special Adviser, October 8, 2003; presd. Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries Conference, 1986-89; presd. OPEC 2001, 2002 fiscal year; sec. gen., OPEC 1995-2000; Head of Public Relation and Information Department of OPEC ch: Board of dir.. National Electric Power Authority, Lagos, 1993-94; f: Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, London; mm: Chartered Engineering Institute; f: Nigerian Mining and Geoscience Society; mem. Council of Registered Engineers, Nigerian Metallurgical Society, Imperial College, University ofUndon, 1987; hd: Doctor of Philosophy. Chemical Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy, 1988; Doctor of Science, University of Maiduguri, Bomo State, 1989; Doctor of Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1991; Honorary Doctorate, Moore House College, Atlanta, USA., 1992; Doctor ofScience DSC UNIBEN, February, 2002; h: Knight of theBritish Empire, 1989; Mayor, Cityof Atlanta, Peachtree Cityand Fayette County Board of Commissioners. 1989; Officer Legion d&#8217;Honneur du France, November 1990; Order Liberato, First Class, Republic of Venezuela, 1990; Grand Decoration ofHonour in silver with cashforservices totheRepublic of AustriaJanuary2001; nh: Commander of the Orderof the Federal Republic, 2002; hob: reading, walking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2399,484],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-17861","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-engineer","category-public-service"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/17861","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\/17861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17861"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=17861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}