{"id":18207,"date":"2017-03-29T16:27:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T15:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18207"},"modified":"2017-05-31T07:34:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T06:34:53","slug":"ugwu-sir-festus-u-c","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ugwu-sir-festus-u-c\/","title":{"rendered":"UGWU, Sir Festus U. C"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M.Sc; Engineer, Civil Servant, Administrator DOB: August 16,1949; LGA: Isiuzo; State of Origin: Enugu; married with children; EDUCATION: St. Stephen&#8217;sSchool, Ewulu, Delta State,1957-58; St. Stephen&#8217;s School, Neke, Isiuzo, 1961; Govt. Secondary School, Owerri, 1962-66; Institute of Management &#038; Technology (formerly,College of Technology),Enugu,1970-72; Institute for Electrical\/Mechanical Engineering, Sofia, Bulgaria (now Technical University, Bulgaria), 1974-80, New York Institute of Technology, New York, USA, 1981; cr NYSC,Team Leader,NTA, Enugu Station, 1980-81; Principal Engineer)Secondment to Anambra StateTelevision,Enugu, 1981-82; Asst Chief Engineer, 1982-88;ChiefEngr.,1988-90; Ag. director, Engineering, 1990-91; Manager\/director of Engineering, Anambra&#038; Enugu States Broadcasting Services,1991-99; Substantive Managing Director,1999-2000;Secondedas Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works &#038; Transport, Enugu, 2000, Appointed Hon. Commisioner, Enugu State Ministry of Works &#038;Transport, 2003-05; Director General\/cc, National Maritime Authority, since 2005; honour. Letter of Commendation forProfessional Dedication, Selfless Service &#038; Patriotism, Minister of Transportation, Dr. Abiye Sekibo; Eminent Knight of the Order of St. Paul, Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion; hob: swimming, table tennis; off:c\/o Office of me Director General,Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), 4, Burma Road, Apapa, Lagos; tel:234-42300242,080-34114884,08048111232. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,219,2400],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18207","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-civil-service","category-engineering"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18207","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\/18207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18207"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}