{"id":18290,"date":"2017-03-30T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T08:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18290"},"modified":"2017-05-31T10:17:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T09:17:23","slug":"ujege-engr-edward-iyorshaa-tsavnande","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ujege-engr-edward-iyorshaa-tsavnande\/","title":{"rendered":"UJEGE, Engr. Edward Iyorshaa Tsavnande"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, M.Sc; civil engineer, consultant, politician; DOB: August 13, 1949; Place: Agbelagba; Hometown: Agbelagba; LGA: Konshisha; State of Origin: Benue; Married: Cyprina Ujege, 1976; No of Children: four sons, six daughters; EDUCATION: Native Authority Primary School, Aliade, 1955-61; Government College, Keffi, 1962-68; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1969-72; The University of Leeds, U.K., 1973-74; National Institute of Public Management, Washington D.C, 1980; The University of Dundee, Scotland, U.K., 1978; The University of Loughborough, U.K; CAREER; snr. Engineer, Jos Metropolitan Development Board, Benue\/ Plateau State Ministry of Works, 1972-76; Chief Civil Engineer, 1976- 84; gm\/ceo., Benue State Water Co-Operation, 1984-87; gm: Kano Airport, 1991-92; d-dir. Project Coordination, Nigerian Airport Authority, Ikeja, 1987-91; Federal Highways, Federal Ministry of Works asnd Housing, 1992-97; dir: Federal Highways, 1997-2003; ch\/ceo: Viable Engineering Consultants Limited, since 2003; ch: Viable Products Enterprises Limited, since 2003; Viable Properties Limited, since 2003; mm: Council of Registered Engineers; Associate mm. Institute of Engineers; American Society for Public Administration; awards: Merit Award in recognition of invaluable contribution to the growth of FAAN Staff School, Kano; The Nigerian Society of Engineers; Civil Engineering Division Merit award presented in recognition of achievement and contribution to the growth of civil engineering in Nigeria; mm. of the College of f: Nigerian Society of Engineers; 2001 Guest Speaker award of the Association of Consulting Engineers; Nigerian Society of Engineers 2000 Presidential award; Pillar of the Church of St. Mary&#8217;s Parish Catholic Church, karu; Shield of Honour Keffi Old Boys Association; hd: Honrary Citizen of Cityof Tallahassee U.S.A.; Honorary Citizen of State of Florida USA, Honorary Citizen of State of North Caroline, USA; Traditional Title: Mule Ur Konshisha, 2000; Social Club: IBB International Gulf and Country Club, Abuja; Political Party: Peoples Democratic Party, Hobbies: golf, community affairs, politics; off: City Plaza, Ahmadu Bello Way, Abuja; tel: 09-6705630; e-m: e.ujege\u00ae nigeriaviableproperties.com; res:27,Aso Garden Estate, Thames Street, Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria; pha:6, BBL Quarters Road, off Gboko Road, Makurdi, Benue State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[219,166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18290","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-civil-service","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18290","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\/18290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18290"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}