{"id":18488,"date":"2017-03-30T16:05:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T15:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18488"},"modified":"2017-05-31T11:43:41","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T10:43:41","slug":"uti-john-ossai","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/uti-john-ossai\/","title":{"rendered":"UTI, John Ossai"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> educationist, sports administrator; b: May 4, 1932; ht: Umutu, Ndokwa; so: Delta; m: Justina Grace Mgbonyebi, 1958; Agnes Idono Agolo, 1964; nc: four s, three d; ed: St. Michael&#8217;s CatholicSchool, Umutu, 1942-45,St. Patrick&#8217;s Catholic School, Sapele 1946; Local Authority Central School, Kwale, 1947, Government Teachers&#8217; Training College, Abraka, 1951-52, 1955-56; Nigerian CollegeofArts,ScienceandTechnology (nowAhmaduBelloUniversity), Zaria, 1957-60; Appalachian State University, North Carolina, USA. cr: School Teacher, Local Authority Central School, Kwale, 1948-50, 1957; Tutor, Government Teachers&#8217; Training College, Abraka, 196067; Inspector of Physical Education, Ministry of Education, Bendel State, 1967-72; Founder\/Provost, College of Physical Education, Afuze, Bendel State, 1973-80; snr. Lecturer and Assistant Dean of Education, University of Benin, 1980-82; snr. Lecturer\/Head, Department of Education,Universityof Benin, 1984; mm. Bendel State Sports Council, 1970-75; Institute of Continuing Education Governing Council, Benin, 1983-86; International Council for Physical, Health Education and Recreation, 1971; presd. Bendel State Chapter, National Association of Physical, Health Education and Recreation, 1974-84; ch. Ndokwa West Traditional Council, 1992-95; e-ch. Delta State Primary Education Board, 1995-97; mm. Amateur Athletic Association of Nigeria, 1981-83; Board of Trustees, Benbo Games Village, Abraka, since 1998; presd. General, Umutu Development Union, 1982-88. tt Onotu of Umutu; member, Umutu Traditional Council of Chiefs, since 1977. publ: co-author, A Handbook ofPhysical Education for Tropical Schools and Colleges, Macmillan, London, 1971; Foundations of Physical Education in Nigeria, Onitsha, African-Fep, 1987, Introduction to Ukwuani Ortho-graphy, Numerals, Measurments &#038; Time, Uti-Ilo. Associates, Umutu, 1989; Co-author, Comprehensive Physical Education For Junior Secondary Schools, African &#8211; Feb 1997; hob. photography, poetry, writing, off: Institute of Education, University of Benin, Benin City. res. 2 Okoro Otua Avenue, GRA, Benin City, Edo State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,1505,547],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18488","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-educationist","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18488","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\/18488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18488"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}