{"id":18547,"date":"2017-03-30T18:30:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T17:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18547"},"modified":"2017-07-13T14:59:30","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T13:59:30","slug":"uwaifo-sir-dr-victor","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/uwaifo-sir-dr-victor\/","title":{"rendered":"UWAIFO, Sir (Dr.) Victor"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MON, JP, B.A,MFA; artiste, musician, sculptor, poet, administrator, b: March 1,1941; p: Benin City; so: Edo; married with children; ed:Western Boys High School and St.Gregory&#8217;s College, Lagos, 1957-61; Yaba College ofTechnology, 1961 -63; University of Benin, 1993- 95; 1996-97; cr:Asst. Head of Dept. ofGraphics, NTA, Lagos, 1964-65; ch., Edo State ArtsCouncil, 1984-86; Hon. Commissioner for Arts,Culture and Tourism, Edo State, 2000-03; Ambassador, Plenipotentiary, Extraordinary of Culture byCross River State Government, 2004-06; Lecturer, Dept. ofFine and Applied Arts, University ofBenin, 2008-10; Founder, Revelation Tourist Centre; mm:Performing Rights Society of London, England, since 1967; Advisory Board, Biographical Council, Cambridge, England, 2001; Advisory Council American Heritage University, California, USA, 2006; Appointed as Visiting Prof, ofArts tothe American Heritage University, California, USA, 2008; f: Institute of Independent Marketing Management ofNigeria; publ: Autobiography,My Life;TheNigerian Music; PhilosophyofLife; Reflections; cw:TheCenotaph attheParadeGround inYola, Adamawa State; inMaiduguri, Borno State; Isaac Boro Park, Port Harcourt, Rivers State; The Unknown Soldier,Abeokuta, Ogun State;Akwa Ibom State House Beautification in Uyo; The Kinetic Sculpture atObaAkenzuaII, Cultural Complex, Benin City etc; ah: LintasWest Africa Scholarship as the Best Studentat Yaba College ofTechnology, 1962; awards: First African toWina Record Gold Disc, 1966;CertificateofHonorby the HouseofRepresentatives, Boston, Massachusetts, (USA), 1997;Certificate ofAppreciation, HolyCrossCathedral, Benin city,Edo State, for Service to Humanity, 1987; Rotary International Award for Service to Humanity, 2002-03; Association ofNigerian Authors and PublishersAwards, 1994; University ofBeninDistinguished AlumnusAward, 2002; Golden Jubilee Award by NTA, 2006;The Benin National Merit Award, 2007;hd: Doctor of Letter, (Honoris Causa), University of Benin, 2008; nh:memofthe OrderofNiger, 1983; h: Justice of Peace, 1990; hob: reading, studying nature, meditating, swimming, traveling; off: Dept. of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Benin, Edo State; res: Superstar Highgate, 6, VictorUwaifoAvenue, BeninCity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,168,30],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18547","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-arts","category-movies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18547","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\/18547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18547"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}