{"id":18759,"date":"2017-03-31T05:48:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T04:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18759"},"modified":"2017-05-31T11:05:07","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T10:05:07","slug":"tseayo-prof-justin-lyorbee","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/tseayo-prof-justin-lyorbee\/","title":{"rendered":"TSEAYO, Prof. Justin lyorbee"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MA D.Phil, sociologist, born April 1, 1937, Mbaikyaa Ushongo, Ukan, Kwande, Benue State; married Lorna Desree Perry 1971, two sons, one daughter; Education: Gboko Central PrimarySchool, 1945-48, BenueMiddle School (now Government College), Katsina-Ala, 1949-53, Ruskin College, University of Oxford, England, 1962-64, University of Bristol, Eng land, 1964-65, University of London, England, 1968-69, University of Essex, England, 1969-70, University of Sussex, Brighton, England, 1970-72; third Class Clerk, Kaduna, 1954; served as Clerical Officer, Television producer and later Social Welfare Officer (planning, research and training), defunct Northern Region, 1954-68; Chief SocialWelfareOfficer, former Benue-PIateau State, 1968; appointed research fellow, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Ibadan, 1971-72; appointed Lecturer 1 in Sociology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1972-74; Senior Lecturer in Sociology, ABU, Zaria, 1974-76; appointed Professor of Sociology, University of Jos, 1976; appointed Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and member, Provisional Council, University of Jos, 1977-78; nominated member, Constitutent Assembly, 1977-78; appointed Federal Commis sioner (now Minister) for Mines and Power, 1978; former Chairman, Benue State Scholar ship Board; former Director-General, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru; Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies, Univer sity of Jos; member, Economic Society of Nigeria; member, Nigerian Anthropological and Sociological Association; Publications: Conflict and Incorporation In Nigeria (Zaria, Gaskiya Corporation, 1975) and numerous articles in national and international learned journals; Hobbies: music, reading, socializing; Official Address: Department of Sociology, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,484,2418],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18759","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-public-service","category-sociologist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18759","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\/18759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18759"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}