{"id":18961,"date":"2017-03-31T15:08:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T14:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18961"},"modified":"2017-05-31T06:33:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T05:33:25","slug":"tanko-yusuf","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/tanko-yusuf\/","title":{"rendered":"TANKO, Yusuf"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA; journalist, publisher; b: August 2, 1959; p: Kamuru Ikulu; married, ed: E.C.W.A. Primary School, Kamuru Ikulu, 1966-72; Government Secondary School, Kagoro, 1973-77; School of Basic Studies, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1977-78, 1978-81. cr: Lecturer, Ogun State College of Education, Ijebu-Ode, 1981-82; Information Officer II, Federal Ministry of Information, 1982-86; Head, Federal Information Centre, Kafanchan, 1983-86; Editor, Managing Editor, Savanna, Ahmadu Bello University Press, Zaria] 1986-89; Ahmadu Bello University Weekly News Bulletin, 1986-89; snr. Editor, University of Maiduguri Press, Maiduguri, 1989-91; snr! Editor, University Press PIc, Ibadan, 1991-93; Editorial Controller, University Press Pic, Ibadan, 1993-97; sec. Police Community Relations Committee, Kafanchan District, 1985-86; ch. Publicity Committee, Drought Relief Appeal Fund Launching, Jema&#8217;a lga., Kaduna State, 1986; mm. Kano State Planning Committee on Children&#8217;s Day, 1983; Financial sec Scholarly Publishers Association of Nigeria, 1988-91; mm. Nigeria Union of Journalists, 1982-86; exofficio mem. Association of West African Book Editors, since 1990; mm: Association of Nigerian Authors; Secretariat Use Committee; Nigerian Publishers Association; h: Kano State Governor&#8217;s Utter of commendation for outstanding publication in the organisation of the state&#8217;s Children&#8217;s Day, 1983; Ogun State College of Education, Ijebu- Ode Utter of Commendation for Meritorious Youth Service, 1982; Prize for the best Final Year Student in French, Government Secondary School, Kagoro, Kaduna State, 1977. publ: Social and Geographical Influences on Ikulu Language Use, 1981; The Book Editor, 1989; Towards a Better Appreciation of Scholarly Publishing, 1989; University Authority and the &#8216;Publish orPerish&#8217; Requirement, 1989; Starting a University Press. 1990; Uniform Standards for Scholarly Presses in Nigeria, 1989; The Challenges ofPublishing, 1990; The Book Problem, 1990. res: Kamuru Ikulu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[452],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18961","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18961","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\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18961"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}