{"id":7375,"date":"2017-01-09T16:12:41","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T15:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7375"},"modified":"2017-04-12T16:19:52","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T15:19:52","slug":"benson-chief-opral-mason","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/benson-chief-opral-mason\/","title":{"rendered":"BENSON, Chief Opral Mason"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, MA, educationist, businesswoman, administrator, beautician, born February 7, 1935, Arthington, Liberia; married Otunba T.O.S. Benson 1962, one son, one daughter; Edu cation: Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 1958, Atlanta University, Altanta, Geogia, 1959, Pittsburg University, USA, 1962, Michigan University, 1962; Career: Appointed Teacher\/Principal of Schools in Liberia; ChiefAdministrative Of ficer, Ministry ofAgriculture, Commerce and Labour, Liberia; Secretary-General to OAU Conference, Monrovia, 1961; appointed Principal Registrar, University of Lagos; 1967-68; Chairman, Chic Afrique Organisation Limited,since 1978;Chairman, Chic Afrique Beauty, since 1979; chairman, Benson International Travels and Tours BITTS, since 1978; Chairman, Johnson Products of Nigeria Limited, since 1982; chairman, OBBTI, since 1985; Chairman, Chic Afrique Sports Company, since 1985; Chairman, BITTS International Trading Company, 1990-date; Principal Liaison Of ficer, Festac &#8217;77; Chairman, Outreach Foun dation, 1990-date; Foundation Member, NYSC, 1971; Fellow, Institute of Directors, U.K, Member, Nigerian Korean Economic &#038; Cultural Committee; Former Vice Presi dent, Nigeria Korea Economic &#038; Cultural Committee; Member, Board of Black Col- 370 Newswatch WHO&#8217;S WHO leges Hall of Fame, Atlanta, USA; Founding Trustee, African Refugees Foundation; Vice President\/Member, Sickle Cell Foundation; Matron, Handicap Association;Member\/Past President, Zouta Club of Lagos; Member, National Association of University Woman; Former President, National Council of Women Societies; Traditional Titles: The Iya Oge of Lagos; Iya Meso ofIkorodu; Lika of Imota; Atoloye of Ile-Ife, Yeye Oba Ipakodo, Alatilehin of Ijede; Yeye La&#8217;afin of Ode Remo; Foreign Honours: Com mander of the Star of Africa, CSA, Liberia; Honorary Citizen of the City of Atlanta, USA; Political Party: member, All Peoples Party, APP, 1998-Date; Publications: Otunba T.O.S. Benson, His Life and Views, Pacific Printers, Lagos, 1987; Upward Bound- Nigeria Women In National Devel opment; Hobbies: Reading, music, swim ming, art Official Address: Chic Afric House,3 Thorburn Avenue, Sabo,Yaba, La gos; Home: 1 Karimu Giwa Close, off Raymond Njoku Street, Falomo, Ikoyi, La gos State. Telephone: 01-269-2448, 269- 1341.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,1505],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7375","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-educationist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7375","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19237,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7375\/revisions\/19237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7375"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}