{"id":7664,"date":"2017-01-12T12:08:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T11:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7664"},"modified":"2017-05-30T11:22:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T10:22:06","slug":"obi-zacheus-chukwukaelo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/obi-zacheus-chukwukaelo\/","title":{"rendered":"OBI, Zacheus Chukwukaelo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>retired businessman, politician, born September 1902, Nnewi, Anambra State; First Marriage: Victoria Uduego Orizu 1931; Other Marriages: Catherine, Gladys and Susannah, eleven sons, seventeen daughters; Education: CMS Central School, Nnewi, 1906-14, Passed Assistant School Masters&#8217; Grade through private tuition; First Nigerian Manager, UAC Nigeria Limited (Eastern Nigeria Branch), 1938; founder and Chief Executive, Z.C. Obi and Sons Company Limited, 1956; Food and Catering Contractor, Nigerian Prisons, Port Harcourt, 1956-67; Licenced Produce Buying Agent, Eastern Nigerian Government, 1956-70; Senator, Port Harcourt Province, Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1959-66; Director, A.J. Seward (Nigeria) Limited, 1964-66; Vice-President, Port-Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, 1964-66; former Chairman, Nnewi Royal Cabinet; President, Ibo State Union, 1951-66; Political Party: President, defunct NCNC, Port Harcourt Branch, 1951; Traditional Titles: Ezc-Onunekwulu-Igbo of Igbo land, 1959, Okemili-Nnewi, 1981; Foreign Honour: Order of the British Empire (OBE), 1960; Hobby: community affairs; Official and Home Address: 11 St Mary&#8217;s Road, Uruagu, PO Box 140, Nnewi, Anambra State; Telephone; (046) 460524 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[209,166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7664","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-business-person","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7664","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\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7664"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}