{"id":7768,"date":"2017-01-13T08:47:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T07:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7768"},"modified":"2017-05-30T13:32:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T12:32:58","slug":"obioha-chief-richard-akanihu","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/obioha-chief-richard-akanihu\/","title":{"rendered":"OBIOHA, Chief Richard Akanihu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, FNSE, engineer, administrator; born September 4, 1927, Okwuabala, Orlu, Imo State; married Bernadette Akuagwu Olumba; four sons, three daughters.<br \/>\nEducation: St.Joseph&#8217;s Catholic School, Umuna-Orlu, 1933-40, Christ the King College, Onitsha, 1941-46; Public Works Department Techinical School, 1947-51; Leicester College of Arts and Science, UK, 1953-54; Battersea College of Technology, University of London, 1955-59. <\/p>\n<p>Career: Appointed Chief Engineer, Civil, now Director, Minis try of Works and Housing, Imo State, 1979 Chairman and Managing Director, RichBen Nigeria Limited, since 1981; Diocesan Engineer, Catholic Diocese of Orlu, Since 1993 Chairman, Imo State Natural Disaster Relief Committee, 1984-87; member, Nigerian Society of Engineers, 1974; member, Council of Registered Engineers of Nigeria, 1977 Treasurer, Nigerian Society of Engineers 1976-86; fellow, Nigerian Society of Engineers, 1981; Chairman, Nigerian Society of Engineers, 1993-95; Co-examiner, Council of Registered Engineers of Nigeria and Nigerian Society of Engineers, member, Owerri Country Club. <\/p>\n<p>Traditional Titles Nnabeunyi Orlu, 1982; Osusu IIOkwuabala 1988; Okwu Okwuabala, 1996.<br \/>\nCreative Work: Orlue Catholic Cathedral Dome Hobbies: Lawn tennis and photography<\/p>\n<p> Official Address: 162, Wetheral Road P.O.Box 1739, Owerri. Telephone: 083 231229. Home: 16,Otamiri Street, Federal Housing Estate, Owerri. Telephone 083-232031.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7768","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7768","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\/7768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7768"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}