{"id":7847,"date":"2017-01-13T14:32:17","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T13:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7847"},"modified":"2017-05-30T15:47:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T14:47:48","slug":"obot-prof-johnson-u","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/obot-prof-johnson-u\/","title":{"rendered":"OBOT, Prof Johnson U."},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University Teacher, Head of Department of Geography, Univ, of. Calabar; LGA: Etim Ekpo; Born: May 17, 1939; Pa: Udo ObotA. Nkanta (d) and Unwafia O. Nkanta(d); Married to Mrs Veronica Justus Obot; Children: Francis(28); Mariestella(26), An iefiok(24), Eyakeno( 18), Inietop( 17), Nsitie( 16); Education: SI. Augustine&#8217;S Urua Inyang, 1955-56; SI. Mary&#8217;s T,T,C, Ed iene Abak, 1957-58, Grade Il Cert.; Southern Oregon State Univ., 1967-70; Illinois State Univ ., 1970-72, M.A., Univ. of Oklahoma, St. Andrew&#8217;s Sch., Ikwek, Afaha Obong,1959-62; Headmaster, SI. Michael&#8217;s Sch., Abak, 1963-65; Geography Master, SI. Mary&#8217;s T,T.C, Ediene Abak, 1966; Geography Master, St. Augustine Sec, Sch&#8221; Urua lnyang; Lecturer, Univ. of Calabar, Calabar, I 977-present; Publications and Creative Works: Three books, among which is Nigeria: The People and their Heritage; Civic and Political Activities: Chairman, Board of Governor&#8217;s, St. Mary&#8217;s Science Sch.,. Ediene Abak, 1986-90; Mem., Local Govt. Service Commission, Calabar, Cross River State, 1984; Honours and Awards: Cert.of Merit, St. Anthony&#8217;s Parish, Nkwot Ikono\/Obong, 1996; Listed in Who&#8217;s Who in Nigeria ; American Biological Institute Who&#8217;s Who; Professional Memberships: Council Mem., Nigerian Geographical A~scn . ; Mem., Nigerian Asscn of General Studies; Mem., Nigerian Economic Society; Religious Affiliation: Catholic; Hobbies: Reading, Swimming, Strolling; Office; Department of Geography, Univ of Calabar, Cross River State; Tel: (087)224153 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,1505],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7847","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-educationist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7847","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\/7847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7847"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}