{"id":7871,"date":"2017-01-13T16:06:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T15:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7871"},"modified":"2017-11-08T12:42:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T11:42:35","slug":"ochefu-dr-pius-yakubu","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ochefu-dr-pius-yakubu\/","title":{"rendered":"OCHEFU, Dr. Pius Yakubu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MBBS, FRCS, FRCSE, FWACS, FMCS; medical practitioner, administrator, b: February 1,1940; p;Unwaba, Ugboju; ht:Ogobia, Ugboju; Iga: Otukpo; so:Benue; m: Mary Lilian Oche, February 15,1969; nc: fours, five d; ed: St. Mary&#8217;s Primary School,Otukpo, 1948- 53; Mt St. Michael&#8217;s Secondary School, Aliade, 1954-59; St. Gregory&#8217;s College, Lagos, 1960-61; University of Ibadan, 1962-67; Royal College of Surgeons, England, 1970-71; Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, 1971- 72;Middlesex Hospital. University of London-Endoscopy, 1977;  Officer,ICSA, Kaduna, 1967; Deployed to Benue State, 1968; Consultant Surgeon, Benue, 1975; Snr. Medical Superintendent i\/cGeneral Hospital, Jos, 1976-76; Snr.Consultant Surgeon, 1976; Snr Consultant i\/c General Hospital, Makurdi, 1977; Chief Medical Officer, Benue State Health Management Board, 1978-79; Executive Sec, 1979-83; Chief Consultant Surgeon.General Hospital, Makurdi, 1983-84; retired from Government Service, 1984; Founder, Hospital of Immaculate Conception, Makurdi, since 1984; Chief Consultant Surgeon\/Medical Dir., since 1984; Visiting Consultant Surgeon, Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, currently; Honourable Commissioner for HeaIth, Benue State, 1992-93; Founder, *eloprnent . Foundation; Founder, Ochefu Memorial Academy, Ogoba-Ugboju; Instrumental to the Establishment of the Medical College in Benue State University, mm: Federal Delegation to Regional WHO Conference for Africa, Brazzav\/Je, 1977; Nigeria Medical Council Accreditation Visit to Dommican Republic, Mexico, Japan, North Korea andChina, 1980; Recruitment Tour of Egypt India, Pakistan,The Phillipines, Poland,Germany, Holland, 1981; EISENHOWER Fellow, Representing Nigeria ina Multi-Nation Programme, USA, 1984; Nigerian Medical Council, 197944;BenueStateActionCommitteeonAIDS Currently; CouncilforPrerogative ofMercy, BenueState,currently; mm: Nigeria Medical Association;WestAfrican College ofSurgeon; Fellow, Royal College ofSurgeons England; Royal College ofSurgeon; Rotary International, |982; ah: DMP; AGMPN, 2001; publ: Meconium Ileus Journal of Paediatric, 1974;Urethrastricwresm Unpublished; pp: Social Democratic Party, SDP, 1992-93; sc: President, Rotary Clubof Makurdi, 1992-93; hob: photography, carpentry, gardening, cricket, tennis, swimming; off: Immaculate Hospital, 10, Walamayo West, High Level, P.O.Box 911, Makurdi, Benue State; res: 6,Odinya Jones Street Arkpaward, Makurdi; e-m: pyochefiiger@yahoo.c6m; tel: 0808-733- 5867; pha: Ochefu Compound, Ogobia-Ugboju, Otukpo Local Government Area, Benue State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7871","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7871","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\/7871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7871"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}