{"id":8001,"date":"2017-01-16T15:05:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T14:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8001"},"modified":"2017-04-11T13:45:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T12:45:26","slug":"bur-chief-ason","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/bur-chief-ason\/","title":{"rendered":"BUR, Chief Ason,"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA, M.PA, administra tor, born July 12, 1940, Adikpo-Nanev, Kwande, Benue State; married Nancy Ngunan 1968, six children; Education: Sudan United Mission, Adikpo-Nanev, 1948- 52, Katsina-Ala Middle School, 1953-55, Katsina-Ala Secondary School (now Govern ment College), 1956-61, Government Col lege, Keffi, 1962-63, Ahmadu Bello Univer sity, Zaria, 1964-67; University of Ife (now Obafemi AwolowoUniversity), Ile-Ife, 1973- 74; Career: Appointed Administrative Of ficer Grade V, Northern Nigerian Civil Ser vice, 1967; administrative officer, Benue- Plateau, 1968; acting divisional officer, Akwanga Division, 1969; senior divisional officer, Pankshin\/Otukpo Division, 1970-72; principal private secretary to the military governor and head of administration, gov ernment house, Jos, 1972; acting permanent secretary, (Administration), Military Governor&#8217;s Office, Jos, 1975-76; acting per manent secretary, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Information,governor&#8217;s office, Makurdi, 1976-77; actingpermanentsecretary, admin istration and political division, cabinetoffice, Makurdi, 1977-78; Permanent Secretary (now Director-General), Benue State Minis try of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Makurdi, 1978; Permanent Secretary, Cabi net Office (Political Department), Benue State, 1980-83, and later (Council Secre tariat) Benue State, 1983-86; Director-Gen eral, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Ikoyi, 1986-88; Director General, Federal Civil Service Commission, 1988-89; Deputy Governor, Benue State, 1990-92; Secretary, State Executive Council, Council of Chiefs, State Securityand Political Advi sory Committee, Director-General, Man agement Services and Training Department, since 1988;fellow, Nigerian Institute of Ad ministrative Management; fellow, Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management; mem ber, African Association of Administration and Management; member, Nigerian Insti tute ofManagement; Publications: Institu tional Arrangement and Coordinating Newswatch WHO&#8217;S WHO Mechanism and Prospectunderthe Civil Re forms, 1998; Hobbies: Lawn tennis, hockey, reading; Official Address: 71A, Barracks Road, P.O. Box 2350, Makurdi, Benue State; Home: 10, Milverton Road, Ikoyi, Lagos State. Telephone: 01-682103.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8001","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8001","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":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8001"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}