{"id":8169,"date":"2017-01-17T15:26:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T14:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8169"},"modified":"2017-05-31T11:12:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T10:12:50","slug":"odugbesan-chief-felicia-abimbola","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/odugbesan-chief-felicia-abimbola\/","title":{"rendered":"ODUGBESAN, Chief Felicia Abimbola"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.A, MCRP, town planner, university teacher; born November 20, 1946, Lagos; married A.O. Odugbesan. 1970; two sons, four daughters.<br \/>\nEducation: Mount Carmel Convention School, Ebute Metta. 1953-60; Marywood College. Ebute Metta. 1961-66; College of Education, University of Lagos. Akoka, Lagos, 1967-70; Rutgers University, USA, 1971-75.<br \/>\nCareer: Appointed Planning Assistant. Mayor&#8217;s Policy and Development Office, New Jersey. 1975-76; Planning Officer, Federal Ministry of Economic Development. Central Planning Officer, 1976; Lecturer, Yaba College of Technology. 1976-86; Head, Department of Town and Regional Planning, Yaba College of Technology, 1981 &#8211; 86; Director, School of Environmental Studies,Yaba College of Technology, 1985-88; Dean, Student&#8217;s Affair. Yaba College of Technology. 1990-93; Rector. Yaba College of Technology, since 1993; Chairman, Satellite Campus Development Committee, 1981-91; Chairman. Task Force for the Construction of Works Services Unit Office Complex, 1987; Chairman, Environmental Improvement Committee, 1987-89; chairman, Housing Committee, 1989-91; Chairman, Staff School Management Committee, since 1991; member. Nigerian Institute of Management; member, International Geographical Union, since 1978; fellow, Nigerian Institute of Town Planners, since 1990; member, American Planning Association; Vice-Chair man, West African Region of Common wealth Association of Polytechnics in Africa, 1998; member, Olori Club, Lagos;<br \/>\nPublications: Women in Technical Training and Jobs. Africa. Western Regional Report. Geneva, 1990; Learning Modules for Women, Nairobi, 1992; Technical Report Entrepreneurship Development for Women, Strategies and Opportunities for Self-Employment Promotion, Geneva, 1992.<br \/>\nTraditional Title: Yeye Oni gege ara Odoragunshin, Lagos State: Aji se toba Isiwo, Ogun State;<br \/>\nHobbies: reading, cooking, travelling.<br \/>\nOfficial Address: Rector&#8217;s Office, Yaba College of Technology, Yaba. Lagos. Telephone: 01-7742155.<br \/>\nHome: Rector&#8217;s Lodge. Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,1505,1],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8169","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-educationist","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8169","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\/8169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8169"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}