{"id":8401,"date":"2017-01-19T13:33:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T12:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8401"},"modified":"2017-06-01T12:23:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T11:23:25","slug":"offiah-justina-anayo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/offiah-justina-anayo\/","title":{"rendered":"OFFIAH, Justina Anayo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of Birth: Monday (Afo) 20&#8242;&#8221; July, 1953 State of Origin: Enugu Local Government Area: Udi Village\/Town: Uwani Amokwe Honourable (Mrs) Justina Anayo Offiah (SAN) is a legal luminary of note and the first female Igbo Senior Advocate of Nigeria who has displayed honesty, integrity and zest in the legal profession. In spite of her highly exalted position in the public service, she remains calm and humble and above all a committed Christian lady and a caring mother, married to Dr. Evaristus Chukwudi Offiah. a medical doctor with the Enugu Slate Hospital Management Board and the marriage is blessed with two boys and four girls. Born on 20&#8243;&#8216; July. 1953. She hails from Uwani Amokwe Town in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu Stale. Education and Qualifications Obtained \u2022 Queens School. Enugu WASC. \u2022 University of Nigeria. Enugu Campus LLB. Hons, 1977. \u2022 Nigeria Law School, Lagos B.L, called to the Bar. 1978. Legal Activities and Contributions to National Development \u2022 Ministry of Justice. Akure. Ondo State. NYSC. Stalled Private and Public Law Practice. Received the Law Silk. September 2003. Member, Anambra State Law Reporting Committee (1986-1991) Chairman. Anambra State Local Government Election Tribunal. Onitsha Zone. 1990. \u2022 Chairman. State Local Government Election Tribunal. Enugu Zone. \u2022 Chairperson, FSP Enugu State Joint Committee on HTP, 1997-1999. \u2022 Chairperson, International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) 1998-2002. Member. Committee on Revision of Enugu State High Court Rules. 2004-2005. \u2022 Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. Enugu State. 1994-1997. under the regime of the following Military Administrators: Navy Captain Temi Ejoor, Colonel Mike Torrey and Colonel Sule Ahman. Honourable Offiah runs her legal practice under A.J. Offiah and Co and Mogboh, Offiah and Co. She is the incumbent Chairman, Nigeria Bar Association. Enugu Branch. Membership of Learned and Professional Bodies \u2022 Member. International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigerian Representative on the Co-ordinating Committee. African Women Lawyers Associations (AWLA). \u2022 Member. Enugu Slate Justice Reform Team. She is a committed Catholic who has Christ as her Role Model. She believes in hard work and transparent honesty in discharge of her duty. She is a true advocate of Igbo unity and progress. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8401","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8401","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\/8401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8401"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}