{"id":8585,"date":"2017-01-23T15:26:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T14:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8585"},"modified":"2017-05-04T13:59:21","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T12:59:21","slug":"ogbemi-franklin-akomi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ogbemi-franklin-akomi\/","title":{"rendered":"OGBEMI, Franklin Akomi"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, mechanical engineer, born October 2, 1932, Ugbege, Warri, Bendel State; married Grace Birogbemi Edukugho 1960, one son, three daughters; Education: St Peter&#8217;s School, Benin City, 1938-45, Government College, Ibadan, 1946-51, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, 1952-54, Queen Mary College, London University, 1954-58;<br \/>\nCareer:  Post Graduate Training, Central Electricity Generating Board, UK, 1958-60; various engineering positions, Mechanical Engineer, Electricity Corporation of Nigeria (ECN) (now National Electric Power Authority), 1960-75; Promoted Chief Mechanical Engineer and Head, Generator Department, NEPA, Assistant General Manager Operations, National Electric Power Authority, 1975-78; Chairman, Benin River Basin Development Authority, 1976-79; Chief Consulting Engineer, Nukom Engineering Limited Lagos 1978; member Executive Council, Nigerian Society of Engineers,1966-77; Chartered Engineer, UK, 1965; fellow, Institute of Mechanical Engineers; fellow, British Institute of Management; Corporate member, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK 1970; Corporate member, British Institute of Management UK. 1965; member, International Conference on Large High Tension Electric Systems; Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Society of Engineers 1979; Mechanical Division council member. Council of Registered Engineers of Nigeria (COREN), 1972-77; Hobby: swimming: Official Address: Nukom Engineering Limited (Consulting Engineers), 30 Oladipo Labanjo Crescent, PO Box 770, Surulere, Lagos; Telephone: (01) 833383; Home: Telephone: (01) 835626. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8585","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8585","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\/8585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8585"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}