{"id":8666,"date":"2017-01-24T13:43:32","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T12:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8666"},"modified":"2017-06-01T16:40:43","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T15:40:43","slug":"ogbonna-nicholas-c-babatunde","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ogbonna-nicholas-c-babatunde\/","title":{"rendered":"OGBONNA, Nicholas C. Babatunde"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA, M.Sc, economist, administrator, born November 22, 1946, Umuezukwe, Awoomamma, Imo State; married Onia Caroline (deceased) 1996, Agwu Madonna Abeleine Nkechi, four sons; Education: Bishop Shanahan Teachers College, Orlu, 1960-63, Rapid Results College, London, 1964-66, Cuttington University College, Suacoco, Liberia, 1972-73, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia, 1974-77, Wye College University of London, 1990-95;<br \/>\nCareer: Appointed Instructor of Mathematics, English Language, Geography, History &#038; Civics, Bishop Shanahan Teachers&#8217; Col lege, Orlu, Eastern Nigeria, 1964-72; Teaching Assistant, Economics Department, University of Liberia, Monrovia, 1976-77; Research Assistant, ECOWAS Fund, Lome, Togo, 1977-78; Assistant Loans, Officer, ECOWAS FUND, Lome, Togo, 1978; Principal Cashier, ECOWAS FUND, Lome, Togo, 1978-81; Assistant Treasurer and Head of Financial Operations Division, ECOWAS FUND, Lome, Togo, 1981-89; Deputy Treasurer, ECOWAS FUND, Lome, Togo, 1989- 91; Acting Treasurer, ECOWAS FUND, Lome, Togo, 1991-92; Director of Treasury Department, ECOWAS FUND, Lome, Togo, 1992-96: Currently Founder\/Director, Bun Library, Awoomamma; fellow, Edi, World Bank; Honorary Secretary, Nigerian Red Cross Society and Grade One Instructor of First Aid, 1972; Honorary Director of the Liberian, Junior Red Cross Society, 1972- 77; Publications: A publication in The Pipe line: &#8220;Africa Relaunched&#8221;; The Purchasing Power Party, (PPP), &#8220;Theory Revised&#8221; Hobbies: chess, swimming, gardening, listening to classical music, reading; discussing topical issues; Official Address: Run Library, Umuezukwe, Awoomamma, P. O. Box 223, Awoomamma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8666","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8666","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\/8666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8666"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}