{"id":8711,"date":"2017-01-24T16:12:13","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T15:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8711"},"modified":"2017-04-25T11:51:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T10:51:33","slug":"eleazu-dr-uma-oke","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/eleazu-dr-uma-oke\/","title":{"rendered":"ELEAZU, Dr. Uma Oke"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.A., M.A., Ph.D., OON; economist, policy scientist, administrator; b: June 16, 1932; ht: Asaga Ohafia, Aro-Ohafia; so: Abia; m: Njansi Anya, 1964; nc: one s, six d; ed: Hope Waddell Training Institution, Calabar, 1950-51; Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1958-60; Kings College, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, 1960-62; University of Califonia, Los Angeles.USA, 1965-69; cr: Teacher Primary Schools, Presbyterian Mission; Abakaliki,1952-55; asst Labour Inspector, Federal Ministry of Labour, Ibadan and Sapele, 1956-58; Labour Officer, Federal Ministry of Labour, Lagos and Kano, 1962-63; Lecturer in Government, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1963-65; Instructor in Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1968; asst prof. Political Science (part-time), California State University, Los Angeles, USA, 1968-69; asst. prof.Political Science, California State University, Dominguez Hills, California, USA, 1969- 71; aprof. African Studies and Co-ordinator, African American Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA, 1972-74; Head, Department of Management and Public Administration; mem. Governing Council, Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu, 1974-75; Principal Lecturer\/ag. Dean of Studies, IMT, Enugu, 1974-76; Committee on Ombudsman for Nigeria, 1975; ch: Committee to re-organise certain Ministries, former East Central State, 1975; Committee of Inquiry on the Management of Nigercem Hospital, 1975; mm. Constitution Drafting Committee, 1975-76; dir. National Policy Development Centre (now NIPSS, Kuru), 1976-79; mm.Commission of Inquiry into the Crisis in Nigerian Universities, 1978; ch\/ceo. Infodata Limited (Management Consultants), since July 1984; ch. Board of Directors, Imo Concorde Hotel Limited, Owerri; dir. Nigerian Bank for Commerce and Industries; mm. Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce, Imo Economic Consultative Committee, American Political Science Association, 1967-75; African studies Association, 1967-76; Nigerian Economic Society, since 1974; edin Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, 1979-84; .nh: Officer of the Order of the Niger, 2001; founding editor, Nigerian Financial Review; publ: Pan Africanism After 1958, in Topics In Afro-American History, Black Academy Press, New York, 1971; Community Involvement Studies: A Focus in Afro-American Studies, in Achievement and Promise, North Caroline, Greensboro, 1973; Federalism andNation Building in Nigeria: The Nigerian Ex perience, 1954-64, Arthur Stockwell, London, 1977; Constitutional Structure andThe Development of Nigeria, in From Independence to Statehood. Frances Printers, London, 1984; Rethinking Nigeria&#8217;s Industrial Development Strategies and Policies. NISER Lecture Series, Ibadan, 1984; Federal Character and The Educational System in Nigeria, in Education and The Integration of Ethnic Minorities. London, 1985; Nigeria: The First Twenty-five Years, editor, Heinemann, Ibadan, 1988; Tlie Effect of Current National Financial Policies on the manufacturing Sector, Nigerian Financial Review, 1988, in addition to numerous articles in national and international learned journals; hob: christian music, photography; off: Infodata Limited, 8 Opebi Road, Ikeja, Lagos, res: 5, Maitama Sule Street, South West Ikoyi, Lagos. tel: 01-684233.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8711","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8711","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\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8711"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}