{"id":9108,"date":"2017-01-27T16:55:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T15:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9108"},"modified":"2017-06-06T09:13:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T08:13:35","slug":"ogufere-chief-jonathan-boytie","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ogufere-chief-jonathan-boytie\/","title":{"rendered":"OGUFERE, Chief Jonathan Boytie"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telecommunication consultant, sport administrator, born: June 23, 1932; place: Amukpe, Sapele; Hometown: Amukpe, Sapele; LGA: Sapele; State of Origin: Delta; married, has children;<br \/>\nEducation: Roman Catholic School Sapele; Ziks Academy Sapele, 1938-45; Enitonna High School Port Harcourt, 1946-50; Vacation Course on Labour Industrial Relations &#8211; University of Ibadan 1956; British Post Office Telecomms Traffic Training School, London, 1958-59;<br \/>\nCareer: Post Clerk\/ Telegraphist, 1951; Asst. Telecomms Controller, 1957; Telecomms Controller, 1964; Territorial Controller, Mid West State, 1966; Territorial Controller, East Central State, 1969; Chief Traffic\/ Commercial Manager, 1975; asst. director Telecomms, 1978; Retirement from Service, 1986; Managing Director. Ducat, 1986-94; president\/chief executive Office. Ogufere Consolidated Nigeria Ltd, 1994; mm: International Biographical Society Cambridge, 1981; American Biographical Institute Raleigh North Carolina U.S.A, 1989; National Georgraphic Society, Washington D.C, 1990; National president Enitonna High School Port Harcourt Old Student Association;<br \/>\nTraditional Titles: Ugbugba Okpe Kingdom;<br \/>\nSocial Club: Island Club, Onikan, Lagos;<br \/>\nHobbies: golf, table tennis, reading &#038; music;<br \/>\noff: Ogufere Consolidated Nigeria Ltd; 7 Oweh Street, Jibowu, Yaba, Lagos; teL\/ fax. 01-5454069; res: 12, Jalupon Close, Surulere &#8211; Lagos; tel. 01- 5454068; pha: As above.<br \/>\nEducation, Eha-Amufu, 1988; co-editor. Anthill Annual, Nsukka, 1988- 89; asst. Art Editor\/Board member, Okike. Nsukka, 1989. exh\/cw: Unbindme, Didi Museum, Lagos, 1988; Statements: Recent Art and Poetry. Syrian club, Lagos, 1989; The Emperor and the Poet: Watercolours and Poetry, Iwalewa &#8211; Haus, Bayreuth, Germany, 1990. ah: Federal Merit Award for High Academic Standing, 1982-86; National Council for Arts and Culture Prize, 1986; Bachelor of Arts first Class, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1986; Departmental and Faculty Prizes for Best Art Student University of Nigeria, 1986; Indira Ghandhi Memorial Prize, 1986; University prize for Best Graduate, University of Nigeria, 1986; Afro-Caribbean Young Black Writers Award, 1989; foreign and Commonwealth Office Award of the British Government, 1989. Publication: Anatsui&#8217;s Pieces of Wood, West Africa, No.3630, London, 1987; Objects of Medium, West Africa, No.3656, London, 1987; Introduction to Poets In Their Youth: An Anthology of New Nigerian Poetry, edited by Uche Nduka, Lagos, Osiris Books, 1988; The Anthill: Less Poetry, More Party, The Fountain, Nsukka, 1989; OneMore Word on Walcoth, African Concord, Lagos, 1989; The Empire and Us: The 1990 Commonwealth and United Kingdom Contemporaries Art Show, West Africa No.3820:2826, London, 1990.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,178,547],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9108","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-professional","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9108","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\/9108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9108"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}