{"id":9457,"date":"2017-02-03T16:05:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T15:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9457"},"modified":"2017-04-12T11:52:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T10:52:36","slug":"chikelu-owelle-gilbert-prince-obiajulu","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/chikelu-owelle-gilbert-prince-obiajulu\/","title":{"rendered":"CHIKELU, Owelle Gilbert Prince Obiajulu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, M.Sc, economist, administrator, born September 9 1930; Enugu State; married Irene Nkechinyelu Okpala 1962,one son, three daughters; Education: St. Peter&#8217;s School, Ogbete, Enugu, 1936-44; College of Immaculate Conception, Enugu 1945-48; University College Ghana, Legon, 1957-60; London School of Economics, 1961-63; Central School of Planning &#038; Statistics, Warsaw, Poland,1973; Career: Appointed Administrative Officer (various grades), Federal Civil Service, 1960-74; Director, Central Planning Officer, Lagos, 1974-75; Permanent Secretary, Minister of Mines and Power, 1975-76; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Development, National Planning, 1976-84; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Employment, Labour &#038; Productivity, 1984-87; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources,1987-89; Director-General, Ministry of Petroleum, 1989-90; appointed Minister of Establishment &#038; Management Services, 1992; appointed Executive Chairman, National Salaries &#038; Wages Commission, 1998-date; Chairman, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, 1991; Governor for Nigeria, International Bank for Reconstruction &#038; Development, World Bank, 1975-84; Governor for Nigeria, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1989-90; Vice President, General Conference, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1991; Chairman, Conference for Planners, 1978;Chairman, Joint Planning Board 1976-84; Chairman, National Provident Fund, 1984-87; Chairman, National Labour Advisory Council, 1984-87; President, Nigerian Economic Society, 1985; Member, Governing Council, United Nations Institute for Economic Development &#038; Planning, 1974-84; Member, Board of Directors, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,1976-84, 1989-90; Member, National Economic Advisory Council,1974; Member, Nigerian Delegation to the International Labour Organisation Conferences, 1984-87; Member, Nigerian Delegation to the Commonwealth; Finance Ministers Conferences,1976-84; Member, Nigerian Delegation to the Commonwealth Heads of State Conference, Ottawa, Canada,1974; Member, Nigerian Delegation to the OAU Economic Summit,1980; Member, Nigerian Delegation, to the Meetings of the ECOWAS Heads of States,1976-84; Leader, Nigerian Delegation to the Joint Commission Meetings with Austria,Czechoslovakia and Hungary, 1983; Member, National Directorate of Employment, 1985-87; Member, Utility Tariff Review Commissioner, 1990; Member, National Committee on Ecological Problems,1987-90; Member, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, 1979-90; Hobbies: photography, lawn tennis, swimming, football, chess; Official Address: National Salaries,Incomes and Wages Commission, Federal Secretariat, Shehu Shagari Way, Abuja; Telephone: 09-523-9525; Residential Address: Plot 1594, Maitama Zone A6, Abuja. Telephone: 09-523-7934, 523-7935.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9457","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9457","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\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9458,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9457\/revisions\/9458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9457"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}