Edet Effiong BASSEY-INYANG

Army officer, Medical practitioner

retired army officer, born March 25, 1930, Oku-Iboku, Itu, Akwa Ibom State: mar ried Mary Arit Imona I960, two sons, three daughters; Education: Baptist Academv Primary School, Broad Street, Lagos, 1935-36, Catholic School, Forcados, Delta Area, Bendel State, 1936-43, Government College, Umuahia, Imo State, 1943-48, University Col lege (now University of Ibadan), Ibadan. 1948-53, University of Bristol, England, 1953-57; Medical Officer, General Hospital, Lagos, 1957-58; Medical Officer, Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, 1958-59; Medical Of ficer, Island Maternity Hospital, Lagos; Medical Officer, Creek Hospital, Lagos, 1960-61; Joined the Nigerian Army Army as Regimental Medical Officer, 1st Battalion, 1961-62; Regimental Medical Officer, Military Hospital, Lagos, 1962-63; Commanding Medical Officer, Military Hospital, Kaduna, 1963-65; Field Ambulance Commander, Lagos, 1965-66; Deputy Director-General, Armed Forces Medical Services, Lagos, 1966-75; Retired from the Nigerian Army as a Colonel, 1975; Medical Director/Proprietor, Akan Group of Clinics, Lagos, since 1975; member. Royal College of Surgeons, England; fellow, Nigerian National Medical College; member, Faculty Board, Post-graduate Na tional Medical…