Obong Victor Bassey ATTAH,

Biographical record

Surname

ATTAH,

First Name

Obong

Other Names

Victor Bassey

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

November 20, 1938

State of Origin

Akwa Ibom State

Place of Birth

Okop Ndua Erong, Ibesikpo Asutan LGA, Akwa Ibom State

Father's Name

Late Chief Bassey Udo Adiaha Attah

Mother's Name

Madam Agnes Bassey Attah

Name of Spouse

Late Mrs Allison Obong (Died October, 2012)

Number of Children (Male)

1

Number of Children ( Female)

1

Profession

Architect
Politician

Schools Attended with Dates

SCHOOLS ATTENDED: Native Authority School, Asutan Ekpe; Government Practicing School, Uyo, Akwa Ibom, 1945-51; Hope Waddell Training Institute; St. Patrick's College, Calabar 1956; Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Zaria,( Now Ahmadu Bello University) 1957-60; Leeds College of Arts, School of Architecture, Yorkshire, London, 1962-64; Liverpool University, Liverpool, England, 1964-65; University of Columbia, USA, 1965-66.

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES/OTHER BODIES:

- Architects Registration Council, Practice and Ethics Committee, Nigerian Institute of Architects;
- Member, Akwa Ibom State Economic Advisory Committee at Various Times;
- Former Chairman, Nigerian Institute of Architects, Kaduna State chapter;
- Former President, Nigerian Institute of Architects;
- Vice President, Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON);
- Former Member, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Present Appointment

Chancellor, Western Delta University, Oghara, appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Institution, November 2018 -;

Previous Appointments

- Private Practice, 1973-;

- Member, Constitutional Conference, 1994-1995;

- Technical Panel of Investigation on Collapsed Buildings in various Parts of the Country;

- Consultant to the British Overseas Development Agency (ODA) Team For Projects in Malawi, south Africa and Parts of the Caribbean;

- Consultant to the Defunct Nigerian Petroleum Trust Fund;

- Co-founder/Director, Asutan Ekpe Community Bank;

- Executive Governor Akwa Ibom State, May 1999- May 2007;

- Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF);

- Co-Chairman, Committee on Devolution of Power, National Conference, 2014.

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

Yes

If "Yes", please state the party(ies) and offices you have held with dates

MEMBERSHIP OF POLITICAL PARTY (PARTIES)

- Co-founded the defunct National Centre Party of Nigeria;

- Peoples Democratic Party.

Traditional Titles

TRADITIONAL TITLE:

- Adaha Ida ke Efik Eburutu, Enyioha of Mbaise, 2004.

Awards and Honours

AWARDS AND HONOURS:

- Good Governance Award, Africa Today, 2002;

- Niger Delta Merit Award, 2003;

- Northern Youth Solidarity Award, by Northern Youth Consultative Forum, 2004;

- Rated the best performing Governor in the South South, by South South Professionals (SSP), 2004;

- Best Governor in Nigeria in Infrastructural Development and Information and communication Technology, 2006;

- Honoured with a Knighthood from the Catholic Ancient Order of St. John, KSJ.

Honourary Degrees and Awarding Institutions

HONOURARY DEGREE:

- Conferred with Doctorate Degree by Federal University of Technology, Yola (April 13, 2002).

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

PUBLICATIONS:

- Come Let us Build Together.

- Bold Steps: Selected Speeches of Arch. (Obong) Victor Attah, edited by Udeme Nana (2005).

- It’s Well with My Soul by Arch. (Obong) Victor Attah (November 20, 2018).

Outstanding Achievements

SOME OF HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS/ PROJECTS INCLUDE:

- The University of Calabar Master Plan.
- The University of Port Harcourt Emergency Campus Design.
- Head Office Building for the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, Abuja.
- Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna.