LLB, BL; lawyer, politician, administrator, DOB: November 1.7,1946; Place: Oba Okpoma; LGA: Yala; State: Cross River; Married: Mrs Maria Ngaji; No of Children: five; EDUCATION: Christ the King's School, Okpoma, Yala, .1.953-59; Mary Knoll College, Okuku, Yala, 1961-65; Universityof Nigeria, Nsukka, 1973-77; Nigeria Law School, 1977; CAREER:, National Youth Service Corps, Abeokuta, Ogun State, 1978-79; Legal Practitioner, 1979-90; Elected ' Councilor, Ogoja Local Government Area; ch., Yola Local Government Area, 1991-93;, Elected Member, Nigeria Constitutional Conference, 1994;. Commissioner, Cross River State, Northern Rural Development Commission, 1999-2000; Commissioner, Ministry of Local Government, 2003; Elected Senator of the Federal Republic, 2003; Re-elected, since 2007; mm: Chairman, Cross River State Advisory Committee on. Prerogative of Mercy, Land Allocation and Advisory Committee; Institute of Farm Managers Association; Chairman Senate Committee on Gas; Senate Committee on Science and Technology; Honorary Degree: Doctorate Degree in Administration Philosophy, Institute of Journalism; Management and Continuing Education, Christian University, USA; award: Leadership award of Excellence, Kwame Nkrumah; Best Senator, 2005, Leadership Development Centre, Abuja; Best Council Chairman in Educational Developments and One of the Fifty Most Outstanding Council Chairman, 1992;Ambassador of Peace, International Inter-religious Federation for World Peace, 2003; Political Party: Chairman Defunct Social Democratic Party, Ogoja Local Government Area, 1989-91; Peoples Democracy Party;off: The Senate Chamber, National Assembly Complex, Abuja.
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