SEKIBO DR. TARIBO JAMES

ced level. Encouraged by his performance, he left for further studies in the Soviet Union. There in 1969 he was admitted to Kharkov State University, Kharkov, USSR. Dr. Sekibo studied the Russian language and was awarded M.B.B.S., M.D., thus qualifying as a Medical Practitioner. Honourable Sekibo returned home im mediately, and he was employed as a medical officer at the General Hospital, Port Harcourt. Dr. Sekibo was promoted to Grade I Medical Officer the following year. Iff 1977 he was elevated to the rank of Senior Medical Officer and took charge of the hospitals Mobile Clinic, covering Brass, Ogbia and Oporomoma Divisions. From 1978 to 1979, Honourable Sekibo serv ed as the Senior Medical Officer in charge of St. Michael's Clinic, Rumuomasi, Obio, Port Harcourt. During this same period, he was also placed in charge of the Nigerian Petroleum Refining Company Limited, Port Harcourt. Dr. Sekibo is a christian. He married Mrs. T. T. Sekibo in September 1977 and together they have a child — Dinah Tamuno Sekibo. Looking back at the life of Dr. Sekibo it would be observed that a great part of his medical career had been spent in the rural areas in the service of the sick. Honourable Sekibo himself attributed his inspiration for service to "the plight of the poor people with whom I grew up". Honourable Sekibo has visited the following countries: Great Britian, West Germany, Holland, Poland, East Germany, USSR, and Bulgaria. When not in his surgical theatre, Dr. Sekibo finds some time to swim, travel, or take photographs. He is a member of the National Party of Nigeria and represents Bonny II Constituency in the Rivers. -State in the House of Representatives.