{"id":10753,"date":"2017-02-16T15:54:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T14:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10753"},"modified":"2017-11-20T11:17:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T10:17:10","slug":"okon-patrick-ene","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okon-patrick-ene\/","title":{"rendered":"OKON, Hon. Patrick Ene"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M.Sc; mass communation\/public relations practitioner, lecturer, politician; Born: April 7, 1960; Place: Ikot Ene, Akpabuyo; ht: Ikot Ene; LGA: Akabuyo; State of Origin: Cross River, Married: Immaculata Ini Eyo; nc: two sons, three daughters; EDUCATION: St. Joseph&#8217;s Ikot Ene, 1966-71; Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar, 1972-76; Methodist Boys&#8217; High School, Oron, 1979-80; The Polytechnic Calabar, 1980-86; University of Calabar, 1988-90; University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1993-95; University of Uyo, 1998; CAREER: snr. Reporter, Political Editor, Nigerian Call Newspapers, Calabar, 1982-84; Public Affairs Coordinator, Intercarry Ltd., Kaduna, National Youth Service Corps, 1986-87; Supervisory Councilor for Works, Odukpani Iga. 1988-89; Lecturer, Mass Communication, The Polytechnic, Calabar, 1991-92; mm. Cross River State, House of Assembly Calabar, 1992-93; Special asst to Hon. min. Foreign Affairs; min. of Finance, 1993-95; ce. Corporate Communications Ltd., 1996-99; member Federal House of Representatives, since 1999; mm\/f. Nigerian Institute of Public Relations; Nigeria Union of Journalists; Nigerian Institute of Management; International Association of Lions Cubs, Illinois, USA; Social Club: The African Club, Calabar; pp: Publicity sec lga. Chapter, National Party of Nigeria, 1980-83; Ugislator, National Republican Convention; Democratic Party of Nigeria; All People&#8217;s Party; hob: reading, computer, photography, travelling; off: House of Representatives, Abuja, or Constituency Office: 33, Edgerley Road, Calabar South; tel: 087-236691; res: Block B8, Flat 2, National Assembly Quarters, Apo, Abuja; tel: 090-807365; pha: 2B, Ekeng Ita Street, Calabar South Iga; tel: 087-234809; e-m: eneokon\u00ae hotmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,1505,452,166,484],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10753","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-educationist","category-media","category-politics","category-public-service"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10753","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\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10753"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}