{"id":12839,"date":"2017-02-28T14:42:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T13:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=12839"},"modified":"2017-11-01T14:38:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T13:38:44","slug":"idiong-man-hrh-obollg-sampson-udo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/idiong-man-hrh-obollg-sampson-udo\/","title":{"rendered":"IDIONG,HRH Obong Samson Udo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farmer, Traditional Ruler, Paramount Ruler, Oruk Anam LGA; LGA:: Oruk Anam; Born: Jan. 1895; 1&#8217;3: Obong Udo I.A. Oku(d) and Obonganwan Unwa A. A. Ukpong(d); Man&#8217;ied to Obongawan Martha Idiong, Mrs Mary Idiong and Mrs Lucy Idiong; Children : Bernard(54), Okon (50), Felix(45); Education: Duke Town Sch., Calabar, 1919-1924; Standard three; Career Related Activities and Responsibilities: Mem., Tax Assessme nt Committee, Abak Divis ion, 1927-29; Mem., Women Anti-riot Committee, Abak Division, 1929-33: Mem., Abak Native Court Authority. 1934-74; Donated land to Eastern Nigerian Gov!.. Obio Akpa. 1937: Chairman. Committee to Stop Man Leopard. &#8220;Ekpe owo&#8221;~ Committee Mem .\u2022 Creation of more stales in Nigeria, Action Group, 1962; Paramount Ruler. Abak. Ukanafun , Oruk Anam Division. I 974-present; Civic and Political Activities: Chairman. COR State Movement, Calabar, Ogoja and Rivers, 1954-62; Pres ., Ibibio Statc l.:.iion, Ibibio\/Annang, 1957-70; Pres.lLeader, Minority Commission, Port Harcourt, 1958; Board Mem., Ikpoba Rubber Benin, 1960-64; Honours and Awards: Mem. Order of the Niger, MON, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Lagos, 1981, Listed in Natianal Award Biagraphy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; Professional Memberships: Fellow, Institute of Admin. Managcment of Nigeria; Religious Affiliation: Church of Jesus Christ; Hobbies: Reading, Story Telling, Travclling, Fanning; Office: Paramount Ruler&#8217;s Place, Oruk Anam LGA, Akwa lbom State, Home: P.O.Box 104, Abak, Akwa Ibom State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2413,389],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-12839","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-farmer","category-royalty"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/12839","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\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/12839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23726,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/12839\/revisions\/23726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12839"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=12839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}