{"id":14756,"date":"2017-03-09T14:47:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T13:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=14756"},"modified":"2017-04-20T16:37:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T15:37:05","slug":"ikpe-james-blankson","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ikpe-james-blankson\/","title":{"rendered":"IKPE, James Blankson"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, administrator, born January20, 1941, Ikot Akpanya, Asuna, Etinan, Akwa Ibom State; married Alice Asuquo Utuk 1972, two sons, three daugh-&#8216; ters; Education: St Benedict&#8217;s Primary School, Ogoja, December, 1953, Etinan In stitute, 1954-59, 1961-62, University of Ibadan, 1963-66, Royal Institute of Public Administration, London, 1974; Career: Ap pointed Assistant Secretary; Ministry ofEdu cation, defunct South-Eastern State, 1968-69; Assistant Divisional Officer, Ogoja, 1969-71; Divisional Officer (in-charge), Wanokom Touring Area, Ogoja, 1971-73; Senior Assis tant Secretary and later, Principal Assistant Secretary, Cabinet Office, Calabar, 1973-76; under Secretary, Cross River State Ministry of Natural Resources, Calabar, 1976-77; Sec retary (Projects) Ministry of Health, Cross River State, 1978-80; Administrative Secre tary and Chief Electoral Officer, Cross River State Branch, defunct Federal Electoral Com mission (FEDECO), 1980-83; Administrative Secretary and Chief Electoral Officer, La gos State, 1983-84; Sole Administrator, Uyo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, 1984-86; Secretary forAdministration and Fi nance, Cross River State Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Calabar, 1984-87; Secretary, Akwa Ibom State Schools Manage ment Board, 1987-88; appointed Director- General, Akwa Ibom State, Education Board, since July 1988; member; Lions Club Inter national; Traditional Title: Mkpisong of Akwa Esop Imalsong Ibibio; Hobbies: farm ing, travelling, dancing, folk lores; Official Address: AkwaIbom State Education Board, PMB 1045,20, William Bassey Street, Uyo; Home: 55, Ikot Abasi Street, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14756","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14756","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":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14756"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}