{"id":15739,"date":"2018-04-23T10:38:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T09:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15739"},"modified":"2020-12-29T11:37:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T10:37:31","slug":"nkanga-group-capt-idongesit-okon","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/nkanga-group-capt-idongesit-okon\/","title":{"rendered":"NKANGA, Air Commodore Idongesit Okon (Late)"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airforce Officer, Former Governor, Akwa Ibom State: Commander, Executive Air lift Group, The Presidency, Abuja; LGA: Nsit; Born: Jan. 27, 1952; Pa: Mr Okon Nkanga and Mrs. Tity Nkanga; Married with Children; Education: Qua Iboe Mission Primary School, Ikot Nya, 1958-1964; Wilcox Memorial Grammar School, Abia, 1964-1967; Etinan Institute, Etinan, 1968-1969; Nigeria Defence Academy, 1970-1971, Vance Air Force Base, Enid, Oklahoma, U.S.A, 1974; Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Command and Staff College. Jaji. 1981; Air Univ, Montgomery, 1985-86; University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2001.; Career and Work History: Cadet Officer, Nigeria Air Force. 1970, Instructor, Air Force Training Sch., Kano, 1975-77, Pilot C-130 Airforce Transport Plane, Lagos, 1977-79; Pilot Special Gulf stream Jet, Lagos, 1979, Pilot, Boeing 727, Presidential Fleet, Lagos, 1983-85; Flight Instructor Command and Staff College, Jaji, 1986; Lecturer, Faculty of Air Operations and Logistics, Ghana Armed Forces Staff College, Teshie; Military Governor, Akwa Ibom State, 1990-92 Commander, Executive Airlift Group, The Presidency, Abuja. Honours, Award, Recognitions: Passed Staff College (PSC), 198 1, PSC dagger (+). 1986; Forces Service Star (FSS). Religious Affiliation: Christian; Hobbies and Interests: Football, Tennis and Swimming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[253,166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15739","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-military","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15739","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23517,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15739\/revisions\/23517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15739"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}