{"id":16097,"date":"2017-03-16T18:16:22","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T17:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=16097"},"modified":"2017-06-06T19:30:43","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T18:30:43","slug":"ntia-hon-justice-effiong-joseph","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ntia-hon-justice-effiong-joseph\/","title":{"rendered":"NTIA, HON Justice, Effiong Joseph"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jurist, Legal Practitioner, Reti red High Court Judge; LGA: Ekpe Atai; Born: Oct 10, 1930; Pa: Joseph Ntia Akp,a n(d&#8221; ) and Mayah Joseph Nti a Marri ed to Mrs Cecilia J Ntia; Children: Aniefi ok (24), Iniobong (23), Umoren(2 1), Eme(20), Edidiong( 18), Itoro( 13), Efefiong( II ), An iebiet(7); Educa tion: Etinan Insti tute, 1939-45; Rapid ResultCollege, London, 1947, Univ. of Wales, 1953-56, B.A. Hons(Econs and Pol. Science); Counci I of Legal Educat ion, London, 1963; Barri s ter-at-La w ( Lin co ln &#8216;s Inn s); Other Qualification: Cert. Corporative Principles, Laws and Book-Keeping, Cooperative College, Ibadan, Nigeria; Career and Work History; Teacher, Etin an Institute, Etinan, 1946-48; Cooperative Inspector\/Auditor, 1948-53; Teacher, London County Council Sch., London, 1957-6 1; Legal Pract itioner, Lagos, 1964-68; Chief magistrate, South Eastern State(SES), 1968-73; Dire.\\,tor ofPublic Prosecutions, SES, 1974; Judge of the High Court, 1974-85 ; Chairman, AKS Law Reforms Commission, -present; Career Rela ted Activities\/Responsibilities: Mem., Commonwealth Magistrate&#8217;s Confe rence Committee, London, 197 1-73; Chairman, General J udicial Commiss ions of Inquiry and Tribunals in Cross River State, 1978-88; Chairman, Miscell aneous Offences Tribunal (Federa l), Bauchi State, 1992-93 ; Appointed by Gowon in 1968 with three others to Tour Europe and explain why N igeria mllst remain One, no Segregati on. Publication: Co-publ isher of the Booklet, &#8221; Nigeria alld the Minorit ies&#8221;, (1967); Civic and Political Activities: Secretary, Ibibio Union of Great Britain and Ireland, 1957-,6 3 ; Secretary, COR State Movement at London, 1957- 63; Secretary, State Creation Movement, Lagos, 1966-68, leading to the creation of South Eastern State amongst others in 1967; Governorship Candidate, (NRC), Akwa Ibom State, 199 1; Honours: Otuekong of Uyo, Paramount Ruler of Uyo, 199 1; Mkpi song of Ekpe Atai; Paramount Rul er of Ek pe Atai, 1996; Honoured by Esop Mkparawa Ibibio, Ekpe Atai LGA:, 1 9~6; Religions Affiliation: Qua Iboe; Hobbies annd Interests: Tennis, Sports, Farming; Office: Law Reform Commiss ion&#8217;s Offi ce, Block 7 ldonges it Nkanga Secretariat, Uyo, Akwa lbom State; Home: 7 Akpan Inyang Street, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State Tel: (085)22033 06<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-16097","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16097","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\/16097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16097"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=16097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}