{"id":16201,"date":"2017-03-17T10:10:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T09:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=16201"},"modified":"2017-04-26T15:30:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T14:30:16","slug":"mkpong-obong-okon-effiong","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/mkpong-obong-okon-effiong\/","title":{"rendered":"MKPONG, Obong. Okon Effiong"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Educational Administrator, Politician, former Chairman, Uyo Local Gov!. Area, Presidentl Proprietor, Nigerian Christian Institute; LGA: !besikpo Asutan; Bo &#8230;. : Sept 29, 1939; Pa: Chief Efiong Mkpong(d) and Madam Arit E. Mkpong (d); Married to Mrs Afiong D Mkpong; Children: Idongesit(31), Uduak(29), ln i (28), Mfon (26), Eno (23), Akanubo (9); Education: Teachers&#8217; Grd II , Akai Ubium, 1965-66; Wosley Hall, London, 1966-69, GCE OIL, 1966; GCE AIL; David Lipscomb Un iv, 1970-73, B.A Cum Laude; Middle Tennessee State Uni v, 1972-73, M. Ed Summa cun laude; Honorary Degree:Honorary Fellow, Inst of Internal Auditors ofNi~, 1991; OtherQualificatiolls: Teachers&#8217; Grd I Cert, 1970; Assoc Dipl in Religious Studies; Career and Work HistOl&#8217;Y: Sch. Teacher, CRS, Ikono, Uyo, Eket, Oron, 1959-76; Principa l, CRS, Oron, Ikot Abas i; Itu, 1976-85; General Manager, Christian Schools clo NCBC, Ukpom Abak, 1985-89; Executive Chairman, Uyo Local Gov!. Area, 1991, 93 ; Pres, Nigerian Christian Institute, Uyo, I 993-present; Caree,&#8217; Related ActivitieslResponsibilities: Headmaster, Christ ian Schools, Ikono and Uyo, 1969-70; Evangel ist, Churches of Christ all over Nigeria and few Foreign countries, I 959-present; Radio Minister, Churches of Christ; Special Work Related Achievements: Founding Principal of Comprehens ive Sec Sch, Okobo; State Secretary, All Nigerian Conference of principa ls of Sec Schools, 1982-85; Publications: Writi ng of the History of the Church of Christ (in progress); Civic.a nd Political Activities: Chai rman, Uyo Local Govt. Area, 199 1-93 ; National Secretary, Mboho Akwa Afaha, AKS, I 993-present; First Manager, Community Health Centre, Afaha Udoeyop, 1982-9 1; Honours: Patron and Mem., Board of Patrons, Institute oflnternal Aud itors ofNig, Lagos, 1991 ; Three Chieftaincy Tit les by Ibesikpo Council of Chiefs, Uyo and Aba North Local Gov!. Area, Aba, Abia State, 1991 and 1992; Religious Affiliation: Church of Chri sl; Hobbies: Read ing, Tenni s; Obong Mkpong was appointed AI11bassador of Goodwill by Bill Clinton, Governor of Arkansas, U.S.A, in 1992; Office: Nigerian Chri stian In stitute, P.O. Box 783, Babangida Ave., Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Tel: (085) 203259; Home: 23 Iboko Street, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Tel: (085) 201577.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-16201","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16201","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\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16201"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=16201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}