{"id":18263,"date":"2017-03-29T17:04:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T16:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18263"},"modified":"2017-05-30T11:20:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T10:20:19","slug":"udobong-lniabasi-thomas","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/udobong-lniabasi-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"UDOBONG, lniabasi Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal Practitioner, Head of Practice, Ini Udobong and Co &#8220;Blessed Chambers&#8221;; LGA: Etinan; Born: April 17, 1958;Pa: Thomas Udobong( d) and Madam Mary T. Udobong; Married to Mrs Nkoyo I. Udobong; Children: In iabas i(7), Ndifreke(5), Nyaknoabasi( I); Education: Nsit People&#8217;s Gram mar Sch., Afaha Offiong, 1974, WASC; Methodist Boys High Sch. Oron, 1978, HSC; Ahmadu Bello Univ, Zaria, 1983, B.Sc. Political Science; Univ. of Lagos, 1987, LL.B (Hons), Nigerian Law Sell., 1988, B.L.; Other Qualifications: GeE A&#8217; Level, 1977; Career alld Work History: Teacher, Lutheran High Sch., Obot Idim, Uyo, 1978- 79; Bank Clerk, Union Bank of Nigeria Ltd, Eket, 1978-80; Personal Ass!. to the State Governor, Govt. House, Calabar, 1983-84; Associate Ed itor, Insideout Publications Ltd., Calabar, 1984; Personal Ass!. to ChairmanlManaging Director, Jackson Devos Ltd., Calabar, 1984-85; Private Legal Practitioner, Ini Udobong and Co. &#8220;Blessed Chambers&#8221;, 1986- present; Career Related Activities and Responsibilities: Legal Adviser, Social Democratic Party (SDP), Etinan Chapter, 1992-93 ; Mem., Youth Solidarity for South Africa; Mem., Whitney Young (Jnr) Research Centre, Lagos; Civic and Political Activities: Assoc. Editor, The Lawyer, Journal of Law Society, Univ. of Lagos, 1987; Pres., National Asscn of Cross River State Students, Ahmadu Bello Univ, Zaria, 1982; Associate Editor, Journal of the Pol itical Sc.ience Asscn., Ahmadu Bello Uni v, Zaria, 1983; Mem., People&#8217;s C lub of N igeria; Secretary Gene ra l, Pro-Democratic Grand Alliance of Nigeria, 1993-pre,sent; Hononrs : First Pri ze winner, Zonal John F. Kennedy Essay Com petition &#8211; Method ist Boys High Sch., Oron, 1977; Best All Ro und Student, Methodist Boys High Sch., Oron, 1978; P rofcssional Memberships: Mem., Nigerian Bar Asscn.; Mem., Asscn of Democratic Lawyers of Niger ia; Hobbics: Reading, Travellin g, Legal Scholarship, Research ; Mr. Udobong has a strong desire to contribute to the legal profession th rough Advocacy, Resea rch ancl Writing; has extended the provis ion of Legal Services to wider segments of the N igerian population; Officc:\u00b7 Ini Udobong and Co., 82 Nwaniba Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State; 8 Olabode Close, lIupeju, Lagos, Tcl: (085)204604; (0 I )964291; Homc: No.6 Uyo Rd, Etinan, Akwa Ibom State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165,2415],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18263","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-legal","category-writer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18263","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\/18263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18263"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}