{"id":18436,"date":"2017-03-30T14:27:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T13:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18436"},"modified":"2017-08-08T15:23:45","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T14:23:45","slug":"usoro-mfon-ekong","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/usoro-mfon-ekong\/","title":{"rendered":"USORO, Mfon Ekong"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> OOM, B.Sc, L.L.B, B.L, L.L.M; legal practitioner, marine consultant, administrator; b: June 12, 1960; p: Calabar; so: Cross Rivers; m: Paul Usoro, December, 1984; nc: one s, one d; ed: Edgerly Memorial Primary School, Calabar, 1968-73; University of Calabar, 1978-83; University of Buckingham, U.K, 199294; Nigerian Law School, Victoria Island, Lagos, 1995-96; University College, London, U.K, 1997-98; cr: Admin, asst Public Relations, Cross Rivers Breweries ltd, Uyo, 1980-82; Admin, asst (NYSC); Sales Officer, Nigeria Airways, Maiduguri, 1983-84; md. Empee Ventures Nigeria ltd, 1983-92; dir. Akwa Ibom State Hotels and Resort ltd; Mini Puppilage, Udo Udoma, Bello Osagie &#038; Co., Lagos; presently, Managing Partner, Paul Usoro and Company; Head, Maritime, Environment and International trade Group; Paul Usoro and Company; ch. Board of dirs. Chattel House Consulting and Brokerage Ltd; Consultant and Team Leader, Maritime Transport, Senate Committee, 2002; Draft Environment Management Bill, Federal Ministry of Environment; dir. gen: National Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, since 2006; mm. Interministerial Bio-safety Committee to prepare and draft proposed Nigeria&#8217;s Bio-safety Guidelines and Legislation, 2001; mem. National Committee, Preparation for the partnership Conference on the African Process for the Development and Protection of the Coastal and Marine Environment in Sub-Sahara Africa, Abuja, 2002; Consultant, Commit-tees on transport, Senate and House of Representative; Legal adviser and Marine consultant, ECO Marine Project, Daddo Maritime Services Limited, 1999; Consultant, draft bill, Sanitization and regulation of Freight Forwarding practice in Nigeria, Nigerian Shippers Council, 2001; Consultant, Marine Pollution; legal regulatory framework for the establishment and operation of ALSCON Jetty, Aluminum Smelting Company of Nigeria; Legal Adviser and Consultant, Mobil Producing Unlimited; Shell Gas limited; UAC of Nigeria Pic, Union Bank Pic; Habib Nigeria Bank ltd; Intercity Bank Pic; presd. Girl child Empowerment Foundation; Women International Shipping and Trading Association; Trustee, Incorporated Trustee of Information and Communication Technology Initiative; mm: Nigerian Bar Asso-ciation; International Bar Association; Nigerian Maritime Law Association; Nigerian Environmental Law Society; Nigerian Institute of International Affairs; Hon\/award: Mooting Champion, University of Buckingham, 1993-94; University of Buckingham Prize for good performance in Law Part I examination, 1993; Alan Sneathe prize for best performance in the LL.B final degree exams, 1994; Justice Bola Ajibola prize for best performance in Civil Procedure, 1996; Dr. Mudiaga Odfe; prize for best performance in Civil and Criminal Procedure, 1996; Officer de L&#8217;Odre de Mono (OOM), Togolese National Honour, presd. Eyadema, 2002; publ. Author, Youths as Agents of Societal change, Socioscope Vol. Ill, department of Sociology, University of Calabar, 1982; Loan Documentation and perfection in Banking industry; Aiesec Alumni Newsletter, 1996; and several other publica-tions including researched papers presented in major seminars and workshops; sc: The music Society of Nigeria; Ikoyi Club, Lagos; Nigeria-British Association, Kaduna branch; AIESEC Alumni Nigeria; hob: lawn tennis, aerobic, reading, cooking, mothering; off: NIDB House (3rd Floor), 63\/71, Broad Street, GPO Box 10065, Lagostel: 01-2641271-2 (234); 08027776666, 080-38886666, 090401104; fax: 01-2665470 (234); res: Plot 321 B, Akin Ogunlewe Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,165,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18436","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-legal","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18436","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\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18436"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}