{"id":18478,"date":"2017-03-30T15:48:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T14:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18478"},"modified":"2017-11-06T09:55:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T08:55:08","slug":"ukpong-prof-ignatius-isaac","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ukpong-prof-ignatius-isaac\/","title":{"rendered":"UKPONG, Prof. Ignatius Isaac (Late)"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OFR. BA, MA, Ph.D., economist, administrator university teacher; DOB: April 4, 1935; Hometown: Ikot Eko Ibon, Onna, Eket; State of Origin: Akwa Ibom; Married: Immaculata Nkoyo, 1955; nc: two sons, four daughters; EDUCATION: Holy Family College, Abak, 1946; St Augustine&#8217;s Teachers Training College, Uruii Inyang, 1947-48; St. Mary&#8217;s Teachers&#8217; Training College, Ediene, 1955: Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, USA. 1960-63; Howard University, Washington, D.C, 1963-64; Boston University, Massachusetts. USA, 1973-76; CAREER: Lecturer in Economics, University of Lagos. 1965-79; Secretary to Government, Cross River State Government, 1979-83; dir. of Research, Centre for Development Studies, University of Cross River State, Uyo (now University of Uyo), 1983-87; prof. Economics\/Dean, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Uyo, 1987; ch. Agartha Hotels, since 1992; Akwa Ibom State Public Accounts Committee, 1994; ag. v-chancellor. University of Uyo, 1996; Deputy v-ch. 199698; dir. Centre for Development Studies, 1998; Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, 1999; mm. Royal Society of Economics. 1973, African Studies Association, 1974, Institute of Development Association, 1983. Traditional Title. Adaha Eket; Obong Uforo Ikono; Inua Oniong. nh: Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic, 1983; publ. Co-author, The Structure of Nigerian Economy, Macmillan. 1979; The Charms and Perils of the Nigerian Presidential System. Vantage Press, New York, 1984; The Contribution of Expatriate and Indigenous Manpower to the Manufacturing Industry in Nigeria. Scholars Press, 1986; Priorities Forthe Development of Akwa Ibom State, 1991; Co-author, The Nigerian Fiscal System, Belpot Nig. Co.. 1999. hob. gardening and writing, off. Agartha Hotels, Ewet Housing Estate, Uyo; res. UC 3. Professor D. Ekong&#8217;s Street, Ewet Housing Estate, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,749,2403],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18478","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-administrator","category-economist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18478","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\/18478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18478"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}