{"id":6240,"date":"2016-11-10T11:33:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T10:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=6240"},"modified":"2017-11-27T12:26:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T11:26:28","slug":"amana-chief-sir-dr-edet-james","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/amana-chief-sir-dr-edet-james\/","title":{"rendered":"AMANA, Chief (Sir, Dr.) Edet James"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> B.Sc, Ph.D., engineer, businessman, philanthropist, politician; b: December 11, 1938; p: Oyubia, Oron; so: Akwa Ibom; m: Doris Atim Eyo, 1973 (deceased); nc: three s, four d; ed: Methodist College, Uzuakoli, 1952-57; King&#8217;s College, Lagos, 1958-60; Paisley Technical College, 1960-61, Imperial College, London, 1961-66. cr: asst. engn, Flint &#038; Neil, London, 1965-66; snr. engn, Sir Bruce White, Wolfe, Wolfe Barry &#038; Partners Consulting Engineers, London, 1966-68; snr. engr., Shell-BP Petroleum Company Ltd., Warri, Delta State, 1968-72; dr. National Freight Company Ltd., Kaduna, 1977-79; ch. Amana Group of Companies, since 1978; ch. Asbestonit Ltd., Oron, Akwa Ibom State, 1982-86; dir. Nigeria&#8217;s Business Magazine, since 1988; Nigeria International Bank (now Citibank Nigeria Ltd.); ACEN Insurance Company of Nigeria Limited; ch. Amana Group of Companies: Amana Consulting Engineers, Desam Development Company Ltd; Intagro Ltd; Incoplan Nigeria Limited; Ertec West Africa Ltd; Fortune Insurance Brokers and Consultants, Management Information Systems Ltd; Ofeg Limited, since 1978; dr. Federal Works Registration Board, Lagos; ch. TCPC Implementation Committee for Partial Commercialisation of Cross River Basin Development Authority, Calabar; ch. Cross River Basin Development Authority, Calabar; currently, presd: Association of Consulting Engineers, Nigeria, 2004; maiden Governing Council of the Polytechnic, Calabar; execu. mem. Group-15 Economic Co operation Council of Nigeria; mem.. International Association of African Development Experts; Senator on the Platform of Peoples Democratic Party; f. Nigerian Society of Engineers, Nigerian Academy of Engineers, Institution of Civil Engineers, London, Institute of Administrative Management of Nigeria; mm: Institute of Directors, American Society of Civil Engineers, Association of African Development Experts, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; h: invested Knight of John Wesley, 2005. publ: We Can Take Our People Up There: An Examination of Leadershipand Democracy in Nigeria, 1997; Building on a Solid Foundation, Keeping NNPC in the Forefront of Nigeria&#8217;s Economic Development, God&#8217;sGlory in Nigeria; pp: Founding member, defunct United Nigeria Congress Party; menu\/presidential aspirant. Peoples Democratic Party, 1999. tt: Member, Ofong Ayamba-Oyubia Traditional Rulers Council, 1981; member, Uteghe Ubene Ibighi-lbighi Clan Council, 1993; Ofong Ekung Oro, 1996; Abai Uyo. Uyo, 1997; Adaidaha Ke Efik Eburutu, Calabar, 1997. sc: Calabar Sports Club; Ikoyi Club; Rotary International, hob: lawn tennis, swimming, reading. off: Plot 315, Akin Ogunlewi Road,off Eunice Bashorun Street, Victoria Island Annex, Lagos, tel: 01-2613784. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[166,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-6240","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-politics","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6240","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\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6240"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=6240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}