Public Servant, former Secretary to the State Govt.; LGA: Uyo; Born: May, 28 1942; Pa: AdolfS. Bassey(d) and Dorothy E. A. Bassey; Married to Pi us D. Obot; Children: Victor(27), Micheal (23), Godwin(21), Peter( 18), Glory(16); Education: Cornelia Connelly College, Uyo, 1960. WASC; 1962 HSC; Univ. of Lovanium, Congo, 1965, Preparatory French Certificate; Univ. of lbadan, 1968, B.A. French; Other Qualifications: Personnel Management and management of Quality Certificates from Royal Institute of Personnel Administration, London, 1982 and 1994; Career and Work History: Sec Sch. Tutor, 1963-64, 1968; Asst. Secretary – Under Secretary, Ministry of information, Health Services Management Board, Calabar, 1969- 82; Secretary for Admin and Finance, ‘ Min. of Agriculture, State Schools Management Board, Ministries of Education and Commerce and Industry, Calabar, 1983-87; Secretary for Administration and Finance; Directorate, Ministry of Lands and Housing, Uyo, 1988-90; Director-General, D~1. of Local Govt., Governors Office, Uyo, 1990-92; Secretary to the State GOVT. , Akwa Ibom State, 1994-96; <\/p>\n
Career Related Responsibilities: Chairman, Administrative Enquiry, Sch. of Basic Studies, Akamkpa, 1983; Secretary, Agency for Adult and Non-formal Education, Uyo, 1987-88; Chairman, ()NDP State Programme Coordinating Committee, 1995; Chairman, Akwa Ibom State Environmental Protection Agency, 1996; Publications: Poems: The Mothers are Coming, My Boss;
\nCivic and Political Activities: Chairman, SDP Caretaker Committee, Uyo; Grand Patron and Diocesan Caretaker. Catho lic Women Organisation, Uyo, 1989-96; First Asst. Secretary, NCCWOP, 1991 -present; Executive Mem. and Seminar Project Chairman, National Council of Women Societies, Cross River and Akwa I bom States; Patroness, NASSE, AKS Children’s Cultural Festival ‘ 95, Youth Assembles\/QUE, Un iv. of Uyo Students Asscn., 19954; Honorary Mem., Nigerian Legion, AKS, 1996;
\nHouours: ESA Best Achiever and RATTAWU Excellency Award, 1 ~95 , 1996; Recognition\/Award by Communities . . Universit ies and Organisations; Akwa City Leo Award; 1995; African Industrialist Award; 1995; IOCN Fellowship Ward, 19961 Obong-Anwan Elect, Ibibio Ibom, 1996; Jerusalem Pilgrim, 1995;
\nProfessional Memberships Mem. Royal Institute of Personnel Administration, London; Fellow of FN ISM; Religious Affiliation: Catholic,
\nHobbies:Reading, Poetry, Song Composition, Drama Dancing, Sports, Gardening Cooking; Address: Nwaniba Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[484],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7836","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-public-service"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7836","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\/7836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7836"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}