{"id":7857,"date":"2017-01-13T15:01:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T14:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7857"},"modified":"2017-04-18T13:10:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T12:10:42","slug":"effanga-engr-okon-stephenson","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/effanga-engr-okon-stephenson\/","title":{"rendered":"EFFANGA, Engr. Okon Stephenson"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Civil Engi neer, former Hon. Commis sioner for Works, Akwa Ibom State; Chairman\/ Manag ing Director, OSEDEM Nigeria Ltd; LGA: Onna; Born: Dec. 9, 1944; Pa: Stephenson O. Effanga Cd) and Christiana S. Effanga (d); Married to Mrs. Edem E; Effan ga; Children: Emem (19), Effanga (17), Ud uak (14), I kemesit (12), Education: Methodist Boys High School, Oron, 1958 &#8211; 62; W kSC, Gov!. Secondary School, Afikpo, 1963 -64; HSC; Univ. of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1976 &#8211; 73, B.Sc. Civil Eng ineer; Career and Work History: Civil Engineer; IdahAnyangba Road, Kwara State. 1973 &#8211; 74, NYSC, Engineer, Louis Berger Inc., Calabar, 1974 -75, Area Engineer, Technical Co. Ltd., Uyo, 1975 &#8211; 76; Manager, State Task Force on Road Construction, Area Engineer, Eket, 1977 &#8211; 81; Civ il Eng ineer, Pla nni ng, Design, Constructing and the Ma intenance of Roads and Dra inage in CRS, 1981 -86; Chief Civ il Engineer, Director, Civil Eng ineering in AKS, 198 791, Commissioner for Works and Transport and Mem, State Executive Co unc il, 1992 &#8211; 93; Chairman\/ Managing Director, Osedem Nigeria Ltd., 1994 present Career Related Responsibility: Mem of Council (COREN) 1990 -94; Engineering Registration, Nigerian Society of Eng ineers, AKS, 1988 present; Special Work Related Achievement: Road Development in Cross River State a nd Akwa Ibom State s; Civic Responsibilities: Mem, Professional Interview Panel for Uyo Branch of Nigeria Society of Engineers; Vice Chairma n, Nigerian Society of Eng ineers, Uyo Branch, 1990; Mem, Board of Governors, Presbyterian Theological Coli, [tu, Profcssional Memberships: Corporate Mem., Nigerian Society of Engineers, Registered Mem, Council for Regulation of En gi neering in Nigeria (COREN); Religions Affiliation: Presbyterian; Hobbies: Reading, Indoor Games; Office: OSEDEMNigeria Ltd ., 14 Nyong Essien Street, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Tel: (085) 203919; Home: Plot 62 , Unit C, Ewet Housing Estate, P. O. Box 2061 , Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2399],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7857","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-engineer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7857","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\/7857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7857"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}