{"id":7886,"date":"2017-01-13T16:35:51","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T15:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7886"},"modified":"2017-04-18T13:30:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T12:30:50","slug":"effiong-chief-etim-okon","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/effiong-chief-etim-okon\/","title":{"rendered":"EfFiONG, Chief Etim Okon"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Builder, Bus iness Executive; Politician; Man ao ino D irector\/C hiefExecu &#8221; &#8221; t ive PALCO Ltd; LGA: Ud~ n g Uko; Born: Jan. 12, 19 47; Pa: Okon Etim Effiong (d) and Madam Iquo Okon Etim Effiong, nee Iquo Okon Bassey; Married Mrs. Glory Etim Okon Effiong; Children: Afiong (25), Ik wo (23), Philomena (20), Godwin (16), Umoh (6), Et im Jnr; Education: RegentTechnical Co li, A la oJ I, Ukpakiri, Abia State, 1961 62; Delta Trade Centre, Aba, 1963 &#8211; 66; Career aud Work History: Ma naging Director\/C hi ef Executive, PALCO LlI1lited, Oron, 1974 &#8211; present; Special Work Related Achievements: Completion of over 150 Building Co ntracts among which are one of the 10 Blocks of Akwa Ibom State Secretariat Complex, Uyo; General Hospital, Urue Offong\/Oruko, Faculty of Pharmacy Block, Univ. ofUyo; Civic and Political Activities: Councillor Represen ting Udung Uko Ward 3 on NonParty Basis, Oron Local Government Counc il, 198789; Supervisory Co uncillor for Works and Transport, Oron Local Government Counci I, 1987 &#8211; 89; Honours, Recognitions, Awards: Best Contractor of the Year Award, by Group Capta in Idonges il Nkanga, M ilitary Governor of Akwa Ib om State, Uyo, 199 1; Award for Outstanding Performance. III Construction Industry, Oron Development Union, Uyo Branch, 1994; Excellence Award for Meritorious Service to Nige ria and Humalllty, RAITAWU, Uyo, 1994; Award of Excellence as Pillar of Business Development, Kiwanis International Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA, Akwa Ibom State Chapter, Uyo, 1995; Grand Patron of RA ITA WU, Uyo, 1995; Offong Unwana Ud llng Adatang, Udung Ukoh, Oron, Apr il, 1985; Utighe Ubei Adai Okpo (Rock to Lean On) by OkpoClan, Oron, 1993; Religious Affiliation: Methodist, Hobbies: Singing, Reading, Sporting; Office: PALCO Limited, 48 Secretariat Road, P.O. Box 129, Oron, Akwa Ibom State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[209,166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7886","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-business-person","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7886","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\/7886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7886"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}