{"id":7887,"date":"2017-01-13T16:38:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T15:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7887"},"modified":"2017-04-18T14:48:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T13:48:23","slug":"effiong-okon","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/effiong-okon\/","title":{"rendered":"EFFIONG, Okon"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Economist, Diplomat, RetiredPublic Servant, Hon Commissioner for Finance and Econom ic Development, Akwa Ibom State; LGA: Uruan; Born: Jun 25, 1943 &#8216; Married witli children; Education: Meth&#8217;odist Boys&#8217; High Sch, Oron, 1956-61 , WASC- Univ ofIbadan, 1968-71, B. Sc Econs; Pittsbu;gh Univ,USA, 1978, Cert in Mgt; Boston Univ, Massachusetts,USA, M.Sc Inti Rels; Career and Work History: Clerk, Internal Revenue Division, Eastern ~ig Min of Fin ance, Enugu, 1962-63; Clerk, Eastern N ig Min.of Finance, Itu, 1963-67; Admin Officer, Senior Asst Secretary, Economic Dept, Cabinet Off ice, Lagos, 1971-77; Under Secretary, Fed Min of Trade, Foreign Trade Dept, Lagos, 1977-79; Commercial Attache, Nigerian Embassy, Bon l~ , Germany, .1980-85; As.st Di rector, Dep Director, Fed M ill of lndus tnes, 1985-93; Private business, 1993-97; Hon. Commissioner for Finance, 1997- present; Career Related Act ivit<es and Responsibilities: Mem, Fed Govt Delegation to Energy Conference in Washington DC, U~A, 1976; Mem; Fed Govt Delegation to the Meetmg of African Asscn of Public Administration and Management, AAPAM, 1977; Mem, Fed Govt Delegation to Explore Possible Areas of Economic Cooperation with Sierra Leone, 1978; Mem, N igerian Delegation to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD, Conferences and Board Meetings, Geneva, 1977-80; Professional Memberships: Mem, N ig Inst of Mgt; Mem, Nig Econs Soc; Religious Affiliation: Christian; HobbiH: Swi mm in g, Lawn Tennis, Read in g; Office: Min olTinance &#038; Econo mi c Development, Idongesit Nkanoa Secreta ri at Complex, Uyo; Home: Adadia. Urllan LG A. Akwa Ibom State. \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[219,2398,2403],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7887","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-civil-service","category-diplomat","category-economist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7887","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\/7887\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7887"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}