{"id":8185,"date":"2017-01-17T16:05:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T15:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8185"},"modified":"2017-04-19T14:34:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:34:34","slug":"eka-obonganwan-esther-b","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/eka-obonganwan-esther-b\/","title":{"rendered":"EKA, Obonganwan Esther B"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ba nker, Busi ness Executive, Woman Leader, Chairman, Uyo Community Bank (Nig) Ltd; LGA: Uyo; Born: Oct. 3, 1961 ; Pa: C hicfOrok Akom (d) and Madam Ma-Nyong Akom; Married to Hon. Justice Dr. Bassey U. Eka with thr ee children; Education: Govt Sec. Sch., Maim Eket, 1973-78: Obafemi Awolowo Univ., lIe Ife, 1984- 86, Dip !. in Industrial Development; Other Qualifications: School of Accountancy, Dip!. in Bank ing and Finance; Career and Work Histor\u00a5: Chairman, Board of Directors, Uyo COllununity Bank, Uyo, 1992-present: Manag ing Director, KOBAS Ltd. Uyo, 1993-present; Director, International Asscn of Global Traders, USA, 1995-present; Career Related Activities\/Responsibilities: Executive Counc il Mem, Na tional Asscn of Women Entrepreneurs, Akwa Ibom State Chapter, Uyo, I 995-prcsent; Mem, Nigerian Export Promotion Council. Akwa Ibom State Chapter, Uyo, 1995present: Special Work Related Achievements: Fellow, Institute of Work and Society; Pres ., Uyo Dorcas Pa lm Oil\/Ginger Multipurpose Co-op. Society; Patron, National Asscn of Banking and F inance, Uni v. of Uyo Chapter; Civic and Political Activities: Exeo Mem, Esop Mbong lban, Akwa Ib om , Uyo, I 995-present; Patron, Akwa Ib om State Youth Cultural Promotcrs, Uyo, 1994-present: Patron, Ibom Stars Football Clu b, Uyo, I 994-present; Ata-Uforo, National Asscn. of Akwa Ibom State Stude nts, Uni v. of Uyo, I 994-present: Executive Mem , Christian Asscn of Nigeria, Akwa Ibom State Chapter; Pres.lFo under of various Social and Charitable Programmes for Orphans and Youths; Honoun 8DCf Awards: Obonganwan Eduek by Uyo Local Govenunent Traditional Council: Ada-Iclaha, Okoyong Traditional Council, Okoyong, 199 1; Unwana, by the Calabar Municipal Youths Asscn ., CaJabar, 1989; Patron, AI( Indigenes Asscn, Calabar Airport, 1994; ReIipNs Affiliation: Truth and Life Church, (Deaconess); Hobbies: Reading; Travelling, Cooking, Singing; Office: 183 Aka Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State; Home: 40 Ikot Ekpene Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2404],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8185","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-banker"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8185","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\/8185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8185"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}