{"id":8209,"date":"2017-01-17T16:55:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T15:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8209"},"modified":"2017-04-19T15:17:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T14:17:11","slug":"ekanem-dr-asukwo-davis","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ekanem-dr-asukwo-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"EKANEM, Dr. Asukwo Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MBBS, obstetrician and gynaecologist, bom March 15, 1945, Obio Itak, Ikono, Akwa Ibom State; married Ima-Obong Jonah Ukpong 1976, two sons, one daughter; Education: Ediene Itak District Council School, Methodist Boys&#8217; High School, Oron, 1959-65, University of Ibadan, 1966-72; House Officer, University College Hospital, Ibadan, 1972-73; Career: Appointed Senior House Officer in Medi cine, UCH, Ibadan, 1973-74; Registrar, Ob stetrics and Gynaecology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, ABUTH, Zaria, 1974-76; Registrar, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Gen eral Hospital, England, 1976-78; SeniorReg istrar, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ABUTH, Zaria, 1978-80; Consultant and Lecturer I, in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ABUTH, Zaria, 1980-81; Assistant Secretary, banned Unity Party ofNigeria, Cross River Chap ter, 1981-83; Consultant and Lecturer 1, Uni versity of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Cala bar, 1981-83; Consultant and Senior Lec turer, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, 1983; acting Head, Depart ment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Uni versity of Calabar, 1984- 1988; appointed Commissioner for, Health, Akwa Ibom State, 1988; member, Royal College of Ob stetricians and Gynaecologists, UK, 1978; member, Nigerian Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1984; fellow, West Af rican College of Surgeons, 1986; Political Parties: member, defunct People&#8217;s Redemp tion Party, 1978-80; member, defunct Unity Party ofNigeria. Hobbies: lawn tennis, gar dening, animal husbandry, hunting; Home: Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8209","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8209","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19437,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8209\/revisions\/19437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8209"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}