{"id":8256,"date":"2017-01-18T09:57:51","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T08:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8256"},"modified":"2017-04-19T15:41:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T14:41:26","slug":"ekanem-iboro-a","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ekanem-iboro-a\/","title":{"rendered":"EKANEM, Iboro A"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Electrical Engineer, Community Leader, Politician, Manag ing Director, Paragon Engi neering Ltd.; Former Chairman, Ikono LGA; LGA: Ikono; Born: Oct. 15, 1958; Pa: Asuquo Ekanem (d) and Mrs. Arit A. El<anem (d); Married to Mrs. Uduak I. Ekanem; Children: Idongesit (9), Edidiong (7), Otuekong (4); Education: Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar, 1972-76, WASC; The. Polytechnic, Calabar, 1977-80, HND (Electrical\/ Electronics Engineering); Other Qualifications: Full Technological Cert (ElectronicslTe1ecoms), London; Career and Work History: NTA Enugu, 1981-82; (NYSC); Project Engineer, GLONEDAM Consulting Engineers, Enugu, 1982-88; Managing Director, Paragon Eng ineering Ltd ., Uyo, I 989-present; Special Work Related Achievement: Design and Construction of a Six Element Yagi Antenna for TV Reception used in the Electronic Laboratory of the Polytechnic, Ca1abar; Civic and Political Activities: State Chairman, Nigerian Conservation Foundation, Uyo, 1995-present; Elected Chairman, Ikono LGA, 1996; Project Cordinator!Leader, Ukpom, Ikono LGA; Patron, Ukpom Youth Asscn, Patron, National Asscn of Ikono Students. Mr Iboro Ekanem singularly pro vided rural electricity for his community.Honours, Awards: Pillar, National Asscn of Ikono Students, Uyo, 1994; Honorary Me m, Alma Ibom Legion, 1994; Service to Humanity, RATIAWU, Uyo, 1994; Akparawa Uko Ukpom Youth Asscn, Ukpom, 1995; Professional Memberships: Mem, National Asscn of Technological Engineers; Associate of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, London; Religious A ffiliation: Christian; Hobbies: Football, Athletics, Music; Office: Paragon Engineering Ltd ., 79 Ikot Ekpe ne Road, P. O. Box 21\\77, Uyo, Akwa Jbolll State, Tel.: (085) 201555. \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2399,166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8256","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-engineer","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8256","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\/8256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19444,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8256\/revisions\/19444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8256"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}