{"id":8262,"date":"2017-01-18T10:09:19","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T09:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8262"},"modified":"2017-04-19T15:45:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T14:45:59","slug":"ekanem-obong-engr-godwin-udom","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ekanem-obong-engr-godwin-udom\/","title":{"rendered":"EKANEM, Obong Engr Godwin Udom"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Civil Eng; neer, Businessman, Fonner President, Ikot Ekpene Chamber of Commerce, ChairmanlManaging Direc tor, Bekado Nig. Ltd .; , LGA: Ikot Ekpene; Born: Jan. 19, .1933; Pa: Ekanem U. Akpan (d) and Madam Ekanem Udom (d); Married to Mrs. Josephine Ekanem; Children: Ekaete (27), Ekanem (27), Nsimaobong (25), Iniobong (23); Education: Govt Sec Sch, Owerri, 1951-55, Cambridge Sch Cert; Federal School of Science, Lagos, 1959-60, GCE N L; Univ. Coli, Thadan, 1961-63, B.Sc Engineering; Other Qualifications: Dipl, in Highway Planning and Construction, Post Graduate School of Univ. oli New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 1971; Career and Work History: Asst. Resident Engineer, Federal Ministry of Works ( Constructing Ottaldiroko Road), 1963-64; Resident Engineer, Federal Ministry of Works (Construction of Owerri-Onitsha Road), 1965-67; Area Eng ineer, Government of South Eastern-State, Ministry of Works, Uyo, 196872; Chief Engineer (Construction), Government of SouthEastern State MinistryofWor~ s, Uyo, 1973-74; Chief Engineer, (Planning and Plan Control Division), Government of South Eastern State, Ministry of Works, Uyo, 1975-77; Career Related Activity: Direct Labour, Task Force, Cross River State, 1974 75 ; Special Work Related Achievements: Set up Task Force for Direct Labour Construction of Roads as Chief Eng in eer, Head of Planning and Plan Control in M inistry of Works; On Retirement, Established a: Construction Company, Bekado (Nig) Ltd. and as Managing Director from inception, nurtured it to its present status; Civic Activities: Mem, South Eastern State Elec t. Board, Calabar; Mem, Governing Council, Yaba Coli of Technology, Lagos; Mem, Governing Council, Univ. of Lagos, 1989-93; Pres., Ikot Ekpene Club, Ikot Ekpene, 1977-82; Pres ., lkot Ekpene Chamber of Commerce, Ikot Ekpene, 1990-95; Pres ., Rotary Club of Ikot Ekpene, Ikot Ekpen e, 1985-86; Honours and Awards: Obong Otuekong lkot Ekpene, by Ikot Ekpene Clan, Ikot Ekpene, 1987; Pillar of Private Sector Development in Akwa Ibom State by Akwa Ibom State Chamber of Commerce, Uyo, 1993; Merit Award of Excellence by the Nigerian Society of. Engineers, Uyo, 1993; Fo rum 2193 International Roll of Honour, Forum 2193, Uyo, 1993; Professional Memberships: Mem, Nigerian Society of Engineers; Mem, The Instn of Civil Engineers (London ); Religious AffLliation: African Apost olic; Office: BEKADO (Nigeria) Ltd ., 12A Cardinal Ekanem Avenue, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa [bom State. Tel: (085) 400631, 400633. Home: 1 Ekanem Udom Street, P. O. Box 500, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Thom State. . (085) 400288. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2399,209],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8262","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-engineer","category-business-person"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8262","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\/8262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8262"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}