{"id":8374,"date":"2017-01-19T10:55:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T09:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8374"},"modified":"2017-04-19T19:45:39","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T18:45:39","slug":"ekidem-obong-essien-u","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ekidem-obong-essien-u\/","title":{"rendered":"EKIDEM, Obong Essien U"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electrical Engineer, Businessman, Community Leader, Chairman\/Manag ing Director, Ekidem Broth ers Electric Co Ltd; LGA: Eket; Born: Jul 7, 1946; Married to Mrs Grace E.Ekidem with six children; Education: Qua Iboe Mission Sch, Okon-Eket, 1953-60, WASC; Emekuku Community Technical Coil, Owerri, 1962; Other Qualifications: City &#038; Guilds Intermediate Cert of London, 1964; Full Technological Cert, Electrical Engineering Work, 1965; Wiring L\\<:.ense, \\97\\; Saizgitter for Training in Electrical Engineering, 196668; Career and Work History: Senior Technician, Brown Boveri Co, 1968-69; REB, 1970-71; Electrical Supervisor, Calabar Cement Company, 1971-78; Asst Electrical Superintendent, 1978-80; Chairman! Chief executive, Ekidem Brothers Electric Company Ltd, 1981-present; Maindek Nig Ltd, 1981-present; Director, Eubinis Nig Ltd; Chairman, Okon Community Bank Nig Ltd; Career Related Activities: Construction, Maintenance of Electrical! Mechanical Engineering Works; Rewinding \u00b7 of Electric Motors, \u00b7Generations; Service of Technical Tools and Equipments; Special Work Related Achievements: Several Electrification Projects Including, Vniv of Calabar Staff Quarters, Calabac The Polytechnic. Calabar, Staff Quarters, Nigenan Newspnnt manufacturing Company, Oku Iboku, Itll: Relocation of Power Lines at AKBC, U)'o: Governor's Lodge External Electrification. among others: Civic and Political Activities: Award of Scholarships, Akwa Ibom IQdigenes from primary to Univ Level; Chairman. Ak\\ya Ibom State Licensed Electrical Contractors Asscn of Nig (LECAN); Chairman, Central Working Committee, LECAN: Vice Chairman, Zonal LECAN: Me~n , Univ of Calabar Senior Staff Club: Financial Secretary. Akwa Esop Ima Isong lbibio: Mem, Ibibio Elders Fomm: Honours, Awards and Recognitions: Obong Uko Enin Essien lbibio. Ibibio Traditional Rulers, 1989: Merit Award, Eta Agbo. Univ of Calabar, 1990; Mkpisong Akwa Esop Ima Isong Ibibio. 199 1: Presidential Recognition. Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio, 199 1: Pres idential Recognition for Outstanding Services to Humanity, Rotary Club of Uyo, 199 1: Several other honours, awards and recognitions: Professional Memberships: Mem. l:icensed Electrical Contractors Asscn of Nig, LECAN; Religious Affiliation: Christian; Hobbies and Interests: Travelling, Photography; Office: Ekidem Brothers Electric Company Ltd, 50 Nwaniba Road, P.O.Box 2606, Uy o: Home: Ikot Okodom, Okon Clan, Eket Local Governrtient Area, Akwa Ibom State. \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2399,209],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8374","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\/8374","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\/8374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8374"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}