{"id":8396,"date":"2017-01-19T13:15:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T12:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8396"},"modified":"2017-04-19T22:14:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T21:14:16","slug":"ekong-austin-u","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ekong-austin-u\/","title":{"rendered":"EKONG, Austin U"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pub lie Servant. Businessman, Retired Director General, AKS; Managing Director, Mic-Thompson Nigeria En LGA: Itu; Born: Ian. 18, 1939: Pa: Michael U. Ekong (d) and Grace U. Ekong (d); Married to Mrs. Bernadette B. Ekong; Children: Ubong (25), !ni-Item (23), Uduak (21), Mfon (19); Education: St. Patrick&#8217;s Coli, Calabar, 1953-57, WASC; Univ. of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1963-67; Univ. of Ibadan, 1968-69, BA (Hons) English\/ Political SCience; Manchester Univ. London, . 1983, Royal Institute of Public Admin.; .oth,r Qualifications: Post Graduate Dip!. in Management for Senior Profess ional and Teclmical Officers from Victoria Vniv. of Manchester, Longpn; Career and Work History: Ass!. Secretary, Civil Service, Cross River State, 1969-72; District Officer, Civil Service, Cross River State, Opobo, 1972-75; Secretary, Civil Service AbaklEtinan Local Governments, 1976-79; Director, Civil Service Cultural Board, 197( Pennanent Sccretary, Civil Service, CRS Department of Establishment, 1987-88: Director General, Governor&#8217;s Office. Ministry of informatIOn, 1988-91; Admll1. Manager. Bakonburg Associates Limited, Vyo, 1992present: Career Related Activities\/Responsibilities: Certs of Participation, &#8220;Seminar on Managerial Role Perception&#8221; , Ododuma and Co. Management Consultants. Uyo; &#8220;Workshop on the Civil Service Refonns&#8221;, Makurdi: Secretary, Commission on Creation of New Local Govemment Cou ncil. Governor&#8217;s Office, Calabar, Cross River State, 198~ : Chairman. Administrative Inquiry into Loss of Fund s: Ministry of Finance, Calabar, 1982; Mem. Commander Molokwu&#8217; s Panel on Review of Petitions on Rationalization, 1982; Secretary, Task Force on Accommodation. Akwa Ibom State, 198 7: Mem , Major Pedro&#8217;s Panel on Non-Payment of Teachers&#8217; Salaries, 1990: Creative Works: Prese nted papers and lectures in different locations in Akwa lbom State and Cross River State: Civic and Political Activities: Chairn13n, SDP Caretaker Conunittee, Presidency Abuja, 1992-93; Secretary, Akwa Esop Imaisong Ibibio, 1983-86; Chairman. Mo unt Cannel Hospital, Akpa Utong, 1992-preselll; Chainnan, Administrative Council, Catholic Diocese of Uyo, I 992-present; Mem, Parish Coun.cil, St. Mary&#8217;s Catholic Church, Efut Abua, Calabar: Chairman, Works Committee, St. Dominic&#8217; s Catholic Church, Brooks Street, Uyo, 1996-present: Honours and Awards: &#8220;Cert of MeritlHonour&#8221; by Students and Leaders of Thought, Ibiono Ibom; Honorary Cert award by Ikot Ada Idem Goveming Co uncil; Letter of Commendation, Department of Administrati\\\u00b7e Students, Manchester Vn iv ., London: lemsalem Pilgrim (JP), 1995: Professional Memberships: Mem , Nigerian Economic Society; Religious Affiliation: Catholic: Hobbies: Reading, Lawn Te.mis, Hunting: Office: 24 Wellington Bassey Way, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State: Tel.: (085) 201871. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[219,209],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8396","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-civil-service","category-business-person"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8396","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\/8396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8396"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}