{"id":8412,"date":"2017-01-19T13:51:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T12:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8412"},"modified":"2017-04-19T23:19:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T22:19:14","slug":"ekong-nmi-joe-effiong-udo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ekong-nmi-joe-effiong-udo\/","title":{"rendered":"EKONG, Joe Effiong Udo NMI"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Career Diplomat, Ambassador, Director, Technical Aid Corps, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs; LGA: Uyo: Born: Jul. 26, 1935 ; Pa: ChiefEffiong U. Ekong (d) and Mrs. Arit E. Ekong (d); Married to Mrs Lucy J. Ekong; Children: Akanima (28), Ekong (27), Emem (23), Imaobong (18); Education: Methodist Boys High School,Oron, 1948-54, WASC; Nigerian Coli of Arts and Science, 1955-57, GCEA&#8217;Level: Univ. ofIbadan, 1957-61, BA; Other Qualifications: Dipl, &#8216;in Frenclr from the Institutes Professeurs de Fran9ais, Uni,&#8217;. of Paris, 1962-64; Career and Work History: Third Secretary, Embassy of Nigeria, Bamak o, Mali, 1965-66: Second Secretary, Embassy of Nigeria . . Kinshasha, Zaire, 1966-67; Second Secretary, N igeria High Conunission, Accra, Ghana, 1968-70; Nigerian Mission to the United Nations. New Yo rk, 1970-76: Charge\u00b7 d&#8217; Affaires, Nigerian Embassy, Vie nna. Austria, 1976-77: Consul General, Consnlate General of Nigeria. Han\\burg, 1977-78; Anlbassador, Nigerian E mbass y, Caracas, Venezuela, 198 1- 84; Ambassador, Nigcriao Embassy, Librev ill e, Gabon, 1987-91: Director, Nigerian Technical Aii.Corps, Fed. M in. of Foreign Affairs, Abuja, 199 I-present; Professional Memberships: Mem, Na tional In stitute Kuru, Jos (Mni); Listed in Who&#8217;s Who il7 Nigeria: Religious Affiliation: Luthcran; Hobbies: Music. (,piano, flute): Amb Ekong speaks French fluentl y: has working kno\\vledge of Spanish\u00b7 a nd Gennan: Home: FI08 Ewet Hsg Est, P. O. Box 3 76, Uyo. A). :wa lbam State; Tel: (085) 202 196. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2398],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8412","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-diplomat"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8412","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\/8412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19484,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8412\/revisions\/19484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8412"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}