{"id":8503,"date":"2017-01-20T10:30:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T09:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8503"},"modified":"2017-04-20T01:57:09","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T00:57:09","slug":"ekpo-obong-okon-udo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ekpo-obong-okon-udo\/","title":{"rendered":"EKPO, Obong Okon Udo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businessman, Managing Director, O. K. Enterprises; LGA: [kono; Born: Nov. 6, 1938; Pa: Udo Ekpo Udofia (d) and Mary Udo Ekpo, (d); Married to Mrs. Ime Udo EkI=\\P; Children: &#8216;Ekerete (27), IniODong (25), Ofonmbuk (23), Aniefiok (21). [mo (19), Nseobong (15), [toro (8); Education: GCE O&#8217;Level 1974; GCE AlLevel, 1976; Attended various courses in Nigeria and United Kingdom; Career and Work History: Sales Representative, Lever Brothers Nigeria PLC, Aba, 1966 -71 ; District Sales Representative, Lever Brothers Nig. PLC, Lagos, Aba, 1972-76; District Sales Manager, Champion Breweries PLC, UyO; 1977-78; Management Staff, Champion Breweries PLC, Uyo, 1979- 91 ; Head of Finance and Administration, Champion Breweries, 1992-93; Managing Director, O.K. Enterprises, Uyo, I 993-present; Career Related Responsibilities: Mem., National Executive COUll&#8217; cil, Natio&#8221;al Industrial Safety Council of Nigeria, Cross River State, 1979- 81 ; Mem., National Executive Council, Institute of Administrative Management of Nigeria, Lagos, 1989-92; Civic Activities: Director, Club Service, RotarYClub, Uyo, 1984-85; Mem., Akwa Ibom State Boxing Asscn ., Uyo, 199 1-92; Project Leader, Ikollo Middle Rural Electrification and Industrial Dev. Asscn., IkollO, 1982-90; Chairman, Ikono Middle Rural El ectrification and Industlial Dev. Ilroject ., Ikono, 199 I-present: Awards: Obong Nkaiso, by Iwerre Clan Council, Ini Local Government Area, 1987; Patron, Calabar Chapter of Mbiok-Oku Ikot Abasi Dev. Project., 1991 ; Patron, National Asscn. of lkono Students, 1994; Professional Membership s: Mem., Institute of Administrative Management of Nigeria; Religious Affiliation: Christian; Hobbies and Interests: Reading and Travelling; Office: O.K. . Enterprises. 27 Udoma Lane, Uyo, Akwa Thorn State; Home: 22 Nung Ikot Obio Street, Uyo, AKS, Tel. (085) 202253. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[209],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8503","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-business-person"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8503","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\/8503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8503"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}