{"id":8635,"date":"2017-01-24T12:21:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T11:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8635"},"modified":"2017-04-20T02:02:39","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T01:02:39","slug":"ekpo-sunday-e","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ekpo-sunday-e\/","title":{"rendered":"EKPO, Sunday E"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bu?inessman, Community Leader, Fonner Commissioner for Information and Culture, Akwa Ibom State; LGA: Oron; Born: Sept. 19, 1954; Pa: Chief Edet E. Bassey (d) and Madam Arit Ekpo (d); Married to Mrs. Atinl E. Ekpo; Children: Peace (14), Geraldine (13), Utang (9), Maria (5), Patricia (3); Education: Fed. Govt. College, Warri, 1968-72, WASC; Fed. Govt. College, Warri, 1972-74, HSC; Uni v. of Lagos, 1975-78, B.Sc. (Bus. Admin); Career and Work History: Economics Teacher, Methodist Boys High School, Oron, 1974-75; Industrial Officer, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Calabar, 1979-80; Manager, Mercantile Bank PLC, Calabar, 1980- 91 ; Managing Director, TINAPO Industries Ltd ., Uyo, 1991-95; Honourable Commissioner for Infonnation and Culture, AKS, 19 95 -96; Career Related Activities\/ Responsibilities: In volved in the reorganisation of Foreign Exchange Unit of Mercantile Bank of the Lagos sub Head Office, Foreign Exchange Unit, 1986-88; Special Work Related Achievements: Coordinati on of ac tivities at the Ministry of Information and culture which resulted in the publication of: Landmarks &#8211; Two Years of (he Bako Adminislralion; Hand Book on AKS; Who&#8217;s Who in AKS; Publication and Creative Works: &#8220;The Shifting Emphasis From Product Orientation To Customer&#8217;s Orientation&#8221;; &#8220;Relationship Between Changes in Stmctures of An Organisation and Changes in Strategies&#8221;; &#8220;Problems of Newspaper Distribution in Nigeria: Case Study of Daily Times in Lagos&#8221;;; Civic and Political Activities: Mem ., Nigerian Football Teanl, Lagos, 1974; Mem ., Midwest\/Bendel Football Team, Benin, 1971-74; Contested for elective Office under NRC, AKS, 199 1-93; Awards\/Recognitions: Patron, National Asscn. of Oron Students, AKS, 1993; Merit Award, University of Lagos, Alumni Asscn., AKS Branch, 1995; Professional Memberships: Mem., Nigerian Institute of Public Relations; Religious Affiliation: Methodist; Hobbies: Football, Music; Office: c\/o Ministry of Infonnation, Block 2 Secretariat Complex, P .M.B. 11 47 Uyo, Tel.: (085) 204202. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[209,484],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8635","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-business-person","category-public-service"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8635","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\/8635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8635"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}