{"id":8809,"date":"2017-01-25T14:42:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T13:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8809"},"modified":"2017-04-27T15:12:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T14:12:12","slug":"eminue-maj-dr-okon-effiong","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/eminue-maj-dr-okon-effiong\/","title":{"rendered":"EMINUE, Maj. Dr. Okon Effiong"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University Teacher, Retired Army Officer, fonner Cllainnan, Mbo Local Govenunent Area Caretaker Committee, fonner Hon. Commissioner for Special Quties, Senior Lecturer. , University of Uyo; LGA: Mbo; Born: March 10, 1946: Married with seven children; Educatio~: Methodist Boy.s High School, Oron, 1966-67. HSC: Univ. of Ibadan. 1968-71: B.Sc (Political Science); 1971-73; M.Sc (Public Administration). 1979-83, Ph.D. (Political Science); Career and Work History: Shipping Assistant, Nigerian Produce Marketing Company, 1967-68; Teacher, Methodist Boys High School, Oron, 1971; Graduate Assi .. Univ. ofIbadan. 1971-73; Instrnctor, Nigerian Ddence Academ}. (NDA), Kaduna, 1974-79; Head of Dept. 1976-79: Coordinator of Current and International Affairs, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna. 1974-79: Research Officer, Institute of ArnlY Education, Uupeju\/Ojo Cantonment. 1982-83: Military Asst. to Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, 1984-85; Military Ass!. to Chief of General Staff, General Staff Headquarters, 1985; Career Related Activities\/Responsibilities: Editor ill Chief, NDA Cllrrent Affairs Blllletin; and Editor, NDA JOllrnal, 1974-79; Secretary, Panel on Drawing Equivalence between GCE AIL and the Nigerian Defence Academy Certificate of Education, 1975; Secretary, Board of Inquiry into Absence without leave\/Desertion among boys at the Nigerian Military School, Zaria, 1977; Secretary, Study Group on the Establislunent of Nigeria\/Ghana (Joint) Institution and MilitaI)&#8217; Cooperation, 1977; Chainnan, Board of Akwa Ibom State Agency for Adult 3Jld Non-fonnal Education, 1991-92; Mem., Faculty Journal Committee and PRO of the Ibom JOllrnal of Social Studies, Univ. ofU)&#8217;o; Mem., Special Panel to Investigate Allegation ofEx3Jnination Malpractices in the Dept. of Economics, amongst numerous other responsibilities; Special Work Related Achievements: Military Asst. to Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters and Chief of General Staff. 1984-85; Hon. Commissioner for Agriculture, Natural Resources aIld Rural Development, 1995-96; Hon. Commissioner for Special Duties and Mem., Akwa Ibom State Executive Council, 1996; Publications: Five Works in progress; One book; Three published and two unpublished but presented journal articles: Civic and Pc,titical Activities: Chainnan, Mbo Local Government Caretaker committee, 1994-95: Mem., State Primary Education Board. 1994-95; Mem., Finance and General Purpose Committee, Akwa Thorn State Gov!.. 1995-present: Mem., Panel on Omitted Villages and CI3J1S of Akwa rbom State, I 995-present; Chainnan, State Progranune Implementation and Review Committee of the UNDP Agriculture 3Jld Rural Development Progr3JlUlle, 1995-96; Honours and Awards: Scholarship from Okobo-Oron to pursue HSC Course, 1966-67; Undergraduate Scholarship, Univ. of Ibadan, 1969- 71 ; Certified and Distinguished Public Administrator, 1994; Excellence award by AKBC RATTAWU, 1995; Eminue has attended various conferences, workshops and seminars; Professional Memberships: Fellow, Institute of Sales M3J13gement of Nigeria, 1995; Honorary Fellowship, Institute of Administrative Management of Nigeria, 1994; Mem, Nigerian Institute of Intemational Affairs; Mem., Nigerian Society of Intemational Affairs: Mem .. Nigerian Political Science Asscn.; Mem., Nigeria Statistical Asscn.; Office: c\/o Military Administrator&#8217;s Office (Special Duties), Wellington Bassey Way End. Uyo, Akwa Ibom State: Home: c\/o Mrs. Erne Mills, 12 Mary Hanney Road, Oron, Akwa Ibom State; Tel.: (085) 203288.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,253],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8809","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-military"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8809","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\/8809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8809"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}