{"id":9219,"date":"2017-02-02T13:04:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T12:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9219"},"modified":"2017-05-10T13:43:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T12:43:56","slug":"essang-hon-col-dr-okon-ita-rtd","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/essang-hon-col-dr-okon-ita-rtd\/","title":{"rendered":"ESSANG, Hon. (Col., Dr.) Okon Ita (rtd.)"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Army Officer, Politician, Businessman, Civil War Veteran (Rtd. Col), Chainnan and Managing Director, Joe Harrison (Nig) Ltd., Borehole Driller; LGA: Mbo; Born: Aug. 3, 1934; Pa: Chief Harrison O. Essang and Madam Atim H. Essang (d); Mar ried to Mrs. Akon 0 Essang; Children: Atim (27), B~ssey (22), Dorothy (20); Education: Uzuakoli Methodist College, 1950- 54, Cambridge Overseas School Certificate; lbadaJ School of Forestry, 1955-57, Diploma in Forestry: Ghana Military Academy, 1958-59 and Militar Academy UK, 1959-61, Queen&#8217;s Conunission United States Army Infantry School, 1967, Infantry School Dipl; Honorary Degrees: Doctorate Degree (DBA Honoris Causa) by Albert Einstein Intema tiona 1 Academy Foundation, 1989; Internationa. Academy Foundation Cross of Merit, 1991 ; Career and Work History: With the Un.ited Nations in Congo, Kinshasha, Luluabourg, 1961-63: Forestry Research Asst., Fed. Govt .. 1956-58: AdjutaJlt Nigerian Military Training College, Kaduna, 1964-65, Chief Instructor (Tactics), NMTC, Kaduna, 1966; Persollllell Admin Manager, Santafe Drilling, Qua Iboe Tenninal, 1971 ; Senior Management Staff, Shell, BP, Port Harcourt, &#8216; 1971-76; Chainnan Board of Directors, SESCOT (Now Cross Lines Ltd.), Calabar, 1975-82; Career Related Responsibilities: Civil Commissioner in the Ministry of Education, Calabar; Min. of Lands and Housing, Calabar; Min. of Finance, Calabar, 1978-79; Mem., CRS Executive Council; Special. Work Related Achievement: Attended special (Mechanical, Transport) Course at Sc.hool of Logistics and Supply, Bordon, Hampshire, England; Creative Wod,s: Portrait of &#8220;My Wife&#8221; exhibited at the International Conference on Arts and Communications, CamIJiidge; &#8220;Mbopo&#8221; and many other paintings; Civic and Political Activities: Pres-General, Oron Dev. Union (Oron in Diaspora), 1979-80, 1990-91 ; Hon. Mem., NRC House ofRep., National Assembly Abuja, 1992-93; Political Activist, United Nigeria Party, Abuja, 1996; Listed in Aji-ica Who&#8217;s Who. Who&#8217;s Who in Nigeria; Who&#8217;s Who in the Commonwealth: Illustrated in World Edition of International ReglSTer of Profiles, 1984; Professio~ a1 Memberships: H~norary Fellow, Biographical Academy of the Commonwealth; Religious Affiliation: Methodist; Hobbies: Portrait Painting and Drawing, Bird Hunting; Office: Joe Harrison Nigeria Ltd., 44 Aka Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State; Tel: (085) 201612.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[209,253,166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9219","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-business-person","category-military","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9219","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\/9219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20122,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9219\/revisions\/20122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9219"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}