{"id":9226,"date":"2017-02-02T13:26:16","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T12:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9226"},"modified":"2017-05-10T14:11:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T13:11:49","slug":"essang-smart-okon","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/essang-smart-okon\/","title":{"rendered":"ESSANG, Smart Okon"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EconornistjlBanker, Finan cial\/Management Consult ant; LGA: Urue Offong! Oroko; Born: ~1ar. 14, 1953; Pa: Ch .&#8221; . )kon Essang (d) am! Madam Akon Essang; Married to Mrs. Grace S. Essang; Children: Okon (II), Abigail (12), William (9), Utang (7), Eddie (4); Education: Methodist Boys&#8217; High School, Oron, 1967-74, W ASC; and HSC; Univ. of Calabar, 1976-80, B.Sc Economics; Other Qualifications: Mem., Chartered Institute of Bankers, London; Career and Work History: Bank Officer, Union Bank PLC, Calabar. 1981 -84; Accountant, Union Bank, Aba, 1987-89; Senior Training Officer, Training School, Yaba, 1990-91 ; Deputy Manager, Union Bank, Uyo Branch, 1991-92; Eastern Area Manager, Peoples Bank of Nigeria, Port Harcourt, 1992-94; Senior Manager, Cooperative Development Bank PLC, Uyo Branch, 1993&#8211;96; Work Related Achievements: Area Manager, Senior Instructor, training School, Lagos; Publications: Sundry contril5\\itions to various journals; Awards: Ten Years ~rvice Award by Union Bank PLC, Yaba, Lagos, 1992; Professional Memberships: Mem., Nigeri1m Economic Society; Religious Affiliation: Christian; Hobbies: Football, Reading; Office: Plot 5 1, Unit G, Ewet Housing Estate, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State; Home: Plot 5 1, Unit G. Ewet Housing Estate, Uyo, Akwa !bom State; Tel: (085) 204618.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9226","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9226","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\/9226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9226"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}