{"id":9250,"date":"2017-02-02T14:45:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T13:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9250"},"modified":"2017-05-12T14:33:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T13:33:31","slug":"essien-dr-emmanuel-effiong","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/essien-dr-emmanuel-effiong\/","title":{"rendered":"ESSIEN, Dr. Emmanuel Effiong"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VeterinaI)&#8217; Sur geon, Consultant, Univer sitylPolytechnic . Teacher; LGA: Itu; Born: April 6, 1951 ; Pa: Chief Effiong U. Essien (d) and Rev. (Mrs) Agnes Essien; Children: Emmanuel (14), Peter (12), Aniekan (10), Eno (9), Victor (9): Education: Evangel High School, Umuahia, 1964-67; [tam Secondary School, !tam, 1968-69, WASC; Univ. ofNigeria.Ns~a, 1971-77, Doctor of V t . Medicine (Distinction): Other Qualiiicatiolis. Registered Veterinary Surgeon; Career and Work History: Tutor, Itam Sec .. !tam, 1970-71 : Lecturer, Univ. of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, 1977-80: Head of Dept., Animal Science Dept., Polytechnic, Calabar, 1980-84; Chairman and MD, \u00b7GEMS Vet and Pharmacy Services Ltd., Calabar, I 984-present; Career Related Responsibilities: Chairman, Housing Committee, Polytechnic, Calabar, 1982-84; Chairman, Probe Panel, Polytechnic, Calabar, 1980-84: Special Work Related Achievements: Initiated and designed programmes for slaughtering cattle and goats for students feeding (UST, PH, 1978); Pioneered Veterinarian in Private Practice in Eastern Nigeria, 1984; Publications: Care of Your Dog, 1984; Several academic publications; Civic Activities: Pres., Nigerian Vet. Medical Asscn. of CRS, I 994-present; Secretary, NVMA, Eastern States, 1984-88; Pres., Hilltop Rotary Club, Calabar, 1988- 89; Honours: Academic Award by the Fed. Govt. of Nigeria at the Univ. of Nigeria, 1974; Best Graduant Award by the Faculty of Agric. and Vet. Medicine, Univ. of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1977; Pfizer Products Award by Pfizer Products PLC, Univ. of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1977; Aninlal Husbandry Merit Award by National Farmers Institute, 1995; Profesdiona1 Memberships: Mem., Nigerian Vet. Medicine Asscn.; Fellow, Institute of Sales Management of Nigeria, 1995; Religious Affiliation: Assemblies of God; Hobbies: Bible Study, Ministration; Office: GEMS Vet Services Ltd., 8 Atu Street, P.O. Box 1856, Calabar, Cross River State. Tel: (087) 225197, 225908, 224439.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9250","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9250","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\/9250\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9250"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}