{"id":9284,"date":"2017-02-02T16:07:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T15:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9284"},"modified":"2017-05-16T11:56:42","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T10:56:42","slug":"essien-eseme-benjamin","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/essien-eseme-benjamin\/","title":{"rendered":"ESSIEN, Eseme Benjamin"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Servant, Journal ist, Diplomat, Director General, Akwa Ibom State; LGA: Etinan; Born: Jun 10, 1948; Pa Benjamin Udofia Ess ie (d) and Mrs Annie Benjamin Essien; Marrie to Mrs Ime Eseme Essien; Children: Essie (17), Unyime (I6), Nsikan (14), Ememobon (12), Odudu (9) ; Education: Salvation Arm Sec Sch, Akai, 1962-65, (WAS C) ; Univ I Nigeria, Nsukka, 1970-73 , B.A (Hons Journalism; Other Qualifications: GCE j Levels, (1969) Post Graduate Cert in Publ Information (I981); Career and WO! History: Information Officer II &#8211; Princir Information Officer, South Eastern State\/Cre River State Min of Information, 1974-82; He of Information Service, Embassies of Nigeria Japan and Ethiopia, 1982-85; Chief Pro Secretary to the Hon. Minister of Transport , Aviation\/Head, Public Rels Dept, 198 7-&#8216; Director General, Office of the Governor, AI 1993-94; Chairman\/Chief \u00b7 Executive, { Capital City Development Authority (UCCD 1994; Chairman\/Chief Executive, Uyo Cap City Transport Service, 1994; Director Gene Bu reau of Lands , Surveys and Ur Development, 1994-96: Director General, of Works, Transport &#038; Housing, 1996; Director General~ Min of Information &#038; <.;ulture; 1996-97 Director General, Special Duties Dept. 1997- present; Religious Affiliation: Qua Iboe; Ordained Deacon Feb 16, 1992; Hobbies: Squash; Office: Special Duties\u00b7 Dept, Office of the Military Adminisrator, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[452,484],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9284","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-media","category-public-service"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9284","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\/9284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9284"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}