{"id":9347,"date":"2017-02-03T09:17:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T08:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9347"},"modified":"2017-05-12T13:54:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T12:54:49","slug":"essien-udom-ikpong-t","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/essien-udom-ikpong-t\/","title":{"rendered":"ESSIEN-UDOM, Ikpong T"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalist. Senior Rc porrer. News Editor. Week end Pioneer: LGA: Etman: Born: Oct. 26. 1956: Pa: Obong Timothy U. EssicnUdom (d) and Madam Nko T. Essicn-Udom (d): Married to Mrs Ikpong Essicn-Udom; Child: Unyime (2); Education: Etinan Institute, Etinan, 1970-74; The Polytechnic, Calabar, 1979-83, HND (Mass Comms); Career and Work History: News Editor, Gong Press Ltd., Calabar, 1982-83; Editor, NTA 10, Port Harcourt, 1983-84; Managing Partner, ARESEN and Partners, Calabar, 1985-88; Reporter, The Pioneer, 1988-89; News Editor, The Pioneer, Uyo, 1989-93, Weekend Pioneer, I 996-present; Special Work Related Achievement: Participated in the publication of &#8220;Making Progress &#8221; by the Min istry of Information to mark the 1st AnllLversary of the Bako&#8217;s Administration in AKS; Publications: Edited Landmarks &#8211; Two Years of Bako in Akwa Ibolll State; Akwa Ibolll State Handbook; all published by the Ministryofinformation, 1996; Civic and Political Activities: Secretary General, Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio, Uyo, 1987-93; State Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Uyo, 1993-95; State Secretary, Nigeria Youth Organisation, Uyo, 1991- present; Award: Award of Excellence by KIWANIS International, Uyo, 1993; Professional Memberships: Associate Mem., Nigerian Institute of Public Relations; Mem., Nigerian Union of Journalists; Religious Affiliation: Church of Christ; Hobbies: Reading, Writing, Photography, Travelling, Indoor Games, Table Tennis; Office: Akwa Ibom Newspapers Ltd., 13 Udo Umana Street, Uyo Akwa Ibom State; Home: Ikot Osong, c\/o Ikot Ekan P.A., Etinan, Akwa Ibom State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[452],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9347","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9347","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\/9347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9347"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}