{"id":9439,"date":"2017-02-03T15:16:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T14:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9439"},"modified":"2017-05-17T10:14:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T09:14:00","slug":"ette-patrick-joseph","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ette-patrick-joseph\/","title":{"rendered":"ETTE, Patrick Joseph"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalist, Fonner Special Assistant to the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Commissioner, Federal Character Commission; LGA: Essien Udim; Born: Sep. 8, 1946; Pa: Chief Joseph U. Ette (d) and Mrs. Monica 1. Ette; Married to Mrs (&#8216; ; mcL~ P Ene t. hildren: Joyce (25). liduak (22,. Education . St. Columbanus&#8217; Secondary School. Ikwen. Ikot Ekpene, 1961-65, WASC: Editorial Study Cemre Cardiff, South Wales, UK, 1976-77, Adv. Diploma in Journali sm; Other Qualifications: Certificate in Public Administration (Cross River State Government Sponsored course for Officers on Grade Level 14 and above; Career and Work History: Editor, Nigerwn Chromcle. Calabar, 1981-83; General Manager, ~ound and Vision Productions Limited, Calabar, 1983-93: Special Assistant (Infonnation), Governor&#8217;s Office, Uyo, 1993; Commissioner, Feler;1 Character Commission, Abuja, 1996-p resent; Career Related Responsibility: Executive Mem., Nigerian Guild of Editors, Lagos. 198 1-8&#8217;3: Special Work Related Achievement: Honoured and recognised as Doyen of thc Journalism Profession in Nigeria: Publica- 1i~ons \u00b7 Pubilshed numerous artlcics on contemporary world affairs (References: National Library of Nigeria, Media Libraries); Civic and Political Activities: Community Leader, Afaha Development Asscn., Essien Udim. I 977-present; Leadcr of Thought, Essien Udim Local Goverrunent Area, I 987-present; Chainnan, National Republic Convention (NRC), Essien Udim. 1990-93: Delegate. National Constitutional Conference. Abuja, 1994-95: Professional Memberships: Mem.. Nigerian Union of Journalists: Religious Affiliation : Catholic; Hobbies: Writing, Football, TerUlis; Office: Federal Character Commission, P.M.B. 5008, Wllse, i}buja; Home: [kot Obong, c\/o S1. Mary&#8217;s Hospital, Urua Akpan, P.M.B. 5. Ikot Ekpene, AAwa Ibom State. Tel: (085) 400840.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[452],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9439","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9439","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\/9439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9439"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}