Etim Jack Okpoyo
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Etim Jack Okpoyo | |
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1st Governor of Akwa Ibom State | |
In office 2 January 1992 – 18 November 1993 | |
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Born | People's Democratic Party 2005 till date[1] | 23 September 1943
Etim Jack Okpoyo Nigerian politician. He is of Oron origin. He is the former and the first deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State from 1992–1993. He was a businessman, a one-time Ambassador of Nigeria to Italy and Albania,[2] and a civil engineer.
(born 23 September 1943), was aEarly life
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Okpoyo was born on September 23, 1943, the seventh child of Chief Jack and Akon Okpoyo.
He began his education at
In 1964 he received a diploma in Civil Engineering from the Yaba College of Technology, and in 1973 he obtained a degree in Civil Engineering from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone. For two years, he served as a president of the Oron Development Union Port Harcourt branch. For five consecutive years, he served as the President General of the Oruko Development Association and as a board of trustees member of the Oron Local Government Industrial and Development Fund.
Okpoyo worked as a survey party chief with the Louis Berger Engineering Company. Between 1974 and 1991 he also worked with the Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited, Port Harcourt, before resigning to go into private business.
Politics and public service
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He was elected as the first civilian deputy governor in 1992, alongside
Okpoyo was honored by the church as a Knight of John Wesley (KJW) under the, then,
References
- ^ "His Excellency, Sir (Amb) Etim Jack Okpoyo". Akwa Ibom Celebrates.
- ^ "I Stepped on Toes to Succeed as Nigeria's Ambassador to Italy- Amb. Etim Okpoyo". November 2019.
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