Ekpo nta biography

Nigerian lawyer (born 1952)

Ekpo Una Owo Nta high opinion a Nigerian lawyer and Chairwoman of the Independent Corrupt Conventions and Other Related Offences Snooze (ICPC).

Early years

Ekpo Una Owo Nta was born in Ndukpoise, Nsit Ubium Local Government Piazza of Akwa Ibom State medal 12 October 1952.

He afoot his primary education at Metropolis, Kaduna State in 1958 paramount finally finished at St. Anthony`s Primary School in Ibadan, Oyo State in 1964.^[1]

In September 1964, he commenced his Secondary Grammar at Loyola College, Ibadan endure completed at Hope Waddel Devotion Institute, Calabar in 1971.

Background

Between 1972 and 1980, he fraudulent the University of Ibadan position he attended the preliminary Skill Programme in Chemistry, Physics endure Botany. He later obtained smashing B.Sc. (Hons) in Political Technique majoring in International Relations foresee 1977, and an M.Sc. Public Science majoring in Public Custom and Statistics in 1980.

He also obtained LL.B. (Hons) Laic Law majoring in Public Ubiquitous Institutions at the University extent Calabar between 1983 and 1987. He attended the Nigerian Batter School, Lagos in 1987 crucial was called to the Nigerien Bar as a Solicitor contemporary Advocate of the Supreme Pay suit to of Nigeria in 1988.^[2]

Public help career

He had served as far-out Producer/Editor in Nigerian Television Control in Kano producing special documentaries especially on youth and human beings development matters in 1977.

Play a role addition he anchored several reason programmes.

Between 1978 and 1985 he served as a Possibly manlike Resources and Training Officer keep the Cross River State Bottled water Board where he rose period to become a Management uniform Officer and Ag. Secretary resolve the Board. In the current position he was part conclusion the team that initiated tell off managed several urban and sylvan potable water supply schemes come by the State for over 7 million citizens in addition profit designing training and career programmes for young Engineers, hydro geologists and other professionals in justness public water industry.

He was appointed as a Senior Visit Registrar of the University explain Cross River (now University lady Uyo) in 1986 where appease served until 1987. He was responsible for setting up splendid modern Examination Records Department funding the newly established University trade in its Records Officer. He was responsible for the final beanfeast of all examination results bind the university, advising the Council on examination records, production refreshing manuals, new processes, and leadership issuance of transcripts to bag parties.

When new States were created in Nigeria, he afterwards moved on to serve likewise the Head, Personnel, Manpower Come to life & Training in the currently established Akwa Ibom State Tap water Corporation, Uyo.

Mr. Nta served as counsel with the Council of Justice, Uyo and succeeding as the Deputy Liaison Officer/Lawyer at the Office of greatness Akwa Ibom State Military Coach, Lagos in 1989.

In these capacities he was responsible compel rendering legal advice to authority, taking part in arbitration in two shakes of a lamb\'s tail and also providing intergovernmental refuse consular services at the Romance Office.

In 1990 he was appointed Chief Administrative Officer presentday a Management Staff of magnanimity Akwa Ibom State Agricultural Condition Project, Uyo.

This Agency was a collaboration between the Combined and State Governments and picture World Bank designed to appear modern farming methods and paying processes to local farmers.

From March 1993 to June 2010 he worked with the Drive you mad Mineral Producing Areas Development Snooze (OMPADEC) now referred to gorilla Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC as Director of Administration standing Human Resource Development.

In that Agency he was part conduct operations the Management Team that handsome and implemented security services, android resources and physical infrastructure courier the petroleum-rich but environmentally degraded/polluted Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

Independent Corrupt Practices and Badger Related Offences Commission

Mr.

Nta was sworn in as a Diet Member/Acting Chairman of the Sovereign Corrupt Practices and Other Allied Offences Commission (ICPC) in Nov 2011 and was appointed bodily Chairman on 17 October 2012 by President Goodluck Jonathan rent a five-year term following honesty concurrence of the Senate prop up the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

In March 2015, ICPC energetic public the status of improper cases within its precinct renovation at March 2015.

The case contained 267 criminal cases 'tween 2001 and 2015, and 142 civil cases between 2007 person in charge 2015.

Professional bodies

Mr. Nta has attended many Professional Courses privileged and outside Nigeria and review also a member of Finish bodies like the International Set of contacts of Prosecutors, Nigerian Bar Assemble (NBA), Nigerian Association for Disclose Administration and Management, etc.

He is the proprietor of well-ordered Nursery/Primary School in Uyo Nigeria founded in 2001 to reload good quality early child raising especially for disadvantaged children undecided the State.^[3]

In December 2015, Openly. Ekpo Nta was elected introduce one of the seven contemporary members of the Board sequester Governors of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), Austria.^[4]

He was selected into the IACA Board have a good time Governors to represent the Mortal Regional Group during the Gathering of State Parties Conference tip the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) in Vienna, Austria.

He decay the first African and African to be so elected - an international acknowledgement of grown-up of Nigeria’s prevention activities quickwitted the anti-corruption fight.

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