Mr. Umana Okon Umana, APC governorship candidate, Akwa Ibom State |
Mr. Umana Okon Umana, the All Progressives Congress (APC)
governorship candidate for Akwa Ibom State, has named Ben Ukpong as his running
mate.
Ukpong, a retired Deputy Director of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Abuja, is a COREN-registered civil engineer and Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers.
Ukpong, a retired Deputy Director of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Abuja, is a COREN-registered civil engineer and Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers.
An indigene of Urue-offong/Oruko local government area of
Oro nation in Akwa Ibom State, Engr. Ukpong was born on 9 August 1962.
He holds a Master’s degree in Water Resources and
Environmental Engineering from Ahmadu Bello University; a Master of Business
Administration degree from Olabisi Onabanjo University (formerly Ogun State
University), Ago-Iwoye and a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from
University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
He has more than 28 years of work experience in the
Engineering Profession, covering various scopes of engineering designs,
construction supervision, and project management. He brings to the Umana-Ukpong
ticket a most diverse experience gained during his years of meritorious
services with the Plateau Directorate for Integrated Rural Development 1986 –
1987; Jos Metropolitan Development Board 1987 – 1990; Federal Capital
Development Authority (FCDA) from 1st August 1990 to December 2014 when he
voluntarily retired from service.
During his years in the FCDA, he rose through the ranks from
Senior Engineer, Principal Engineer, Chief Engineer, and Assistant Director up
to the position of Deputy Director. Among the various Engineering
Infrastructure projects handled by Engr. Ukpong in Abuja were the construction
of interchange bridges and expressways along Nnamdi Azikiwe Way, Inner Southern
Expressway, Southern Parkway as well as construction of Phases 3 & 4 of the
famous Lower Usman Dam Water Treatment Plants (20,000m3/hrs capacity) and the
development of several districts (Garki II, Katampe Extension, Gudu and Kagini)
with the provision of Engineering Infrastructure.
These projects, valued in billions of Naira, were executed
professionally, honestly and transparently in keeping with international best
practice under the watch of Engr. Ben Ukpong, FNSE. He is respected among his
peers and senior colleagues, who routinely sought him out for his wise counsel
and innovative ideas.
He is loved and revered by his people both at home and
abroad because of unstinting identification with his people and their welfare
at home in Urue-Offong/Uruko in particular and Akwa Ibom State in general. His involvement in community service to his
people began in Jos. He was a two term President of Oron Development Union (Jos
and Abuja) and Akwa Ibom Community, Abuja as well as Trustee of Urue
Offong/Oruko Peoples Alliance (UOPA), a formidable political group.
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