EPHRAIM INYANG-EYEN – HONOURABLE COMMISSIONER FOR WORKS
Born on November 25, 1965 to the family of
Mr. & Mrs. Akparawa Inyang-Eyen of Nung Nya in Ikot Ebiere of Onna
Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Between 1977-1982, young
Ephraim obtained his O/Level Certificate from Etinan Institute, Etinan. He
proceeded to School of Basic Studies, Akamkpa from 1983 to 1985 and earned his
A /Level in Mathematics, Chemistry and Geography.
Not done with his quest for education, Ephraim
Inyang-Eyen in 1985 enrolled in the prestigious University of Ibadan, Nigeria
where he obtained a Bachelor Degree of Science in Chemistry (Second Class
Upper) in 1998, and in November 2014 he obtained a Master’s Degree in Business
Administration from the University of Lagos. It is fact that a man of intellect
will not relax to count on past glories but will continue to aim higher. This
drive has propelled Mr. Ephraim Inyang-Eyen to be enrolled in the WALDEN
UNIVERSITY for his Doctorate Degree. Currently, he is a candidate for Doctor of
Business Administration of the University.
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| Mr. Ephraim Inyang-eyen - Hon. Commissioner for Works |
Professionally, Mr. Ephraim Inyang-Eyen as a
brilliant secondary school leaver had a brief appointment as an Auxiliary
Teacher in the then Cross River State Teaching Service Commission where he
taught Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics at Community Secondary School, Okat
in 1982.
In 1989, during his National Youth Service
Corps (NYSC) programme Ephraim worked as a Chemist with the Nigeria Railway
Corporation and on 31st August, 1990, he enlisted in the Nigeria Customs
Service as an Assistant Superintendent of customs.
Over the last 25 years in active service,
Ephraim Inyang-Eyen has maintained a glittering and dignified career spanning
various key departments of the service. Between 1992-1995, he served as Special
Assistant to the O/C Terminal, Apapa Port, Lagos and moved on to the Bauchi
Area Command, where he served as the Commands Public Relations Officer for over
two years.
Back in Apapa Port Command, he served as Staff
Officer of the largest Container Terminal in West Africa for four years where
he was responsible for Staff and Operations Management. His ingenuity in
turning around the revenue profile of the terminal always led to his immediate
promotion.
At Jos Area Command, he was the Head of the
Armoury Unit for about three years and was subsequently posted out on special
duty as a member of the Special Task Force on Revenue. During his stint in the
Task Force, he served at the KLTC Area command as an Acting O/C Terminal and
Staff Officer.
Ephraim Inyang-Eyen was later posted to the
Port Express Bonded Terminal as O/C Terminal, where he turned around a moribund
terminal within thirty days and received several management accolades for the
rare feat. Still in the course of his career with the
Custom Service, Ephraim was posted to the Corporate Services Department at the
Headquarters as Staff Officer in charge of discipline with a record of having
the highest number of cases sorted out during his tenure. He was later moved to
Tincan Island Port, and was subsequently posted to Classic Bonded Terminal that
had closed down.
Mr. Ephraim Inyang-Eyen, endowed with sound
managerial acumen, turned around the hitherto comatose terminal within three
months with an impressive revenue stream. He went on to serve as O/C terminal
there before being posted to FANO Bonded Terminal.
As a reputable citizen and responsible
officer, Ephraim Inyang-Eyen has attended several courses among which are:
Customs & Excise Course (1990/1991); Customs & Excise Refresher Course
(2002), General Scanner Operations Training Course (2010); Train the Trainer
Delivery Skill for the Customs Services (2010); Extended Computer Skill/NCIS
(2010); Breakthrough Programme for Chief Superintendents of Custom (2011);
Leadership, Change, Management Work Ethics Attitudinal Change and Value
Re-orientation for Senior Officers of NCS (2012); General Scanner Operations
and Maintenance Officer Training (2012); General Scanner Operations, Technical
Manager Training (2012); National Single Window/Change Management &
Stakeholder Engagement & Capacity Building Workshop (2012); to mention but
a few.
In recognition of his sterling qualities and
industry, Mr. Ephraim Inyang-Eyen is a recipient of numerous Honors, Awards and
Recognitions including: Certificate 0f Merit as Patron- Akwa Ibom State
Students (NAAKISS) JULY, 2000; Role Model Award - Sage Communications
International (December 2010); Transport Development Excellence Encouragement
Award (2009); and, Award for providing Trade Facilitation in Customs by
Transquest Magazine (2009).
Other accolades in his kitty are, Transport
Development Excellence Award conferred as special Encouragement Award for
promoting trade facilitation-Transquest Magazine(2010); Golden Award for
Excellence, Honesty, Hardwork and Accountability by Nigeria Print Journalism
Development(2011); Customs Commitment Merit Award in Recognition of Outstanding
Operation and Ethics to place Nigeria Customs Service in the front burner by
skyline 24Hrs Newspaper (2014); Association of Movie Practitioners(AMP) Akwa
Ibom State Chapter-Award for Excellence for Outstanding Support for Success of
the movie - WOMAN'S RIGHT and the fight against human rights abuse and violence
against women (2014); Transport Development Excellence Award (TDEA) as Customs
Operative with exemplary MIDAS TOUCH by Quest Media Group (2014); Federated
Chapel, Nigeria Union of Journalists and Award for Excellence from the
University of Lagos Alumni Association (Lagos Branch).
Mr Ephraim Inyang-Eyen is a team player with
good leadership qualities and effective interpersonal and communication skill.
In recognition of his demonstrated commitment to creating, maintaining, and
managing consulting practice and ethics, the Institute of Management
Consultants elected Ephraim Inyang as Fellow of the Institute - 2015 and on
December 12, 2015 the MBOHO MKPARAWA IBIBIO inducted Mr. Ephraim Akparawa
Inyang-eyen as a member of the organization.
Consequent upon his superlative performance
and contributions to the transformation of the Divine Mandate of his Excellency
the Governor in the road infrastructural development, the Akwa Ibom State
Government (the Executive Council) in the third quarter of 2015 decorated this
Man of Uncommon wisdom with the QUARTERLY AWARD for outstanding performance.
Having achieved set goals in public administration, the West Africa Student
Union Parliament (WASUP) bestowed on Mr Inyang-eyen the KWAME NKRUMAH Award of
Excellence.
Also recently, the Akwa Ibom Youth Prays
honoured him for his unconditional love and in improving the lives of next
generation. In view of his gigantic contributions to church development, the
Church Management Support Ministry honoured Mr Inyang-eyen with Award of
Recognition as an Ambassador in Governance. For his enormous contribution to
media development, the Nigeria Media Nite-Out Award in its 10th
Anniversary conferred an Award of Excellence on him for his contribution to
infrastructure development in Akwa Ibom State.
The success story of Mr. Ephraim Akparawa
Inyang-eyen does not end with his public service career as a Custom Officer.
Through his vision, handwork and dedication to a worthy cause, he was appointed
Chairman Board of Trustees of the Transformation Initiatives in Akwa Ibom State,
a social-political organization which today gives birth to the Divine Mandate
and the emergence of Governor Udom Emmanuel in the State.
In view of his outstanding pedigree, numerous
contributions and selfless services, Ephraim Inyang-eyen is currently serving
in the Executive Council of Akwa Ibom State Government as Honorable
Commissioner for Works.
He is happily married to Mrs Ime Ephraim
Inyang and the union is blessed with five children.
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