Barr Otobong Effiong Bob
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Barr Otobong Effiong Bob is the youngest lawmaker in Nigeria, and he is currently representing Nsit-Ubium State Constituency in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. 

Personal Life

He was born on 18th August, 1992 and h e hails from Ikot Ekwere, Nsit-Ubium LGA, Akwa Ibom State. He was born into the family of Effiong Dickson Bob, a former Nigerian Senator who represented Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District between 2003 and 2011.

Education

Name Of School Qualification  Year
Columbia Law School, New York, United States  Certificate of Participation in Joint Columbia Law School and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Course on International Arbitration  2015
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom. Master of Laws 
Nigerian Law School BL (Bachelor of Laws)  2013 
University of Buckingham, United Kingdom  LLB.  2011 
Brooke House College, United Kingdom  Advanced Level Certificate  2008-2010
Greensprings School, Lagos State West African Senior School Certificate  

Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary School (IGCSE) 

 2005 
Jephthah Secondary School, Port Harcourt, Rivers State  2003 
Mobil Pegasus Primary School, Eket, Akwa Ibom State  First School Leaving Certificate  1997

Work History

Place  Position  Date 
Alex Izinyon, SAN and Co., Abuja, Nigeria 2014 & 2018 
Obla SAN & Co., Abuja,Nigeria  2014 
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Awa Iman, Onna LGA, Akwa

Date of Birth:

18th August 1992

State Of Origin:

Akwa Ibom State

Political Party:

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)

Religion:

Christianity

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Current Political post:

House of Representative Member, Nsit-Ubium Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State (since 2019)

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udom.emmanuel@akwaibomstate.gov.ng

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Political History

On 5th October 2018, following his return to Nigeria for the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps programme, and while practising law at Alex Izinyon, SAN and Co., Otobong was nominated by the Peoples Democratic Party in the Nsit-Ubium LGA of Akwa Ibom, to represent the constituency in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. Out of a total of 128  accredited delegates, he sustained 127 votes. 

He embarked on an intensive campaign that took him to all the 88 political units of Nsit Ubium local government area. On March 9th, 2019, he was elected by the natives of Nsit Ubium as their representative in the 7th Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly – making him the youngest elected member of any House of Assembly in Nigeria. He was presented with the Certificate of Return by the State Resident Electoral Commissioner on March 28th, 2019. 

Honourable Otobong Effiong Bob was inaugurated a member of the 7th Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly on 10th June, 2019. He serves as the Chairman of the House Committee on Rules, Business, Ethics and Privileges, and the Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission.

Leadership Style/Philosophy

Awards & Honours

Patron of Nsit Ubium All Stars (2021)

Project

  1. Renovation of two classroom blocks at Ubium Community Secondary School, Ikot Okwot
  2. Renovation of six classroom blocks at St. Fabian Primary School, Ndukpoise 
  3. Opening of constituency office at Ikot Edibon 
  4. Inauguration of an emergency COVID-19 management response team to educate the Nsit-Ubium constituency on preventive measures, and to distribute nose masks and palliatives. 
  5. Sponsored a bill to establish Akwa Ibom State Security Trust Fund, aimed at fostering effective public-private partnership for crime containment and eradication in order to make Akwa Ibom safer.
  6. Sponsored a bill to establish the Akwa Ibom State Office of the Public Defender, for the purpose of providing legal aid services to vulnerable people in the society, investigating complaints, negotiating settlements, giving legal advice, etc.

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