Friday 24 February 2017

Giant Strides of Pastor Anietie Ukpe as Director General, Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation



Pastor Anietie Ukpe is the Director General, Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation, where he is managing and administering the operations of both the radio and television services of the corporation. Before his current assignment, the amiable media practitioner was Senior Special Assistant (Media) and Chief Press Secretary to Senator Godswill Akpabio when he was governor of Akwa Ibom State.
Over the years Anietie is known for excellence, since he assumed the position of Director General, Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation, he has set the vision and operational objectives of the corporation in line with government policies and expectations. Being a journalist by profession, Anietie Ukpe has been overseeing and coordinating the activities of the different departments and units of the corporation.
The astute administrator can be referred to as a welfarist because since he came on board as Director General, he has been seeing to the welfare of the about 400 staff of the corporation.
Among the numerous awards he has received include: PR Personality of the year 2015, Nigeria Media Nite Out award; Distinguished Achievement in Poetry Award by the International Library of Poetry, Owing Mills, United States (2005); Editor’s Choice Award 2003 by the International Library of Poetry, Owing Mills, United States in respect of the Poem “The Candle” published in the Anthology, “The Best Poems and Poets of 2002”; Editor’s Choice Award 2003 by the International Library of Poetry, owing Mills, United States in respect of the Poem “The Process of Time” published in the Anthology, “A food of Contentment”; Award of Excellence Performance in the Nigerian Public Service by the Chartered Institute of Public Administrators of Nigeria.
Anietie Ukpe is a fellow, Chartered Institute of Leadership; Member, Nigerian Union of Journalists; Member, Nigeria Institute of Public Relations, Member, Chartered Institute of Administrators of Nigeria.
He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Insight Bible Church and ordained a minister of the gospel by the late Archbishop Benson Idahosa in 1995.

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