obongawan-idongesit-etiebet
Council Member - DASAC Governing Council
Obongawan Idongesit Etiebet is an inaugural Council Member in the Dakkada Skills Acquisition Centre (DASAC). She is currently the Commissioner of Education, which has oversight functions over all educational institutions and activities in Akwa Ibom State. She was appointed to that position in 2021 by the immediate-past Governor of Akwa Ibom State; His Excellency, Mr. Udom Emmanuel. She served as a Member of the Akwa Ibom State Executive Council till May 29, 2023 before her reappointment as Commissioner for Education by the present Governor, His Excellency, Pastor Umo Bassey Eno. Prior to her appointment as Honorable Commissioner for Education, she was the Senior Special Assistant on Education Monitoring to the immediate past Governor; His Excellency Mr. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel from 2015-2021.
Some notable achievements she has accomplished during her tenure includes prompt payment of WAEC / NABTEB fees to enable students write exams, renovation, rehabilitation and reconstruction of hundreds of schools, provision of facilities to schools, award of scholarship to indigent students, employment of teachers/adequate manpower and personnel of primary, secondary and tertiary institutions, facilitated accreditation of many courses in the Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU), College of Education, and Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, introduction of Yearly awards to outstanding teachers and distinguished Schools administrators, training and retraining of personnel across the Ministry of Education.
Obongawan Idongesit is a former banker and was in the Management Committee of Zenith Bank Plc as Deputy General Manager/ Group Zonal Head, Victoria Island Zone, comprising of ten branches from 2007 – 2010. She was a high flyer and proved her mettle across various portfolios in the bank including stints in Corporate Banking (Oil and Gas) and managing several branches in Ikoyi and Ikeja. She received several awards in her two decades’ career in Zenith Bank Plc including MD/CEO’s AWARD: Outstanding Leaders Award Bank-wide, MD/CEO’s AWARD: The Most Effective Manager Lagos Area and MD/CEO’s AWARD: Best Team Player. She also worked in FBN (Merchant Bankers) Ltd and West African Glass.
She worked briefly as Chief Executive of SIIE Integrated Services, a highly reputable Oil and Gas Company before she was requested to bring her wealth of experience to help grow and develop Akwa Ibom State.
Obongawan Idongesit is an alumni of London Business School, United Kingdom, in key interest area of Decision making strategies for leaders; Harvard Business School, Massachusetts, United States of America in the Specialty of Strategic Leadership and Professional Programming; Emory University, Atlanta, USA (Goizuta Business School) – Executive Programme with interest area of Leading and Inspiring as well as Lagos Business School, Nigeria.
She holds a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) in Banking and Finance from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, and Bachelor of Arts(Honours) in Education/English, University of Calabar.
She is a politician with exceptional interests in community development and has received many awards in community and religious services. She likes to be known as a ‘teacher of teachers’ and is not surprising that she was instated as Obongawan Ifiok Anang by the Afe Nkuku Annang (The Supreme Traditional Institution of Annang Nation), in recognition of selfless services to the society.