Biography of Sen. Bassey Albert Akpan

Bassy Albert Akpan is the current senator representing A/Ibom West, he was born in the year 1973 in Ididep Usuk village, Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State to Chief Robert Akpan.

 
He is a graduate of Economics from the University of Uyo.He earned his Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

He started his banking career in 1997 with United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc in Lagos.

In the year 1999 he became the manager, Corporate Banking Group at Continental Trust Bank at its Victoria Island Head Office in Lagos.

In the year 2003, he joined First Inland Bank Plc, and subsequently became a  branch manager. 

He won Best Performing Branch Manager in the South-South Region. He also later won the overall Best Performing Branch Manager of the Bank, Nationwide in the Mid-Year performance review during the 2004 financial year. 

In November he joined First City Monument Bank Plc (FCMB PLC) as Assistant Vice President.

He was appointed by Governor Godswill Akpabio as the Commissioner for Finance in the Akwa Ibom State Government that lasted till 2011.

In the year 2015, Bassey contested for the post of a senator and won the the contest. Accordingly, and was sworn in as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on May 28, 2015.

He is married with four lovely children.

Bioography of Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe

Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe is currently a Nigeria Senator, representing Abia South, he was born on 1 March 1955 in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria.

He obtained his WASSCE from Government College Umuahia in 1974. He obtained his B.sc in Economics from the University of Benin, in 1979 and a master's degree in economics in 1982. 

He lectured at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma from 1982 to 1985.

He was SCOA Nigeria's area manager for Southern Nigeria from 1985 to 1991. and , from 1991 to 1992,

He was once a  senior manager for investment at  Nicon, and CEO of Integrated Mortgage Co.

He was Deputy Governor Abia state to Orji Uzor Kalu from 1999 to 2003.  The state's House of Assembly impeached him twice in 2000 and a third time in 2003; as he was facing his third impeachment, he resigned on March 7, 2003, sending his resignation via DHL so as to have written record of it.

The House of Assembly formally voted him out of office several days later, in a move Abaribe called "medicine after death".

Abaribe ran for the governorship on the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) platform in 2003, but lost to Kalu.

He was however elected to the national Senate in 2007 on the platform of People's Democratic Party (PDP) 

In  October 2007, Abaribe led six other senators from the South East of Nigeria to negotiate the release of Ralph Uwazuruike, leader of the banned Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), who then was on trial for treason at the Federal High Court in Lagos to demand his release

He  was re-elected for Abia South in the April 2011 election.

He is married to Mrs. Florence Nwamaka, and they are blessed with Three Children, Chinonyerem Alali, Obinna Ikechukwu, and  Ikenna Enyinnaya Nwabueze