Professor of Law since

2001

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ASSIGNMENT
“The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more” – Jonas Salk
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STATE ASSIGNMENT

2003

Chairman State Administrative Panel of Inquiry on the Recent Beating and Kidnapping of the Head of Personnel, Nsit Atai Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State.

2012

Resource Person/Lead Speaker at Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Retreat/Public Hearing on the Review of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, held on 5th September, 2012, at Ibom Hall, Uyo

2002

Worked as part of the Legal Team led by late Chief A. Ekong Bassey SAN, in the defence of Akwa Ibom State in the Federal Government onshore/offshore oil Dichotomy law suit at the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

CONSULTANCY

Chief External Examiner of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (appointed by the Registrar of JAMB) for UTME in Akwa Ibom State in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
State Collation Officer (appointed by the National Chairman of INEC) for the Presidential Election of February 23, 2019 in Rivers State.
2006: Member National Universities Commission Accreditation Panel to evaluate Law Programmes in universities in the Western Zone of Nigeria.
2000 - 2009: Member Governing Council of Legal Education in Nigeria, Council of Legal Education (CLE).
2012 to 2015: Member Governing Council of Legal Education in Nigeria (CLE)
2012 to 2015: Member Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Governing Council
2000-2005: Member Appointments and Promotions Committee, CLE
2005 – 2009: Member Board of Studies, CLE
2010: Member National Universities Commission Mop-up Accreditation Panel to evaluate Law Programme in Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State.
2012: Resource Person/Panelist at Senate Retreat on Review of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, held at Delta Convention Centre, Asaba in Delta State, on 20th July, 2012.
Chairman of Session “National Security Dynamics: The Role of the Legislature”, at the 3rd Conference of Presiding Officers of Nigerian Legislatures, organised by Clerk of the National Assembly, at Le Meridien Hotel, Uyo, from 31st October to 1st November, 2008.
2007- date: Chairman, Editorial Board of the Nigerian Company Law Report appointed by the Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja, “in recognition of (my) expertise in this aspect of the law and (my) contributions towards the development of company law” – see appointment at (Hard copy attached hereto)..
Exams Ethics Chief Master Marshal (appointed by Exams Ethics Marshal International) March 24, 2017
October 2021: Chairman NUC Ad-hoc Panel on Evaluation of Student Support Facilities and Services in the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt.
August 2021: Resource Person/Chairman NUC Verification Visit to Proposed Undergraduate Programme in Benson Idahosa University, Benin.
April 2021: Chairman NUC Ad-hoc Accreditation Panel to evaluate Law programme at Edo University, Iyamho, Edo State.
September 2021 to date: Chairman NUC Committee on Degree Mills in Nigeria.
November 13, 2021 Representative of both the Visitor (President and Commander-inChief of Nigeria) and the Honourable Minister of Education at the 5th Convocation Ceremony of the Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State

J. BAR (NBA) ASSIGNMENTS

on 4th June, 2004
Chairman

Workshop Session of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikot Ekpene Branch, 2004 Bar Week celebrations, at Ekukinam Hall, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State

7th December, 2004
Chairman

General Practice Session of NBA Eket Branch, at 2004 Bar Week celebration, at Royalty Hotel, Eket, Akwa Ibom State.

December 8, 2008
Chairman

NBA Uyo Branch 2008 Bar Week Opening Ceremonies, at Judiciary Multi-purpose Hall, Uyo.

December 10, 2007
Paper Presenter

on “Lawyers and Professional Ethics”, at the NBA Uyo Branch Bar Week, at the Judiciary Multi-purpose Hall, Uyo.

2009 to date
Chairman

Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Nigerian of the Nigerian Bar Association, Uyo Branch.

held 9-10 at September, 2010
Chairman

Joint NBA Uyo-Ikot Ekpene-Eket Committee on Seminar on the New High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules of Akwa Ibom State, at the Governor’s Office Annex, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

2011
Chairman

Chairman of the Editorial/Uyo Bar Journal Committee.

Journal Articles

Essien, E. E.
Pledge Security in Africa: Nigeria and Ghana
National Black Law Journal vol. 16 issue 1 (1999) (Published by the University of Columbia Law School, U.S.A.), pp 24-36.

Book Chapters

Essien, E. E.
The Judiciary and Democracy in Nigeria: A Case for the Independence of the Judiciary
, Chapter 1 in F. A. O. Yusuf (ed): The Nigerian Judiciary: Perspectives & Profile, (2006) FHL Publishers (Lagos)

Conference and Seminar Papers

Essien, E. E.
Legal Aspects of Quality, Consumer Protection and Product Liability
, The First Newcastle International Conference on Quality and its Application, 1-3 September, 2003, at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.

ENEFIOK ESSIEN

Faculty of Law, University of Uyo

Hobbies

Reading and writing, watching football and playing scrabble.

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