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BRIGHT EMUOBONUVIE IGBAKO Bright Emuobonuvie Igbako was born on 10th October 1952 in Sapele to Mr. Lagos Igbako of Opuraja and Mrs. Victoria Igbako nee Obayendo of Mosogar in Okpe and Ethiope West Local Government Areas, respectively. He commenced primary school education in 1958 at St. Michael’s Primary School in Okwighele and finished at St. Patrick’s Catholic (now Urhiapele) Primary School, Sapele from 1959 -1963). He obtained the West African School Certificate in 1968 from Trinity College, Okwidiemo, now Anglican Grammar School, Okwuvo as a member of the pioneer set and completed the G.C.E Advanced Level in 1972 from home and proceeded to the University of Lagos in 1972 from where he obtained the Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science in 1977. And in 1983, he graduated from the University of Ibadan with the Master of Industrial and Labour Relations Degree from the Department of Sociology. In 2005, he obtained a Bachelor of Law Degree from the University of Abuja and enrolled as a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria after successfully completing the Bar Examinations at the Nigerian Law School in 2007. He proceeded to the Ghana School of Law, Accra, and was enrolled as a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Ghana in January, 2010. Upon leaving secondary school, he took up employment (from 1970-1971) as a teacher with the Zaria Local Education Authority (L.E.A.) with an initial posting to the Kofar Doka Primary School and later to the L.E.A. Primary School in Ungwar Kugu via Wusasa, Zaria. And from 1971 to 1974, he worked in Ahmadu Bello University (A.B.U.), Zaria as Technical Assistant III in the then newly created Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. On completing his Bachelor’s Degree he enrolled as a member of the National Youth Service Corps in the 1977/78 service year and was posted to Plateau State where he taught at the Government Secondary Schools in Wase and Langtang at different times. On completion of national service, with an offer of employment, he returned to A.B.U. as Administrative Officer II in the Registry Department signaling the commencement of his career in Administration with stints in various arms of the University, then regarded as the largest University south of the Sahara: From 1978 to 1982 he served in the Institute of Education in the Office of the Secretary with responsibility for junior staff matters and concurrent responsibility as the Secretary to the Primary Education Division. Subsequently, he was posted to the College of Education, Gyellesu, Zaria (now Federal College of Education) as Assistant Secretary/Assistant Registrar with functional responsibility to the Principal/Rector of the College and under professional/career guidance of the Secretary to the Institute of Education at the Headquarters on the Main Campus of the University. From 1984 to about 1986 he was at the Institute for Agricultural Research (I.A.R.); then the hub of agricultural research in northern Nigeria. He served as the Senior Assistant Registrar/Assistant Secretary to the Professional and Academic Board of the Institute and was also the officer in charge of the fleet of vehicles as well as junior staff matters. Subsequently, he was briefly and in different times with the Faculties of Law, Kongo Campus of the University, and the Faculty of Education on the Main Campus as a Faculty Officer, respectively. In 1987, he served as the Secretary to the University Council Committee on Re-organisation of the Registry Department to reposition the department for better service to the University. Upon completion of the assignment, he was posted to the Academic Office of the University where he was put in charge of meetings, proceedings, and records of the University Senate. And in 1991, he was posted to the Information and Protocol Unit of the University as the Head of the Unit which has since been upgraded to a full-fledged Department of the University. The main responsibilities of the Unit were the issuance of portraits of the Officers of the University, publication of official bulletins, issuance of the weekly community Tit-Bits, and chairmanship of the protocol sub-committee of the annual convocation ceremony. He was a tutor in the University Junior Staff Training Scheme. With the appointment of  Professor Sam Oyovbaire by General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, GCFR, President, Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces as the Honourable Minister of Information and Culture in 1992, he appointed Mr. Igbako to work with him as his Senior Personal Assistant with responsibility for the Federal Executive Council Memoranda and the Honourable Minister’s community and personal matters. He was the chairman of the sub-committee on transport for the Meeting of Ministers of Information of the organization of African Unity held in 1992. He was on the entourage of the Minister to Taipei, Taiwan. In September 1992, on the recommendation of the Honourable Minister and the approval of His Excellency, General Ibrahim Babangida, President, Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mr. Bright Igbako was appointed the Secretary to the newly created National Broadcasting Commission. In addition to his responsibilities as Secretary, he was Head of Administration until about ten years later when the later was made a department of its own. For the most part of his service in the Commission, he was the Chairman of the Organising Committee of the Biennial Conference of Africa Broadcasters and Exhibitions. He retired from public service in 2006. He assumed duty as Partner and Chairman of the Board of Partners of Ace Solicitors, a rebranding of Ese Igbako & Company; a firm of solicitors and advocates founded and managed by his wife Mrs. Eseoghene Igbako. Ace Solicitors was the first law firm in Nigeria to be ISO 9001:2015 certified. In 1992, Mr. Igbako was appointed by His Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, Governor of Delta State as a Member of the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (D.S.I.E.C.). He served as Honourable Commissioner until the succeeding government dissolved the Board unconstitutionally. While at D.S.I.E.C., Mr. Igbako was responsible for the Legal Department. Under his chairmanship, the Delta State Electoral Law Review Committee, which was set up by the Board of the Commission, produced the law currently in use in the State. The main focus of the review, among others, was to harmonize the State Electoral Act with the Independent National Electoral Commission Act 2010 to place the State Electoral Commission on the first line charge of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the State and permit precedents established by Federal Courts to apply to the State’s election cases. The place of Electoral Alternative Dispute Resolution processes was recognized in the law for the first time. While he was in charge of the Public Affairs Department, the Commission established the DSIEC News Bulletin of which he was the Editor-in-chief. The paper was circulated to government offices within Asaba. In the course of his career, Mr Igbako attended several courses and workshops evidenced by the following: 1.	Certificate of Completion of Alliance Francaise of Lagos intensive French course in collaboration with the National Broadcasting Commission (January- March, 1996); 2.	Certificate of participation in Workshop on Management of Pension Schemes of Parastatals of Government and other Organisations funded by the Federal Government of Nigeria (May, 1997); 3.	Certificate of Attendance at the Joint Clients/Zonal Managers’ Workshop organized by the National Insurance Corporation of Nigeria (NICON) (November, 1997); 4.	United States Telecommunication Institute Diploma in “Introduction to U.S. Television Broadcasting” sponsored by WCOV Television, Montgomery, Alabama (October, 1999) 5.	Certificate of Merit Issued by WCOV-Fox 20 Television Station Montgomery, Alabama (October, 1999); 6.	Certificate of Participation in Workshop on Programmes/Projects Management organized by the Faculty of Continuing Education Co-ordinating Unit, University of Ibadan (May, 2000); 7.	Diploma in General Management Awarded by the Senior International General Management Business School held at the University of London (July, 2000); 8.	Certificate of Attendance at the Senior International General Management Business School held at the University of London (July, 2000); 9.	Alternative Dispute Resolution: Negotiation, Mediation & Hybrid Processes (Under the Auspices of the Association of Professional Negotiation and Mediation, Abuja (July, 2000); 10.	Certificate of completion of course in Introduction to computers, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Excel conducted by Eltokon Nigeria Ltd. (September, 2000); 11.	Annual Management Conference organized by the Nigeria Institute of Management (2004); 12.	 Certificate of successful completion of the “Marketing Government Policies Course” at the Thames Valley University, London (June, 2005); 13.	Certificate of Attendance at Election Administration Orientation Course Organised by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) (September, 2014); 14.	Certificate of Participation in Workshop organized by the Pension Transition Arrangement and the National Broadcasting Commission on “Towards A Smooth Transition” (August, 2015); 15.	Fellowship of the Institute of Corporate Administration of Nigeria “having satisfied the Governing Council Requirements for Admission into Membership and in Recognition and Appreciation of efficient resource management, visionary leadership and outstanding performance in organisation administration (July, 2005). Conferences/Exhibitions Attended Outside Nigeria: 1.	SITHENGI, the South African Film and Television Market in Cape Town (1999); 2.	National Association of Broadcasters’ Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada State, U.S.A. (2000); 3.	Tour of Audiovisual Establishments in Paris, France (sponsored by the Government of France (2002). Some of his writings include: 1.	Redundancy Process in a Conglomerate: A Case Study of the Ibru Organisation ( presented to the Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Master of Industrial and Labour Relations (1983); 2.	A Systems Approach to Broadcast Regulation in Nigeria (a paper presented at a workshop organized for the staff of the National Broadcasting Commission in Kaduna); 3.	Random Thoughts on the Red Circle (in the logo of the National Broadcasting Commission; a paper presented at the workshop organized for the Monitoring Officers of the National Broadcasting Commission in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria); 4.	Public Relations Practice in the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (November 2013); 5.	Board And Management Relations (a paper presented at the workshop organized for the Board Members of the National Broadcasting Commission in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State (2018); 6.	Enhancing Clients’ Productivity and Profitability Through Holistic Legal Service Delivery (a paper presented at the retreat for Ace Solicitors’ Staff (January, 2022); 7.	Law Firms in a Recessionary Economy (a paper presented at the staff training session for Ace Solicitors, Abuja (September, 2022); 8.	Need to Rework the Structure of the Broadcast Regulatory Body in Nigeria (September, 2022).        Community Service: He was and still is a member and official of several community-based/voluntary organisations including the following: 1.	Secretary-General, Association of Bendelites in Zaria Institutions (1986-1992); 2.	Secretary-General, Urhobo Leadership Forum, Abuja (2010 – 2013); 3.	 Member Board of Trustees of Urhobo Leadership Forum, Abuja (2012 – Date); 4.	Assistant Secretary, Okpe Community Leaders of Thought (2017 – Date); 5.	Interim Deputy President-General, Okpe Union, World-wide (2020 – 2022); 6.	Vice-President, Urhobo Leadership Forum, Abuja (2020 –Date) 7.	Member of Board of Trustees Okpe Union World-wide (2022 – Date) Membership and service in faith-based organisations: 1.	Member, Fundraising Committee, Gospel Ministries International, Samaru, Zaria (1991); 2.	Treasurer, Foursquare Gospel Church, Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos (1996-1998); 3.	Vice-President, Council of Foursquare men, Foursquare Gospel Church, Falomo, Ikoyi, Lgos (1998); 4.	Leader, Evangelism Team, Foursquare Gospel Church, Sharon Church, Wuse II, Abuja (2000); 5.	President, Council of Foursquare men, Foursquare Gospel Church, Utako, Abuja; 6.	Secretary Foursquare Gospel Church, Utako, Abuja; 7.	Zonal President, Council of Foursquare men, Foursquare Gospel Church, Wuse Zone, Abuja; 8.	District President, Council of Foursquare men, Abuja District, Abuja. The Abuja District Co-operative Society (now domiciled at the Kubwa District) was set up and inaugurated on 1st September, 2012 with Mr. Isaac Ajibade as the chairman; 9.	Co-coordinator, Home and Life Fellowship, Foursquare Gospel Church, Utako, Abuja (2021 – date). Mr. Bright Igbako is a Chief of Okpe Kingdom with the title of The Erheru of Okpe conferred on him by HRM Major-General Felix Mujakperuo, CFR, Orhue 1, Orodje of Okpe. He is also a deacon of the Foursquare Gospel Church. He is married to Chief, Mrs. Eseoghene Igbako (nee Kerewi of Elume, Sapele Local Government Area) with whom he has five children.