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MAC INOMA DIRI

He was born on Saturday, December 22, 1962 in far away Tiko in Cameroon but was taken to Bille for his education. He attended State School, Bille and St. John's School, Ke. He completed his primary education as the smallest boy in the 1975 class of State School, Bille with a credit grade. He also attended Baptist High School, Port Harcourt, where he obtained his WASCE/GCE in 1981. He left the school as a Sports Writer and high jump specialist.

He began his job career as Accounts Clerk in 1984 with the G. B. Ollivant - a Division of UAC (Nig.) Ltd, Lagos. In 1986, he was admitted to study Accountancy in the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt. In the school, he was the Vice President and thereafter the President of the National Union of Bille Students (NUBS) for two tenures as well as the Secretary of the Association of Accountancy Students (AAS) of the University. In the school, he later became the Features Editor of the Student Accountant, a journal of the AAS.

He graduated in 1989 with a B.Sc. Degree in Accountancy and later did his National Service with the Katsina State Water Board. While in the Water Board, he wrote an accounting manual for the use of the establishment. He was also the Sports Editor of the Katcorps Magazine, an in-house publication of the Katsina State Directorate of the NYSC. He equally acted as the Captain of the Football Team of the Corps members. In Katsina, he won the National Director’s prize for the best essay on the Children and Youth Day celebration. He has since been in practice as writer and Accountant.

He had his internship with Allwell Brown & Co. - a firm of Chartered Accountants before moving to the Rivers State College of Education as an Internal Auditor. In 1992, he moved to become the Chief Accountant and later the Head, Group Reporting Unit of the Adamac Group of Companies in Port Harcourt. In late December 2003, he was promoted to the position of Finance Manager, Adamac Industries Limited – Onne Base. He resigned in June 2004 because of the failure of the company to pay its staff salaries regularly. After a year without job he was employed as Accountant with the Overseas Technical Service Nigeria Limited, Bonny on July 1, 2005 after a month on probation. On June 5, 2004, he was sworn in as the Secretary of the Community Development Committee (CDC) representing the Opu Dukofa Community where he continued his service to the Bille Community. On Saturday, August 5, 2006, he handed over to his successors after a ‘fruitful’ but frustrating tenure.

He has had numerous awards and other appointments to this date. He is Amaibi doki bo 1 of Bille. He is President - Ama ibi Age Group, Bille; Pilot - G12, a socio-cultural club of true Ijaw Patriots; (2011 - Date); Chairman - Bille All-stars FC, Co-ordinator - Amaibi Forum, Bille; Co-ordinator - Isia Elites Amalgam; Senior Catechist (2010 till Date) - Christ Army Church of Nigeria; Team Manager - Man United Football Club, Amaibi United Football Club and Comets Football Club. A journalist and an orator, he was for several years the Publisher and Editor-In-Chief of the Bille Mirror and Chairman, Bille District Amateur Football Association. He is also a political and community activist. His hobbies include; writing, reading, sports, debate and travelling.

He is married to Damiete Mac-Diri and has started accomplishing his mission, which is to ‘father a son, build a house and write a book.’ He has three children: Kevin Abiye (July 7, 2002), Irene Ibimina (September 5, 2006) and Ibinabo Precious (May 11, 2011).