Born on August 18, 1992 into the family of Senator Effiong Bob, Hon. Otobong Effiong Bob, Esq. is an alumnus of some of the best educational institutions in the world.Hon. Otobong Effiong Bob, Esq. started his primary education at the prestigious Mobil Pegasus Primary School, Eket in Akwa Ibom State in 1997.
In 2003, he was done with primary education having passed out with a quality Primary School Leaving Certificate. Still burning with the desire for more education, he enrolled into Jephthah Secondary School, Port Harcourt in 2003. In 2005, he moved over to Greensprings School, Lagos where he passed out with the IGCSE. Young Otobong Effiong Bob proceeded to Brooke House College, United Kingdom in 2008 and passed out in 2010 with Advanced Level Certificate.
The stage was then set for Otobong Effiong Bob to pursue university education. In 2011, he was admitted into the famous University Buckingham and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws Honours degree in the Second Class Upper Division. In July 2013, Otobong Effiong Bob was at the Nigerian Law School. On graduation with the BL, he was called to the Nigerian Bar. However, Otobong Effiong Bob, Esq. was not done with formal education as he returned to the United Kingdom for a Master’s Degree in Law, this time at the prestigious University of Warwick.
Perhaps, that was just the beginning of setting the stage for the legislative duties that he had been called upon by his people to perform. However, to sharpen his legislative prowess the more, in 2018 he was with Dr. Alex Izinyon, SAN & Co. to sharpen his knowledge of the law as applicable in Nigeria.
In June 2014, he was with Obla SAN & Co. where he took time to study legal drafting, legal research and more. Again, in September 2014, he perfected the art of legal drafting and litigation at Dr. Alex Izinyon, SAN & Co. In 2015, he did Joint Columbia Law School and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators course in the United States of America in International Arbitration. Earlier, he had been adjudged to have performed the best in Electronic Business Law in the University of Buckingham, indicative of the fact that he is a quality individual.
Otobong Effiong Bob, Esq. returned to Nigeria to practice Law having completed the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps programme. He was with Dr. Alex Izinyon, SAN & Co. It was while here that the people of Nsit Ubium in their search for a quality and competent individual to represent them in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, approached him to take up the mantle. Not being one that shies away from responsibilities, Otobong Effiong Bob, Esq. accepted the responsibility.
On October 5, 2018, Otobong Effiong Bob, Esq. was nominated by the PDP in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area to fly the flag of the Party in the election into the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly to represent Nsit Ubium State Constituency. He polled One Hundred and Twenty – Seven (127) votes out of a total of One Hundred and Twenty Eight (128) accredited delegates.
Otobong Effiong Bob, Esq. embarked on a vigorous and elaborate campaign that took him to all the eighty – eight (88) political units in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area.On March 9, 2019, that intensive campaign paid off as Otobong Effiong Bob, Esq. was overwhemingly elected by the people of Nsit Ubium to represent them in the 7th Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly.
On March 28, 2019, the youngest elected member of any House of Assembly in Nigeria, Otobong Effiong Bob, Esq., was presented with the Certificate of Return by the State Resident Electoral Commissioner. Honourable Otobong Effiong Bob, Esq. was inaugurated a member of the 7th Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly on Monday June 10, 2019 setting the stage for the people of Nsit Ubium State Constituency to get quality, effective and efficient representation.
