Late Deaconess Vivian Paul Ekpo


By Idongesit Otu


Hon Obong Paul Ekpo, former State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and present member of the Federal House of Representatives, representing the people of Etinan/Nsit Ibom/Nsit Ubium Federal Constituency, is saying a final farewell to his wife, Deaconess Vivian Paul Ekpo, nee Akenge on Friday, August 4, 2023.


The late Deaconess Vivian Paul Ekpo, passed on at the National Hospital, Abuja on April 29, 2023 at the age of 55.


Hon Obong Paul Ekpo


Until her death, she was an Assistant Registrar with the National Open University of Nigeria, Uyo. She also served meritoriously for many years at the defunct Nigeria Telecommunications (NITEL) and the Federal Character Commission, Abuja.


The service of songs for late Deaconess Vivian Paul Ekpo will be held on Thursday,  August 3rd,  2023, at her residence in Uyo, while a service of songs preceding the Uyo event, will be held in her honor in Abuja at the Fine World Recreational Park, opposite Shoprite/Shafa Filling Station on the  July 27, 2023, at 5pm.


The funeral service by Winners Chapel Church will hold at the Comprehensive Secondary School, Nkana Iman, Etinan by 10.a.m. prompt, while the internment takes place immediately after the church service at the Family House in Nkana Iman.


Four children and her husband survive the late Deaconess Vivian Paul Ekpo.