PREAMBLE:

“The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. He shall enter into peace; they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness”. Otuekong Idongesit Nkanga is not dead but rather going before us, the road of all mortals”.

BIRTH
Otuekong Idongesit Nkanga was born on Jan. 27th, 1952 into the family of Elder Okon Udo Nkanga and Late Deaconess Tity Okon Udo Nkanga of Ikot Nya village in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. He was the first child among Seven Children of a respectable family in the village. His parents were both ordained as Elder and Deaconess respectively in Qua Iboe Church, Ikot Nya, Nsit Ibom Local Government Area.

EDUCATION
Idongesit Akwa Ibom had his primary education at Qua Iboe Mission Primary School, Ikot Nya, Nsit Ibom L.G.A. 1957-1963. Secondary education at Wilcox Memorial Grammar School, Aba 1964-1967 and later moved to the prestigious Etinan Institute Etinan 1968-1969, Nigerian Defence Academy 1970-1973, Air University, Montgomery, USA 1985, University of Ibadan, Nigeria 2001 where he obtained his First School Leaving Certificate, West African School Certificate, Nigerian Defense Academy (NDA), Passed Staff College- PSC(+) and M.Sc. Political Science (Strategic Studies) respectively.