Imo E. Ekpo obtained professional degrees in Science and Civil Engineering with B.Sc, M.Sc, PGDip. He graduated from the University of Ibadan and University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK in 1978, 1982 and 1986. He is a professional (COREN Registered) Engineer and Principal Partner of Micek Consult Ltd. and has handled several designs and civil engineering, and Hydropower projects in several parts of Nigeria Europe and Africa. He has made more than three decades of policy and technical contributions in dam engineering at National, Regional and Global levels.