AMB. STEVE AGBANA

DIRECTING STAFF

Ambassador Ekpebike Steve Agbana was born on 13thNovember, 1962, in Adagbabiri Town, Sagbama L.G.A of Bayelsa State. He attended St. Pius Xth College (SPC), Bodo – Ogoni in Rivers State from 1974 to 1979; School of Basic Studies, Port Harcourt (1979-1980); Rivers State University of Science and Technology (1980 – 1984) where he obtained a BSC (Hons.) in Applied Chemistry; and University of Benin, Benin City, where he obtained an MSc degree in Pharmacology and Toxicology in 1989.  

Ambassador E. S. Agbana joined the Nigerian Foreign Service in 1991 after a brief stint as Lecturer II with the University of Jos. In 1992, he attended the Foreign Service Academy (FSA) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lagos, emerging as the Best Overall Officer. He has served in various Nigerian Missions abroad, including the Embassy of Nigeria, Bangkok, Thailand; Embassy/Permanent Mission of Nigeria, Vienna, Austria and Embassy/Permanent Mission of Nigeria, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Embassy of Nigeria, Algiers, Algeria, and finally, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (April 2021 to December, 2023).  

Ambassador E. S. Agbana has also served in various capacities outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between February 2006 May 2007, he was Assistant Director/Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Secretary to Bayelsa State State Government (SSG). Also doubled as Special Assistant to Honorary Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Matters, Abuja, between April and August 2007. Between December 2015 and April 2017, he was sent on secondment to the Office of the National Security Adviser as Deputy Directorin charge of Multilateral Affairs, and later appointed Head, Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (Head, P/CVE) in the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), serving as Nigeria’s Focal Point for P/CVE engagements.  

Ambassador E. S. Agbana retired from the Foreign Service in November 2022 on attaining the retirement age of 60 years. He is married, and blessed with four (4) children