CALABAR’S EXTRAORDINARY ENTERTAINER DOUBLE E EXPOSED!
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He rocks the Calabar Festival stage every year as the official MC of the
32-day Christmas Festival which is Africa’s biggest Christmas
celebration. Double E has excelled in the media and entertainment
landscape, traveling far and wide several shores, over the years, his
warm and amiable personality has endeared him to be allies with the high
and mighty in show business, government and the corporate world. Having
a year over a dozen years experience in radio & Television
presentation, this in turn gave birth to a 10 year experience in
Mastering of Ceremonies.
Double E alias Effiong Ekpeyong speaks, ‘I started by reading news in front of the mirror, and sometimes for my grandmother’.
He is now a graduate of Mass Communication from Cross River University
of Technology. Apart from working with Cross River State Broadcasting
Corporation, Double E, is also sought after by top brands in Nigeria, to
anchor functions and voice over jingles, he has been a regional judge
at the MTN Project Fame music talent hunt and TV Reality Show for five
(5) years and still counting.
You can call Double E an extraordinary entertainer, as he sings too,’
you won’t believe that I almost had my single out courtesy Terry G who
was ready to cook a hit for me, but Timaya who was supposed to be on the
track slowed me down, as he was too busy to lay his hook on the track’,
this makes it obvious that as an all round entertainer, growing up in
Lagos imbibed in him the consciousness of having an audience to please.
Although he prefers to be called a broadcaster, Double E has also had a
stint in the movie world, playing significant roles in movies like ‘I’ll
take my chances (with Desmond Elliot) and ‘Streets of Calabar’ amongst
others.
Recounting his experience and starting up, he had this to say ‘I owe my
success to my Godfather in person of Godfada Petertex Etim, who
rediscovered me, gave me the name ‘Double E’ and an opportunity to
showcase my talent on the radio.
My story will also be incomplete without Segun Arinze and late veteran
broadcaster Ikenna Ndaguba’. I cannot forget erstwhile Governor Donald
Duke, who helped me to explore my talent, and Senator Liyel Imoke, who
gave me a platform to excel as Cross River State’s official Master of
Ceremony.
Over the years, Double E has now become a mentor and inspiration to
many, the likes of Double Black- his younger brother whom he refers to
as ‘the other side of me’, and Calabar’s fast rising disc jockey-
Preppy.
On plans for the future, Double E says he is nursing a dream to set up
his own radio station, be guaranteed it will be in Calabar, ‘I also hope
to quit the media soon for politics and oil & gas, but not
totally.
I believe all human beings are political animals, and very soon, I will
delve into politics, so I offer myself to serve my beloved people of
Odukpani Local Government Area in Cross River State where I come from’.
The interview session ended with his favorite quote and word of advice
to the younger generation who will like to walk in his shoes “Don't go
broke trying to look rich, act your wage and be yourself”.
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