Elsie Gabriel Udofia mnipr, nee Ita was born in Calabar as the 3rd child and 2nd daughter in a family of 5 children. She hails from Atabong in Okobo Local Government Area by birth and from Ukana, Essien Udim by marriage.

A 1980 graduate of English and Literary Studies from the University of Calabar, she also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Communication and a Master of Arts in Business & Organizational Communication, University of Uyo. She is an alumnus of the prestigious Galilee Institute of Management, Israel.

Elsie cut her teeth in the public service as a teacher (Mistress ll) in the Cross River State Teaching Service Commission in 1981 after the compulsory National Youth Service Corps Scheme in Kwara State. For 33 years she served in the broadcast industry beginning from the defunct Radio Nigeria, Calabar, then at the Cross River Television Authority which later metamorphosed into Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation....... (read MORE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2021/01/meet-station-manager-of-redemption-1015.html )