Prof. Etim Okon Effiong

                          Department of Agricultural Economics & Extension                                   

    Faculty of Agriculture, University of Uyo

           e-mail: etim4effiong@gmail.com   Phone: +2348036715024

Professor Etim Okon Effiong holds Bachelor of Science Degree in Animal Science, Master of Science Degree in Agricultural Economics from University of Calabar as well as Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree in Farm Management/Production Economics from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Umuahia in Abia State, Nigeria in 2005. He hails from Mbo Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State. He has been teaching and supervising both undergraduate and postgraduate students at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Umuahia in Abia State and currently at the University of Uyo for over 21 years. Professionally, he has carried out academic research in different scopes of agricultural economics as evidence in more than 45 research publications in various local and international journals, conference proceedings, technical monographs and books. He has served as external examiner at both undergraduate and post graduate levels in other Nigerian universities. His focus with respect to publications and specialization is on Farm Management/ Production Economics. Based on his robust or wide scope of knowledge in the basic principles and practice of farm management policies and programmes as well as Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), he has been engaged by various national organizations at various levels as consultants for various studies and development projects. Specifically, he has consulted for Fadama 111 project, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Agriculture etc.

Professor E.O.Effiong has attended many national conferences and workshops and has presented papers in most of them. His professional associations are Nigerian Association of Agricultural Economists (NAAE), Farm Management Association of Nigeria (FAMAN), Nigerian Society for Animal Production (NSAP), Nigerian Economic Society (NES), Agricultural Society of Nigeria (ASN). He has held public lectures and present discussion papers on radio and television.

Professor E.O. Effiong has astute experience in administrative matters having served as Head of Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension and presently the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture till date. He has served as chairman and member of various committees of the university. He is a reviewer for Nigerian academic journals as well as associate reviewer for different international journals in the area of agricultural economics.

Professor E.O. Effiong is married with a daughter and his hobbies are reading, scrabble and lawn tennis. Professor E.O. Effiong can be reached through e-mail  

A BRIEF PROFILE OF PROFESSOR JOSEPH AKAWU USHIE

Professor Joseph Akawu USHIE was educated at the St. Peter’s Primary School, Bendi, the Government Secondary School, Obudu, and the Universities of Calabar, Nigeria (where he was the Secretary-General, Student Union) and Ibadan. Prof USHIE is a world-class writer and professor of General Stylistics and Literary Criticism at the Department of English, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, where he has taught for about 38 years now. He is the current Dean of the Faculty of Arts of the university, a former Vice-Dean, Postgraduate School and also a one-time Head of the Department of English of the same institution. He has also served as a member of several committees and directorates within the University of Uyo. Prof Ushie is a Fellow of the 2002 US Fulbright Programme, which took him around many American states. Apart from his scholarly works in the forms of books, monographs and journal articles published both nationally and internationally, his poetry has won both national and international awards, and has been translated into Finnish, French, German, Italian and Spanish. In 2015 his poem, “Africa Today”, was the only African poem that won entry into the Canada-based Global Poetry Competition, and in 2017, he was appointed one of the 10 juries for that year’s edition of the two-yearly competition. In 2019, his poetry collection, Yawns and Belches, won the Association of Nigerian Authors’ ANA/Shehu Sani Prize Poetry prize, and two others of his works, Eclipse in Rwanda and Hill songs had been runner up in 1995 and 2004 respectively. Prof Ushie had also served as judge himself for the national competitions in earlier years. The writer-critic and sociolinguist has featured as key or lead paper presenter in conferences and workshops in Ghana, Cameroon, the UK, Malaysia, the Philippines, and also in many universities and other tertiary institutions of learning within the country. He was also the African Representative to the 2010 Philippine PEN International Conference, Montebello Villa Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines, in 2010, and a recipient of the 2010/2011 Academia Awards as “Education Ambassador” of Akwa Ibom State. He also won the Distinguished ELSALITE Award (of the Department of English & Literary Studies), University of Calabar, in 2011. Prof Ushie is a Fellow of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Nigeria’s highest recognition for creative writing.

Prof Joseph Ushie has examined over 30 doctoral theses from about 10 universities in India, and a far higher number in several Nigerian universities, besides being an assessor of academics in many Nigerian universities for promotion to the professorial cadre. He has also been a Visiting Scholar to the Niger Delta University and the Federal University, Otuoke, both in Bayelsa State, and to the Omar Bongo University, Libreville, Gabon. Prof Ushie received the Cross River State Award on October 1, 2000, for his outstanding contributions to the development of African Literature and culture, and he is listed in Marquis’ Who is Who in the World (2017) and in Who is Who in Akwa Ibom State, 2007. As a culture enthusiast, he has established two cultural groups, the Akorshi Litong Dance Group and the Bendi Traditional Marriage Theatre. In addition to featuring in occasions in many parts of the country, including the Calabar annual carnival, the Akorshi Litong Dance Group has been studied in both the Universities of Calabar and Uyo, and the group featured in a 2021 zoom conference on World Cultural Heritage that was jointly organized by universities in the UK and Canada. Prof. Ushie is currently the Editor-in-Chief of ASUU Journal of Humanities, a Consulting Editor to several other journals, including the Indian Gandhigram Literary Review. He has also been a resource person for the JAMB Use of English examination paper and for the Nigerian National Order of Merit Awards under the Presidency. Professor Joseph Akawu Ushie is also currently a Resource Person and Consultant to the Secretariat of the Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa (MOWCA). He has, indeed, mentored and supported many generations of Nigerian scholars and writers, very many of who have become professors in their various fields and award-winning writers.

 Prof.Uduak B. Ubom

PROFILE OF PROF. MOJISOLA ESEYIN

Mojisola Eseyin, PhD, is a Professor of Jurisprudence and International Law. She is currently, the first and so far, the only female Dean of the prestigious Faculty of Law, University of Uyo. Prof. Eseyin has been an erstwhile two-terms Vice Dean and Head of the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law, University of Uyo. An academic of the topmost echelon, Prof. Eseyin has a cognate experience that spans over three decades in the Ivory Tower. Prof. Eseyin’s intellectual sagacity and ingenious acumen are evident in her teaching, over the years, Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, Family Law, Law of Intellectual Property, Human Rights as well as International Humanitarian Law, both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She has a deep-seated interest in research and her dexterity, pragmatism and unique pedagogical approach to the impartation of knowledge have been amply brought to bear in her annual Jurisprudence Symposium, where she employs clinical approaches geared at demystifying the time-honoured abstraction that trails the compression and understanding of Jurisprudence as a sphere of study. Her classes adapt exciting and pragmatic pedagogy in modelling students’ learning methods. She is engendering a new phenomenon of a therapeutic approach to Jurisprudence where formal knowledge of law is expressed through the living knowledge of law using roleplays. Prof. Eseyin’s YouTube channel prides itself as the only online medium where a person of colour shares content on Jurisprudence. Her NGO, CHEWORA which was founded in 2002, focuses on women and children’s rights with particular attention to the sexual and reproductive rights of women and protection against domestic/gender-based violence. Professor Eseyin is a versatile speaker and presenter at various conferences.

A Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Prof. Eseyin was honoured as the most outstanding lecturer at the University of Uyo by the Students Union Government in the year 2020/2021. Prof. Eseyin has also been the best lecturer of the year in the Faculty of Law in 2019. She also bagged the monthly best lecturer’s award twice in previous years. She recently bagged the Students’ Union best dean of the year, 2022 award in the University of Uyo. Several other accolades, awards, plaques and honours adorn Prof. Eseyin’s shelves. As an academic worth of nickel, Prof. Eseyin has no fewer than fifty (50) widely researched publications in both local and international Journals. Her immense contribution to knowledge and intellectualism is also amply exemplified in her authorship of two books namely, Women’s Rights in Nigeria, How Protected and Jurisprudence: A Handbook for Students. She is happily married to Professor O. Eseyin, and their marriage is blessed with promising children.

Connect with Professor Eseyin as follows:

Linkedin          https://www.linkedin.com/in/mojisola-eseyin-bb129242

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Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YGMdPHAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

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Twitter           @EseyinMojisola

Email               mojisolaeseyin@uniuyo.edu.ng

A SHORT ACADEMIC PROFILE OF ENGR. PROF. AKINDELE FOLARIN ALONGE

(FIAABE, FNSE, FAEng, FNIAE, FSESN, MASABE, MCSBE, MNIFST, MNIM, MPASAE, MISHS, MISFAE, R.ENG (COREN))

Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Professor Akindele Folarin Alonge is the immediate Past President of International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineers (CIGR) and a Fellow of the International Academy of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineers (FIAABE). CIGR is the umbrella body of the Society of Agricultural Engineers worldwide. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Engineering of Nigeria (FAEng). He is the current Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Uyo, Uyo in Akwa Ibom State. He has served as the National Financial Secretary, National Auditor, and Regional Chairman of Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineers (NIAE), South-South. He is the current National Chairman of NIAE. The position will be occupied till September 2023.

He holds a Bachelors and Masters in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Ibadan. He also holds a Ph.D from University of Ilorin. He has published over 130 articles both locally and internationally and presented over 35 invited papers. He is an associate editor of three journals and he review papers for over fifteen international journals. He is the Pioneer Editor of the Journal of Research and Innovations in Engineering (JORIE) – the Faculty of Engineering, University of Uyo Journal. He is an Advisory Board Member of two Internationals in China (International Journal of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (IJABE)), Japan (Agricultural Mechanization on Asia, Africa and Latin America (AMA)) and two Nigerian journals (Arid Zone Journal of Engineering, Technology and Environment, University of Maiduguri and Umudike Journal of Engineering of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture.

He won the Graduate Engineer of the year 1989 of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Ibadan as well as Sahara Engineers’ Best Paper in Mechanical Engineering as well as Pa William overall best paper in Engineering. He has been a Corporate member of NSE since 1995. He has served and still serving in several committees of NSE. He started his career as a youth corper in the Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Ilorin in September 1987, returned as an Assistant Lecturer in January 1991 and rose through the ranks to Senior Lecturer in 2006. He transferred his service to become an Associate Professor in University of Uyo in 2008 and a Professor in 2011. He has supervised over 120 undergraduate and postgraduate students at both University of Ilorin and University of Uyo respectively. He has been an external examiner to both undergraduate and postgraduate students in several universities in Nigeria as well as University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Universiti Putra, Malaysia.

He is a registered Engineer with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN). He has been a member of Canadian Society of BioEngineering (CSBE) since 2007. He has served in several committees of ASABE. He has served as the President of African Network Group of the ASABE. His commitment  with ASABE for several years were with lots of success stories from initiating the ASABE-NIAE partnership to establishment of African Network Group of ASABE, to appointment by board of Trustees of ASABE as her representative in the Executive Board of CIGR for over four years, Chair of International Affairs of ASABE etc. The ASABE President gave an Award during the Virtual Conference of ASABE in July 2020 for all these contributions.

He is a member of the International Advisory Committee of the International Conference on Agricultural and Food Engineering (CAFEi), Universiti Putra, Malaysia. He is a Member of Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) Chartered.  He is a Fellow of Nigerian Society of Engineers, Fellow of Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineers and Fellow of Solar Energy Society of Nigeria. He is a recipient of several awards within and outside Nigeria. He is also a member of Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technologists (NIFST). He has attended and presented papers in over fifty five (55) local conferences and over fitty (50) international conferences. His extension work has taken him to almost all the states in Nigeria, some West Africa states, South Africa, USA, Canada, France, Australia, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, UAE, Oman and several other nations of the world for conferences, training, workshops, fellowship and visits.

He served as the Head of Department as well as the Vice Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Uyo, Nigeria from September 2010 till January 2015. He has served and still serving in several committees of the University. He was on Sabbatical leave as the Director of Membership Services at the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) Headquarters, Abuja in 2015. He has been a COREN Resource person in accreditation exercise for several years as well as Resource Person for National Universities Commission (NUC). He is married to Catherine Modupe Alonge, a University Administrator and blessed with a good family.

Professor Christopher Nyong Ekong is the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Uyo, Uyo. He holds a B.Sc. Economics (Uniuyo-1988); M.Sc. (Money & Banking) Economics (Uniport- 1991), and a Ph.D. in Economics (Uniuyo – 2001). He additionally holds a Certificate in Leadership Skills from Hetta International Development Centre, New York (USA – 2004); Certificate in Policy, Strategy and Leadership from the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS, Kuru – 2012); Certificate of Completion on Introduction to Construction Management and Scheduling (National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), USA – 2012); Certificate of Completion on Leading Economic Growth program (Harvard Kennedy School, Centre for International Development, Harvard University –Executive Education – 2013); Certificate of Completion: Training of Trainers (ICMC, Uyo – 2015).

Professor Christopher Nyong Ekong started his work career as an Assistant Lecturer in the University of Uyo in 1992. By October, 2014 he was appointed Professor of Economics in the University of Uyo. Christopher has consulted variously for many Agencies including DHV of Netherlands/Halcrow Rural Management of UK as Rural Credit Specialist (1994-1995); United Nations Development Program (UNDP) – Rural Credit and Socio Economic Consultant in UNDP assisted development program in Akwa Ibom State in 1995 and 1998; Niger Delta Environmental Survey (NDES) as Participatory Rural Appraisal(PRA)/ Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) trainer and Supervisor (1996-1997);  Development Innovations Network (IRED) as Trainer and Supervisor for NDES PRA/PLA program in the Niger Delta (1997-1998); Department for International Development (DFID) as Environmental Economic Consultant in Cross River State Forest Reserve –1997; Niger Delta Wetland Centre as PRA/Rural Credit Specialist in Akassa Development Project, (Bayelsa State – 1997);  Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) – Community Development Adviser (1999-2001); Fresh & Green Consultants as PRA/PLA Consultant (2001) .

Professor Christopher Nyong Ekong has held the following political appointments: Commissioner, Akwa Ibom Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Commission (2001); Special Adviser, Bureau of Youth & Culture, Akwa Ibom State (2002- 2003); Hon. Commissioner, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Akwa Ibom State (2003 – 2007); Hon. Commissioner, Ministry of Economic Development and Chief Economic Adviser, Akwa Ibom State (2007 – 2008); Chairman, Akwa United Football Club, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State (2003 – 2008); Vice Chairman, Akwa Ibom State Executive Council Committee (EXCO) for the Reorganization of the State University of Science and Technology (2007); Vice Chairman Akwa Ibom State Executive Council Committee (EXCO) for Collation of Omitted Villages and Clans; Chairman, State Government Committee on the Revitalization of Government Moribund Industries and Recovery of Government properties, Akwa Ibom State (2008); Chairman, Akwa Ibom Taxi Scheme Implementation Committee (2008); Member, Finance and General Purpose Committee (FGPC), Akwa Ibom State (2007-2008); Council Member, National Institute for Social and Economic Research (NISER) – (2017 – 2021).

Professor Christopher Nyong Ekong has also been appointed into the following professional positions: Member, South-South Nigeria Economic Summit Group – The economic wing and Advisor of the South-South Governors’ Forum (2008 – 2010); Chairman, REDAN Capital Ltd. (an investment arm of Real Estates Developers Association of Nigeria, REDAN – 2010-2014).

Professor Christopher Nyong Ekong has the following in his publications profile: 45 journal articles, 10 Book Chapters, 6 books, 15 Conference papers, and 1 Technical Report.

Professor Christopher Nyong Ekong is a member of the following professional bodies: Nigeria Economic Society (NES), Nigeria Participatory Appraisal Network (NIPRANET), Real Estates Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), Institute for Chattered Mediators of Nigeria (ICMC), and International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS), Fukuoka, Japan.

Professor Christopher Nyong Ekong is married to Idaresit Christopher Ekong and they are blessed with three children: Ekemini, Andikan, and Mfonobong.Professor Christopher Nyong Ekong is the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Uyo, Uyo. He holds a B.Sc. Economics (Uniuyo-1988); M.Sc. (Money & Banking) Economics (Uniport- 1991), and a Ph.D. in Economics (Uniuyo – 2001). He additionally holds a Certificate in Leadership Skills from Hetta International Development Centre, New York (USA – 2004); Certificate in Policy, Strategy and Leadership from the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS, Kuru – 2012); Certificate of Completion on Introduction to Construction Management and Scheduling (National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), USA – 2012); Certificate of Completion on Leading Economic Growth program (Harvard Kennedy School, Centre for International Development, Harvard University –Executive Education – 2013); Certificate of Completion: Training of Trainers (ICMC, Uyo – 2015).

Professor Christopher Nyong Ekong started his work career as an Assistant Lecturer in the University of Uyo in 1992. By October, 2014 he was appointed Professor of Economics in the University of Uyo. Christopher has consulted variously for many Agencies including DHV of Netherlands/Halcrow Rural Management of UK as Rural Credit Specialist (1994-1995); United Nations Development Program (UNDP) – Rural Credit and Socio Economic Consultant in UNDP assisted development program in Akwa Ibom State in 1995 and 1998; Niger Delta Environmental Survey (NDES) as Participatory Rural Appraisal(PRA)/ Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) trainer and Supervisor (1996-1997);  Development Innovations Network (IRED) as Trainer and Supervisor for NDES PRA/PLA program in the Niger Delta (1997-1998); Department for International Development (DFID) as Environmental Economic Consultant in Cross River State Forest Reserve –1997; Niger Delta Wetland Centre as PRA/Rural Credit Specialist in Akassa Development Project, (Bayelsa State – 1997);  Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) – Community Development Adviser (1999-2001); Fresh & Green Consultants as PRA/PLA Consultant (2001) .

Professor Christopher Nyong Ekong has held the following political appointments: Commissioner, Akwa Ibom Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Commission (2001); Special Adviser, Bureau of Youth & Culture, Akwa Ibom State (2002- 2003); Hon. Commissioner, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Akwa Ibom State (2003 – 2007); Hon. Commissioner, Ministry of Economic Development and Chief Economic Adviser, Akwa Ibom State (2007 – 2008); Chairman, Akwa United Football Club, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State (2003 – 2008); Vice Chairman, Akwa Ibom State Executive Council Committee (EXCO) for the Reorganization of the State University of Science and Technology (2007); Vice Chairman Akwa Ibom State Executive Council Committee (EXCO) for Collation of Omitted Villages and Clans; Chairman, State Government Committee on the Revitalization of Government Moribund Industries and Recovery of Government properties, Akwa Ibom State (2008); Chairman, Akwa Ibom Taxi Scheme Implementation Committee (2008); Member, Finance and General Purpose Committee (FGPC), Akwa Ibom State (2007-2008); Council Member, National Institute for Social and Economic Research (NISER) – (2017 – 2021).

Professor Christopher Nyong Ekong has also been appointed into the following professional positions: Member, South-South Nigeria Economic Summit Group – The economic wing and Advisor of the South-South Governors’ Forum (2008 – 2010); Chairman, REDAN Capital Ltd. (an investment arm of Real Estates Developers Association of Nigeria, REDAN – 2010-2014).

Professor Christopher Nyong Ekong has the following in his publications profile: 45 journal articles, 10 Book Chapters, 6 books, 15 Conference papers, and 1 Technical Report.

Professor Christopher Nyong Ekong is a member of the following professional bodies: Nigeria Economic Society (NES), Nigeria Participatory Appraisal Network (NIPRANET), Real Estates Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), Institute for Chattered Mediators of Nigeria (ICMC), and International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS), Fukuoka, Japan.

Professor Christopher Nyong Ekong is married to Idaresit Christopher Ekong and they are blessed with three children: Ekemini, Andikan, and Mfonobong. 

Profile of Professor Imaobong David Akpan MNAE, Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Uyo, Uyo.

Imaobong Akpan is a Professor of Educational Psychology. She had her NCE in Home Economics at the College of Education, Uyo in 1981; B.Ed in Home Economics at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria in 1985; M.Ed in Educational Psychology at the University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt in 1989, and Ph.D in Educational Psychology at the University of Calabar, Calabar in 2001. She’s the current Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Uyo.

Professor Imaobong Akpan is a full-time lecturer in the Department of Psychological Foundations of Education, Faculty of Education, as well as a part-time lecturer in the Department of Home Economics Education, Faculty of Vocational Education, Library and Information Sciences all in the University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.

Prof Imaobong Akpan has served as the Acting Head, Department of Home Economics, Faculty of Agriculture from 2007 to 2012, and Associate Dean Faculty of Agriculture in 2008. She has served as Chairman/member in various boards as well as committees within the University some of which include : Member, Convocation Planning Committee -2009 to 2014; Member, University Academic Gown  Committee -2009 to 2017; Chairman, Uniuyo Bakery and Confectionery Committee 2015 to 2018; Member, University Staff School Board – 2008 to 2012 ; Chairman, University Staff School Board – 2022 till date among others.

Prof Imaobong Akpan has also rendered community services in various capacities some of which include : State Lead Trainer in UNDP/UNIDO Women Community Leaders and Grassroots Women in Food Processing in Akwa Ibom State – 1998 to 2006; Vice Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities ( ASUU-UUB) University of Uyo Branch – 2003 to 2007;  President, National Association of Women Academics (NAWACS)  University of Uyo – 2006 to 2007; Member, Board of Trustees Etinan Institute Old Students Association – 2009 till date;  Member, Board of Governors Infant Jesus Model School, Oron – 2012 till date; Treasurer Uyo Village Development Forum – 2001 to 2011 and Member, Governing Council College of Education, Afaha Nsit, Akwa Ibom State – 2022 till date among others.

Prof Imaobong Akpan has attended  over 50 regional and International Conferences and presented  papers. She has published over 41 scholarly articles in journals both locally and internationaly, as well as chapters in books. She’s a member of many professional bodies, including the prestigious Nigerian Academy of Education (NAE), Nigerian  Society  of Educational Psychologists (NISEP), Nigerian Council of Educational Psychologists ( NCEP), Family and Consumer Sciences Society of Nigeria (FACSSON), World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP), Association for Promoting Quality Education in Nigeria ( APQEN) among others.

Professor Imaobong Akpan has successfully supervised the dissertation of over 20 Masters Degree students with 11 dissertations ongoing, she has also supervised 4 Ph.D Theses with 3 ongoing. She has been an external examiner to undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in both Home Economics and Educational Psychology. She has also served as Professorial Assessor in Home Economics and Education to several Colleges of Education as well as Universities. She is a prolific writer of International repute. She has published well researched papers in journals and book chapters on Education, Home Economics and Human Development. She is a Google Scholar as well as a registered member of ResearchGate.

Professor Imaobong Akpan has been honoured with several awards some of which include: Akwa Ibom Youth Federation Excellent Service Award (2011), National Association of Agricultural Students (NAAS) Gold Service Award as the Best Performing H.O.D. 2010/2011 Session, The African Church ( St. Stephen’s Cathedral Award of Recognition as Adviser of Women (2014), Infant Jesus Model School Oron Award of Distinction (2016), Home Economics Teachers’ Association of Nigeria (HETAN) Award of Excellence (2019),  Nung Uyo Youth Association Award of Excellence (2019), Home Economics Professional Association of Nigeria (HEPAN) Distinguished Service Award (2023), and Rotary Ambassadorial Award for BASIC EDUCATION & LITERACY (2023) among others.

Professor Imaobong Akpan is a lover of God and man with strict adherence to Christian principles, a born again Christian and an ordained Pastor at Power City International  where she serves as a District Pastor and the  Youth Matron. She is married to Mr David Akpan ( the Trustee) of Uyo Village in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. This marriage is blessed with children who have distinguished themselves as professionals in different areas of their  callings in life.

Professor Imaobong Akpan contacts are :
email addresses :
* imaobongdakpan@uniuyo.edu.ng
*talk2imaakpan001@gmail.com

Prof. Joseph Essien is an accomplished Environmental Microbiologist with a wealth of experience in studying Protists-Pollutants Interactions, particularly in the Niger Delta wetlands of Nigeria. His expertise extends to health, safety, and environmental (HSE) standards, policies, and bioremediation practices. He has served as a Research Advisor at SPDC, Nigeria, and played a significant role in academic assessments by chairing Ad-hoc Accreditation Panels for Microbiology programs in Nigerian universities. He was a member of the Specialized Committee of Assessors for Science constituted by the Governing Board of the Nigerian National Merit Award, Presidency Nigeria (2016 – 2022). Prof. Essien presented the 76th Inaugural Lecture (“Jockeying the Biorhythms of Microbes for a Better Environment) of the University of Uyo and holds the position of Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability Research (ICEESR), University of Uyo, where his research has made a global impact (Google Scholar: 2181 citations; h-index of 17 and i10-index of 56; Scopus: 839 citations; h-index of 19 and 53 documents by author) with over 135 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He is the Editor-in-Chief, World Journal of Applied Science and Technology and has been consistently selected every year as one of the top hundred scientist in Nigeria. He is currently the Dean of Science, University of Uyo.

PROF. ANTHONY OKWOGUME UJENE
B.Sc, M.Sc (JOS), Ph.D (UYO), MNIOB

PROF. UJENE, ANTHONY OKWOGUME was born on July 16, 1969. He attended several primary schools between 1974-1979(St Paul Anglical School Uromi, Edo state; Ori-Oke Baptist Day school Ogbomoso, Oyo state; St Peter’s Claver’s school Ilugun, Abeokuta, Ogun state and Ogbagu Primary School, Ogume). He obtained his West African School Certificate from Ogume Grammar School Ogume, Ogume Delta state in 1984. He holds BSc. (Building-1999) and MSc degrees (Construction Management-2005) from University of Jos, Jos, and PhD. (Construction Management-2012) from University of Uyo, Uyo.

He was appointed Graduate Assistant in 2001 and served as the Pioneer Coordinator of Department of Building from September 2002-October 2005, and Acting Head of Department from 2019 to 2020. He has been the longest serving Exam officer in Department of Building (2001-2003, 2007-2014). He has been involved in research and teaching of different courses at undergraduate and Postgraduate levels in the Department and the Faculty. He has been actively engaged in various community services within and outside the University.

He is currently a Professor in the Department of Building and a member of the University Senate. He is registered with Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON), corporate member Nigerian Institute of Building, member of Nigerian Legion Corps of Commissionaire, as well as member Man of Order and Discipline movement of Nigeria. He is a member many social and academic clubs. He has over One Hundred publications in national and international journals, book chapters and conference papers with his main interest in Construction resource management, sustainable development, quantitative methods, and Construction Economics. He has supervised many projects, dissertation, and thesis at BSc, MSc, and PhD levels. He has served as member of many committees at Department, Faculty and University levels. He has served as external examiners to various Universities up to PhD levels.  He has also served as editor and reviewer to many local and international journals. He is currently the Dean Faculty of Environmental Studies, University of Uyo. His guiding Principles have remained, Honesty, Dedication to duty, Selflessness and Hard work. He Hails from Ogume Ogbagu, Ndokwa west LGA in Delta State, and is Happily married with Five children.

Professor Idara Akpabio holds a B. Sc. Degree in Physics from the erstwhile University of Cross River State, Nigeria (1984 – 1988), M.Sc. Mineral Exploration (Geophysics Option) from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria (1990 – 1992) and Ph.D. in Applied Geophysics from the University of Science and Technology, PH, (1995 – 1997). 

He has professional / industry experience taken through the Geological Laboratory, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Warri; Exploration Department, SPDC, PH; Stanford University, Stanford, California and the University of Uyo, Nigeria. While in the Geological Laboratory, he led a massive study for SPDC that investigated the marine and coastal ecosystem of the Niger Delta, the study resulted in a world class first ever documentation on the heat dynamics of the marine, coastal and onshore environments titled; Thermal State of the Niger Delta.  As a Geoscientist and mineral explorationist, he is leading a team of Earth Scientist in arriving at an acceptable profile in curbing global warming by sequestrating carbon and stopping gas flaring, a move to protect and harness the potentials of our marine, coastal and onshore environments. 

Prof. Idara Akpabio has been in the employ of the University of Uyo for over 30 years. He started lecturing as a Graduate Assistant in 1990; rose through the ranks and acquired relevant experience to become Professor in 2010. He is a seasoned administrator having served as Head, Department of Physics; past Dean, Faculty of Science; past Chairman, Committee of Deans and former member of the 9^th Governing Council of the University of UYo.

Prof. Idara Akpabio has been a visiting lecturer, on National Universities Commission accreditation team and served as External Examiner in various Universities.  He is a member of several professional bodies including: Nigerian Institute of Physics, Physics Writers Series Creation and Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists.  He has authored and published several books in Physics and Geophysics. He has over 100 academic publications to his credit. He is the 57^th Inaugural Lecturer of the University of Uyo, Nigeria and currently, Dean Faculty of Physical Sciences.

Uduak A. Umoh is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science.  She received her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Computer Science, Soft Computing in Artificial Intelligence, (AI), University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria in 2012, Master’s degree in Computer Science in Database Management System, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria in 2006 and Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria in 2007.

She is currently working as Dean, Faculty of Computing, University of Uyo, a researcher, a lecturer in the University of Uyo, an Adjunct Professor, Akwa Ibom State University and Obong University, Nigeria. She also does community service in and outside of the University. She is involved in PhD., MSc., PGD, and BSc research supervision and, both internal and external examination locally and internationally. External examiner, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, external examiner, Ritman University, Nigeria, external examiner, PhD Thesis in the African Centre of Excellence in Internet of Things (ACEIoT), University of Rwanda, external examiner, University of Dar es Salaam (College of Information and Communication Technologies -CoICT), Tanzania, etc.  Her main research interests are in AI – Soft Computing, Fuzzy systems, Hybrid models, Database System, etc. Her original results have been published in over 70 papers in international journals, proceedings of international conferences, books, and book chapters.

Also, she is ICT Manager at Alternative Petroleum and Power Limited (APPL). She leads the development and execution of comprehensive ICT strategies in alignment with APPL’s business objectives. She heads the design, development, and maintenance of APPL’s official website, ensuring a user-friendly experience and alignment with brand guidelines. She leads the team of IT professionals in the planning, implementation, and maintenance of the company’s IT infrastructure. She is a member of NCS, CPN, IEEE-CIS, NIWIT, UACEE), OSWD, SCRS, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IAENG &CS, MLR… etc. She is a Board Member and a reviewer in several local and international journals.