·    Overseas Development Administration (ODA) Training Awards to attend the various COMSKIPTECH training workshops organized by the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the British Council in 1989, 1991, twice in 1992, and 1993. ·    Overseas Development Administration (ODA) Fellowship Award administered through the British Council in Nigeria to attend a Master…

i. Founding Member, Communication Skills Project for Universities of Agriculture and Technology (COMSKIPTECH) Network. ii. Member, Nigerian Association of Teachers and Researchers of English as a Second Language (NATRESL) Member of its National Executive Committee(2006 till date).iii. Member, International Association of Teachers of English as a ForeignLanguage (IATEFL)iv. Member, International As…

·    University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.    2000 ·    University of Birmingham, England.    1993    M.A. (TEFL/TESL) ·    Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos    1989    PGD in Journalism ·    University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.    1987 ·&nb…

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1. Member, Nigeria Society for Microbiology - 1986 2. Member, New York Academy of Sciences - 2002 3. Member, American Society for Microbiology - 2004 4. Member, Science Association of Nigeria - 1989 5. Treasurer, Nigerian Society for Microbiology - 1986 — 1990 6. Secretary, African Regional Network for Microb. - 2002 — 2004 7. Secretary, Nigerian Society of Microbiology - …

• University of Calabar, Nigeria - 1978 —1982 • University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria - 1984 —1986 • University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria - 1990 — 1994…

(a) National Merit Award (Biological Science), University of Calabar - 1980 — 1981 (b) UNESCO Short-term Fellowship on Biotechnology - 1992 (c) Commonwealth Science Council Fellowship - 1992 (d) VLAG Fellowship, Wageningen Agricultural University The Netherlands - 1996…

Student Supervision Supervise and direct under graduate and graduate student projects in the Department. The number of post graduate students supervised are given below: M.Sc 12 Ph.D 8 Administrative Experience (a) Position in Administration   (i) Head, Department of Science Laboratory Technology, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta - 1997— 2000 (ii) Head. Department of Microbiolog…

Vision Directed towards bio-conversion of biomass to biofuels and production of food enzymes from farm wastes, with the view to adding value to Nigeria’s agricultural raw materials and enhancing the environment. This is aimed at promoting skilled young agricultural entrepreneurs, enhance farmers income, reduce unemployment among the youths and encourage the use of appropriate local technologies i…

(a) Dissertation 1. The search for Mu or/and related Bacteriophage. B.Sc Project (1981-1982) 2. Alcoholic Fermentation of Cassava whey. M.Sc Thesis (1984-1986) 3. Microbial Production of Glutamic acid from cassava whey hydrolysate Ph.D Thesis (1990 -1994) (b) Publications In Learned Journals 1. Akpan, I., lkenebomeh, M. J., Uraih, N. & Obuekwe, C. (1988). Production of ethanol from cassav…

1.     Akpan, I. & Kareem, S.O. (2004) Pectinase production by Rhizopus sp. cultured on cheap agricultural materials. Proceedings of Intl Conference on Science & National Dev. Abeokuta, Nigeria Oct. 25th - 28th, 2004. 1:94-96 2.     Akpan, I. Arowolo, TA, Cole, IBP (2006) Plant coagulants: Potential materials for waste water treatment. Proceedings of UNAAB-AMREC in-House Review Meeting, Ab…

Thompson, O.O and Nwaorgu, O.G.F (2019) A Three Day Conference on Fela Kuti International Conference on African Homelands and Social Theory, at the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, University of Lagos. July 4-8. Paper Read: Can The Leopard Change Its Spot? An Assessment of Human Rights in the ‘Outside World’ Under President Muhammadu Buhari, 2015-2019. Nwaorgu, O.G.F (2018) The 2018 Bi…