Emeritus Professor

IMPORTANT SERVICES TO TERTIARY EDUCATIONAL AND HEALTH INSTITUTIONS AND MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS

1. Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Port Harcourt, Sept. 1980 – Sept. 1993.
2. Member, University of Port Harcourt’s College of Health Sciences’ Appointments and Promotions Committee, 1980 to date.
3. Member, University of Port Harcourt’s Appointments and Promotions Committee, Academic, 1983-1984.
4. Chairman, University of Port Harcourt’s Housing Committee, 1982-1984.
5. Member, University of Port Harcourt’s Governing Council, 1984-1986.
6. Member, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital Management Board:

• 1986-1987, as representative of the Vice Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt.
• 1987-1989, as Senate representative, University of Port Harcourt.
• 1989-Sept 1992, as representative of the Vice Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt.
• 1992-1998, as Provost, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt.

6. Chairman, Postgraduate Committee of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, 1986 to 1992.
7. Chairman, Ethical Committee of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, 1985 to 2001.
8. University of Port Harcourt’s Public Orator, 1992
9. Member, Board of Management, Federal Medical Centre (Queen Elizabeth Hospital) Umuahia, 1993-1996.
10. Chairman, University of Port Harcourt Housing Loan Committee-1993.
11. Provost, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, 1993 to 1998.
12. (acting 1992-1993).
13. Acting Vice-Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt, Jan. 1995 to March 1996 and then from January 2000 to July 2000.
14. Member, Faculty Board, Faculty of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, West African Post Graduate Medical College, 1998 –2000.
15. Member, Governing Board, National Post Graduate Medical College of Nigeria, 1996 – 2002.
16. Chairman, Faculty Board of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria. 1996 – 1999.
17. Treasurer. National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria. 1999 – to 2002
18. .Acting Vice Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt, Jan. 1995 – March 1996 and then, Jan. 2000 – July 2000
19. Vice-Chancellor University of Port Harcourt. July 2000 to July 2005.
20. Member, Governing Council Nigerian Institute of Management. 2004-2005.
21. Chairman, Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Federal Universities – August 2004 – July 2005.
22. Chairman, Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU) August 2004 – July 2005.
23. One year Sabbatical Leave with Nigerian Permanent Delegation at the UNESCO Headquarters. Paris. France. Effective 1 October 2005.
24. Chairman, Board of Management, National Hospital, Abuja, 2006 -2007
25. Have supervised the theses/dissertations of 52 candidates for the fellowship examinations of the West African College of Surgeons and the Nigerian National Postgraduate Medical College. A number of these persons have become Professors in various Medical Schools. Furthermore, I, as Provost, College of Health Sciences established the academic post graduate programme of the College ( MD degree) and successfully supervised the first ever candidate for that degree – then Dr. Patrick Igbigbi, now Professor and the immediate past Provost of the College of Medicine, Delta State University, Abraka. The title of his Thesis was Dermatoglyphics of Sub Saharan African Subjects. This seminal research has since found application locally and internationally in the area of forensic investigations.
26. Chairman, Board of Management, University of Benin Teaching Hospital Board, 2009 – 2011
27. Others:

27.1

External examiner to all but two medical schools in Nigeria and the University of Ghana,

1985-2012

27.2

Consultancy services to many Nigerian Universities and their affiliate teaching hospitals as well as the National Universities Commission on visitations to universities, accreditation of Universities and accreditation of Programmes in Universities.

• 2009 Member, NUC Visitation to University of Benin
• 2010 Member, NUC Visitation to the University of Uyo
• 2011 Leader, NUC Institutional Accreditation to the University of Ibadan
• 2011 Commissioned by UNESCO (Bamako) office to produce Module for Teaching and Learning in Medical Sciences to be used by Universities in Africa