Unizik Appoints United Nigeria Airlines Chairman As Visiting Professor

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Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK or NAU), Awka, Anambra, has appointed the Chairman of United Nigeria Airlines, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, as the Visiting Professor of entrepreneurship.

Okonkwo made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday.

He noted that his appointment was conveyed in a letter dated July 21, 2022, with reference number NAU/A/R/P/G.02 signed by the university’s registrar, Philomena Okoye.

Okoye said that Okonkwo’s role would include “teaching, students supervision and research” as well as undertaking other “academic-related services as the department/faculty/university shall assign” to him.

The University of Abuja Business School (UABS) had in April 2022 also appointed Okonkwo as a Professor of Business Studies of the university.

Prof. Obiora Okonkwo

Okonkwo, who holds a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Political Science (with distinction), from the Russian Academy of Science, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Moscow, will execute the appointments on a pro bono basis.

He earned a Master of Science Degree in Economics, also, with distinction, from the Russian Peoples Friendship University, Moscow, and a First Class degree in Economics from the Russian Peoples Friendship University, also, in Moscow.

A successful businessman and intellectual, Okonkwo started out at Onitsha where he had his primary and secondary education which he combined with trading at the Onitsha Main Market.

He also holds a Professional Fellowship Doctorate from the Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria and a Fellowship from the Institute of Chartered Arbitrators and Mediators of Nigeria.

He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (FNIPR) and the Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria (FCE).

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