Prof.
Nwajuiba is known popularly as a consummate professional who has contributed
immensely to the expansion of frontiers of knowledge through numerous
publications. This Vice-chancellor of
the Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, has published
over 160 articles and papers as conference and conference proceedings as well
as international and local journals and books.
Prof. Nwajiuba is no ordinary name in the academic parlance. The holder of B.Agric (1986) and M.Sc. (1989)
in Agricultural Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria and a PH.D in
Agricultural Economics from the University of Hohenheim, Germany (1994), he had
been a Part-time lecturer at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture,
Umudike as well as External Examiner to the University. Prof. Nwajuiba who is married to Dr (Mrs.)
Chinyere Nwajuiba and blessed with children is set to carry the Federal
University to greater heights among them to become a hub for economic
transformation and development in the region through creative and innovative endeavors . The Federal University Ndufu-Alike in Ikwo
Local Government Area of Ebonyi State is one of the new Universities
established by the Federal Government in the first quarter of 2011.
Appointed since 1 st April, 2015 till date, Prof. Adepoju Adeshola Olatunde, Director-General of the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN) has left no room to chance. The Ph.D holder in Agricultural and Environmental Economics (2002) from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State has taken extra-ordinary steps to see the Forestry Institute to the next level of existence. One of such steps is the repositioning of FRIN outstation for better research focus. Others include renovation of dilapidated structures, repositioning of staff members for optimum performance, reclaiming/security all encroached land and resources of the Institute, successfully enacting on Act to Establish Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria for Forestry Research; Education and Training; establishing Six strategic Rural Resource Centers for communities engagement, capacity building and extension services. Prof. Adepoju who also holds B.Agric (Agricultural Economics), 1995 ...
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