Emeritus Professor

PROFESSORIAL INAUGURAL LECTURE “CANCER: WHY ARE WE SO HELPLESS?” 20 February 1992 The lecture indicated that our currently unsatisfactory treatment of most cancers stems from our incomplete knowledge of the true nature of cancer and the factors that are responsible for its initiation. The situation is worsened in developing countries like Nigeria by the fact […]

HOBBIES Games – Lawn and Table tennis. I was captain of my house in the two games at Government College, Umuahia. Music – Highlife, Reggae and Christian Songs.

REGISTRATION AS A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER Fully registered by: General Medical Council of Great Britain. Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria. Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), United States of America. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, USA 1994.

EXTERNAL EXAMINATION/EVALUATION I have served as external examiner to the following Universities and Postgraduate Colleges: University of Lagos. MB,BS, 1987-1988. University of Calabar. MB,Bch, 1987-1988. 1990 – 1993. University of Ilorin. MB,BS, 1987. University of Maiduguri. MB,BS, 1988 to 1994. University of Jos. MB,Bch, 1988 – 1994. University of Ibadan. MB,BS, 1990 – 1993. University […]

NATIONAL SERVICE In 1983, I was appointed by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, to serve as a member of a body to advise the President on the formation of a National Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. From September 1969 – February 1970, during the Nigerian Civil War, I served […]

IMPORTANT SERVICES TO TERTIARY EDUCATIONAL AND HEALTH INSTITUTIONS AND MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Port Harcourt, Sept. 1980 – Sept. 1993. Member, University of Port Harcourt’s College of Health Sciences’ Appointments and Promotions Committee, 1980 to date. Member, University of Port Harcourt’s Appointments and Promotions Committee, Academic, 1983-1984. Chairman, University […]

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES September 1988-September 1993-Secretary-General. Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria; affiliated to the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Honorary Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist to various University Teaching Hospitals since 1976. Membership of professional organisations: Nigerian Medical Association, Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria, British Medical Association. Assistant editor, Tropical Journal of […]