UNA Chairman, Okonkwo appointed Visiting Professor at UNIZIK
The Chairman of United Nigeria Airlines, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo has been appointed a visiting professor of entrepreneurship by the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
The appointment was conveyed to Prof. Okonkwo in a letter dated July 21, 2022, with reference number NAU/A/R/P/G.02 signed by the university registrar, Barr. Philomena Okoye.
According to the letter, Prof. Okonkwo’s role will include “teaching, student supervision and research” and undertake other “academic-related services as the department/faculty/university shall assign” to him.
It will be recalled that the University of Abuja Business School (UABS), last April, also appointed Okonkwo as a professor of business studies.
Prof. 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 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 also a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (FNIPR), and the Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria (FCE).
