NZEAGWU, OGECHI CHINYERE

A      PERSONAL DATA

NAME:                                                    NZEAGWU, OGECHI CHINYERE

NATIONALITY:                                        NIGERIAN

MARITAL STATUS:                                 MARRIED WITH FOUR CHILDRE

PRESENT STATUS:                                ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

                                                              (CONVERTED FROM NON-   TEACHING TO   ACADEMIC STAFF IN JUNE, 2004)

DEPARTMENT/UNIT:                               DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN NUTRITION AND DIETETICS

 

B  EDUCATIONAL BAKGROUND:

1.      EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED WITH DATES

(1)   MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, UMUDIKE                2004 – 2009           

(2)   MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, UMUDIKE                1998 – 2004   

(3)   UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA                                                            1981 – 1985

(4)   GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL IHIOMA, ORLU                                            1973 – 1978                                                                                                                      

(5)   TOWNSHIP CENTRAL SCHOOL, AMAIFEKE ORLU                                     1966 – 1973

 

2.      ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION (WITH DATES)

(1)   CERTIFICATE FOR SHORT COURSE WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH 2018

(2)   Ph.D COMMUNITY AND APPLIED NUTRITION                                         2009

(3)   M.Sc COMMUNITY NUTRITION                                                                            2004

(4)   B.Sc NUTRITION AND DIETETICS                                                                          1985

(5)   NIGERIAN REGISTERED DIETITIAN(NRD)                                                  2007

(6)   WASC/GCE                                                                                                            1978

(7)   FSLC                                                                                                           1973

C  WORK EXPERIENCE:

1.      PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE MOUAU

WORKED AS A CATERING SUPERVISOR IN SCRIPTURE UNION (NIG) CAMP OF FAITH,

OKIGWE, IMO STATE                                                                                                  1988 – 1994

2.      WORK EXPERIENCE IN MOUAU

(1)         SENIOR CATERING OFFICER/ HEAD OF CATERING UNIT AND

   UNIVERSITY GUEST HOUSE                                                                          1994 – 2002

(2)         ASSISTANT CHIEF CATERING OFFICER – UNIVERSITY GUEST HOUSE         2002 – 2004

(3)         ASSISTANT LECTURER – DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN NUTRITION

AND DIETETICS                                                                                            2004 – 2007

(4)         LECTURER 11                                                                                                  2007 – 2010

(5)         LECTURER 1                                                                                                                2010 – 2013

(6)         SENIOR LECTURER                                                                                                 2013 – 2016

(7)         ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR                                                                                        2016 TILL DATE

(8)         ACTING HOD, DEPT. OF HUMAN NUTRITION AND DIETETICS   MAY & JUNE, 2014

D  MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEE/BODIES

(1)         MEMBER –ENTERTAINMENT SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE UNIVERSITY CEREMONIAL COMMITTEE. 1994 – 2014.                                  

(2)         MEMBER- PANEL THAT INVESTIGATED THE CASE OF ASSAULT ON THE ACTING

HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMEC/HMT.

(3)         MEMBER- LOCAL CORDINATING TEAM (LCCT) FOR THE HINARI/AGORA/OARE

         NATIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOP, 2008

(4)         ASSISTANT HALL WARDEN – FEMALE HOSTEL MOUAU   2007- 2014

(5)         UNDERGRADUATE EXAMINATION OFFICER – DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN NUTRITION AND DIETETICS   2006 – 2014 

(6)         PARTICIPANT – IN MARKING POST UME EXAMINATION IN MOUAU FOR 3YEARS.

(7)         MEMBER – COMMITTEE TO ADVICE REGISTER ON THE FEASIBILITY  AND THE

         MODUS OPERANDI OF ORGANISING A PRACTICAL TRAINING PROGRAMME

         FOR SECRETARIES WHO ARE ALREADY COMPUTER LITERATE

(8) MEMBER – LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE ON FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ORGANIZED BY MOUAU IN COLLABORATION WITH McGILL UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL, CANADA. 2013.

(9) MEMBER – PANEL INVESTIGATING ALLEGATION OF SEXUAL HARRASSMENT, EXTORTION AND CHANGE OF GRADE. 2013.

(10) MEMBER – DEPARTMENTAL APPRAISAL COMMITTEE

(11) DEPARTMENTAL SIWES COORDINATOR 2014 – 2017.

(12) CHAIRMAN – INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE ON THE ACCUSATION OF INTERNALLY GENERATED REVENUE (IGR) IN THE NUTRITION LABORATORY. 2015.

(13) DEPARTMENTAL PG EXAMINATION OFFICER MAY 2016 – TILL DATE

(14) CHAIRMAN – PANEL ON CASE OF ALLEGED EXTORTION OF MONEY IN HNUD – 2016

(15) MEMBER – COLLEGE PANEL OF INVESTIGATION ON ASSAULT ON PERSONALITY – 2016

(16) MEMBER – PRAYER COMMITTEE OF CAFST 2016 – TILL DATE

(17) REPRESENTATIVE OF DEAN POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL IN POSTGRADUATE ORAL EXAMINATIONS

(18) REPRESENTATIVE OF COLLEGE OF APPLIED FOOD SCIENCES AND TOURISM IN UNIVERSITY SENATE 2017 TILL DATE

(19)  MEMBER – PANEL ON TOURISM VILLAGE MANAGEMENT 

(20)  MEMBER – UNIVERSITY STAFF DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE 2016 TILL DATE

(21)  MEMBER – SENATE BUSSINESS COMMITTEE 2017 TILL DATE

(22) MEMBER – SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON CONSIDERATION OF RESULTS

(23) MEMBER – POST ACCREDITATION REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

 (24)  MEMBER – UNIVERSITY CEREMONIALS COMMITTEE 2017

 (25)  MEMBER – PANEL OF INVESTIGATION ON MR. CHURCHILL EKEDO

 (26)  DEPUTY DIRECTOR – UNIVERSITY BOOKSHOP  2018

 (26)  MEMBER – PANEL ON ALLEGED CASE OF ABUSE OF OFFICE

 

 

  E  MEMBERSHIP OF OUTSIDE BODIES/COMMITTEES:

(1)   MEMBER – SCRIPTURE UNION NIGERIA – OKIGWE REGIONAL COMMITTEE 2009 -2014.

(2)   MEMBER – SCRIPTURE UNION (NIG) UMUAHIA AREA COMMITTEE 2009 – 2014

(3)   MEMBER – COUNCIL OF KNIGHT OF ANGLICAN COMMUNION (LADY).

(4)   CORDINATOR – PRAYER AND SPIRITUALITY UNIT (WOMENS WORK) ANGLICAN

DIOCESE OF IKWUANO 2006 – TILL DATE

(5)   CORDINATOR – WOMENS WING OF SCRIPTURE UNION (NIG) UMUAHIA AREA 2009 – 2014.

(6)   FINANCIAL SECRETARY – LADIES OF ORDER – DIOCESE OF IKWUANO (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) 2005 – 2012

(7)   VICE PRESIDENT – LADIES OF ORDER – DIOCESE OF IKWUANO (ANGLICAN COMMUNION) 2012 – TILL DATE

 F  MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES:

(1)    NUTRITION SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (NSN)

(2)   NIGERIAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION – (REGISTERED DIETITIAN AFTER ONE YEAR

INTERNSHIP AND PASSING THE NATIONAL TEST OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE (TOPC) IN 2007.

(3)   FEDERATION OF AFRICAN NUTRITION SOCIETIES (FANUS)

(4)   AFRICAN NUTRITION SOCIETY (ANS)

(5)   MEMBER EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF DIETITIANS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA 

(6)   MEMBER COMMITTEE ON HARMONIZATION OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS PROGRAMME IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY OF NIGERIA

(7)   MEMBER INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF DIETETIC ASSOCIATIONS (ICDA)

(8)   MEMBER AMERICAN NUTRITION SOCIETY  FROM 2018

 

G  PUBLICATIONS/JOURNALS:

1.      NZEAGWU, O.C. AND UWAEGBUTE, A.C. (2007)

NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF SOME STREET FOODS. NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES. VOL. 28 (1) PP 149 – 156.

 

2.      NZEAGWU, O.C AND UWAEGBUTE, A.C. (2007)

SOCIO- ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF STREET FOODS IN IMO STATE AND ABIA STATE OF NIGERIA. NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES VOL. 28(2) PP 163- 176.

 

3.      NZEAGWU, O.C AND NWAEJIKE, N.J. (2008)

NUTRIENT COMPOSITION, FUNCTIONAL AND ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES OF    COMPLEMENTARY FOODS FORMULATED FROM SORGHUM, GROUNDNUT AND CRAYFISH. NIGERIAN FOOD JOURNAL VOL. 26(1) PP 13- 20.

 

4.      NZEAGWU, O.C. AND UWAEGBUTE, A.C. (2008)

MICROBIAL ATTRIBUTES OF STREET FOODS. NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT VOL. 10(2) PP 125- 132.

 

5.      ONIMAWO, I.A., ASUMUGHA, V.U., CHUKWUDI, N.K., ECHENDU, C.A., NKWOALA, C.C., NZEAGWU, O.C., OKUDU, H AND ANYIKA, J.U. (2008).

BODY COMPOSITION AND NUTRIENT INTAKE OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM WORM INFESTATION AND MALARIA PARASITES. NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES VOL. 29(1) PP 111 – 117

6.      NZEAGWU, O.C AND UDUGWU, A.N (2009)

NUTRIENT COMPOSITION, PHYSICAL AND SENSORY PROPERTIES OF FRUITS PRODUCED FROM VELVET TAMARIND (DALIUM GUINEESE WILD),PINEAPPLE AND PAW- PAW. NIG. FOOD JOURNAL VOL. 27(2) PP 168- 174.

 

7.      NZEAGWU, O.C AND ONIMAWO, I. A (2010)

NUTRIENT COMPOSITION AND SENSORY PROPERTIES OF JUICE MADE FROM PITANGA CHERRY (EUGENIA UNIFLORA L.) FRUITS. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF FOOD AGRICULTURE NUTRITION AND DEVELOPMENT VOL.10 (4) PP 2379 – 2393.

 

8.      NZEAGWU, O.C. AND UWAEGBUTE, A. C (2010)

ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL VULNERABILTY OF THE ELDERLY USING MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT (MNA) TOOL. NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES VOL.31(2) PP 40 – 47.

 

9.      ONIMAWO, I.A., ARUKWE, J.J AND NZEAGWU, O.C (2010)

EVALUATION OF GLYCEMIC INDEX OF RIE (SERVED WITH STEW) PREPARED FROM FOUR VARIETIES OF RICE IN ABAKALIKI, NIGERIA. NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES VOL.31 (2) PP 72 – 75.

 

10.  NZEAGWU, O.C AND AKAGU, J, C (2011). FOOD HABITS AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF NIGERIAN UNDERGRADUATES. GLOBAL SCIENCE BOOKS. FOODS 5 (SPECIAL ISSUE 1, 89 – 95.

 

11.  NZEAGWU, O. C AND OKOROCHA, C. G (2012)

ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL VULNERABILTY OF HOSPITALIZED ELDERLY IN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA TEACHING HOSPITAL (UNTH) ENUGU AND FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER (FMC) UMUAHIA, ABIA STATE. JOURNAL OF DIETITIANS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA VOL. 3 PP 21 – 35.

 

12.  NZEAGWU, O. C AND UWAEGBUTE, A. C (2013)

ASSESSMENT OF THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF THE ELDERLY IN TWO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF ABIA STATE, NIGERIA. NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES VOL. 34 (1) PP 63 – 72.

 

13.  UKEGBU, P. O., ANYIKA-ELEKEH, J. U., UWAEGBUTE, A. C., IGNATIUS, J., ECHENDU, C. A., NKWOALA, C. C., NZEAGWU, O. C., ASUMUGHA, V. U AND HENRY- UNAEZE, H. N (2013). BREASTFEEDING KNOWLEDGE, BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF MOTHERS IN UMUAHIA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT: A BASELINE STUDY. NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES VOL. 34 (2) PP 107 – 112.

 

14.  NZEAGWU, O. C AND EGEMBA, N. I (2013).

ASSESSMENT OF IODINE STATUS AND ANTHROPOMETRIC STATUS OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN (2 – 5 YEARS) IN OVIM, ISIUKWUATO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ABIA STATE, NIGERIA.  NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT VOL. 14 (2) PP 142 – 156.

 

      15. ODENIGBO, M.A., ASUMUGHA, V.U., UBBOR, S., NWAUZOR, C., OTUONYE,             A.C.,              OFFA-OLUA, B.I., PRINCEWILL-OGBONNA, I.L., NZEAGWU, O.C.,      HENRY-          UNAEZE, H.N., ANYIKA, J.U., UKAEGBU, P., UMEH, A.S AND          ANOZIE, G.O (2013).                                                                                                                 PROXIMATE COMPOSITION AND CONSUMPTION PATTERN OF PLANTAIN AND      COOKING-BANANA. BRITISH JOURNAL OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY VOL. 3(4) PP 1035 – 1043.

           

    16. NZEAGWU, O. C. AND UWAEGBUTE, A. C. (2014).

NUTRIENT INTAKE AND FUNCTIONAL ABILITY OF OLDER PERSONS BY GENDER AND      AGE. NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES VOL.35 (1) PP 51 – 59.

 

     17. NZEAGWU, O. C. AND IKPEME, M. D. (2015). NUTRIENT COMPOSITION AND SENSORY     EVALUATION OF AN INDIGENOUS EDIBLE VEGETABLE ‘EDITAN’. JOURNAL OF          ADVANCES IN FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY VOL. 2(4) PP 169 – 175.

 

    18. NZEAGWU, O. C. AND ALEKE, U. M. (2016). HOUSEHOLD NUTRITION AND FOOD   SECURITY IN OBUKPA RURAL COMMUNITY OF ENUGU STATE NIGERIA. MALAYSIAN        JOURNAL OF NUTRITION VOL. 22(1) PP 113 – 123.

 

   19. NZEAGWU, O. C. (2016). EVALUATION OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS USING       ANTHROPOMETRY AND BIOCHEMICAL INDICES OF COMMUNITY DWELLING OLDER           PERSONS IN NIGERIA. CURRENT RESEARCH IN NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCE      JOURNAL VOL.4 (SPECIAL ISSUE CAROTENOIDS MARCH 2016).

 

     20. NZEAGWU, O. C. AND EBERE, U. C. (2016). ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL           VULNERABILITY OF THE ELDERLY USING MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT (MNA)    TOOL AND MALNUTRITION UNIVERSAL SCREENING TOOL (MUST). JOURNAL OF DIETITIANS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA VOL. 7 PP 44-51.

 

    21. NZEAGWU, O. C., UWAEGBUTE, A. C. AND IHEME, G. O. (2016). NUTRITION –       RELATED BEHAVIOURS AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF HIV ADULT PATIENTS           ATTENDING FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER UMUAHIA ABIA STATE NIGERIA.  JOURNAL        OF DIETITIANS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA VOL. 7 PP 24-32.

  

    22.  NZEAGWU, O. C. AND ONWUDIWE, E. T. (2016). NUTRIENT COMPOSITION AND SENSORY PROPERTIES OF TIGER NUT (CYPERUS ESCULENTUS) BISCUIT. NIGERIAN      JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES VOL.37 (1) PP 157 – 164.

   

   23.    NZEAGWU, O. C. AND UKENI, C. S. (2016). FOOD HABITS AND ANTHROPOMETRIC 

            STATUS OF OLDER PERSONS IN AFIKPO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EBONYI STATE.         

            ASUU JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. A JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT VOL. 3,

           NO. 2 PP 101 – 123.

 

24.    NZEAGWU, O. C. AND MICHAEL, O. E. (2017). NUTRITIONAL VULNERABILITY

           ASSESSMENT OF HOSPITALIZED OLDER PERSONS IN TWO MAJOR HOSPITALS IN ABIA

          STATE, NIGERIA. JOURNAL       OF DIETITIANS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA VOL. 8 PP     

          1-12.

 

25.   NZEAGWU, O. C. AND MICHAEL, O. E. (2017). ANTHROPOMETRIC STATUS AND DIETARY               HABITS OF HOSPITALIZED OLDER PERSONS IN TWO MAJOR HOSPITALS IN ABIA          STATE, NIGERIA. NIGERIAN    JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES VOL.38 (2).

 

26.   NZEAGWU, O. C; THOMAS, I. M. AND EBERE, U. C. (2018). NUTRITIONAL

       KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND DIETARY RESTRICTION BEHAVIOUR OF THE ELDERLY IN

       UMUAHIA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ABIA STATE , NIGERIA. ASIAN FOOD

       SCIENCE JOURNAL. VOL. 3(2) PP 1-15

      

 

 PROCEEDINGS

(1)   UWAEGBUTE, A.C AND NZEAGWU O.C (2001)

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICE OF EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING IN MBAITOLI L.G.A OF IMO STATE. PROC. OF THE 32ND ANNUAL CONF. OF NUTR.SOC. OF NIG.

 

(2)   NZEAGWU, O.C AND UWAEGBUTE, A.C. (2002)DEVELOPMENT OF SOME DISHES FROM THE COMBINATION OF TWO LOAL FOODS AND SOYABEAN. PROC. OF THE 33RD ANNUAL CONF. OF THE NUTRI. SOC. OF NIGERIA.  PP 76 – 82.

(3) ONYELUCHEYA, N. E AND NZEAGWU, O.C (2002). NUTRITION AND HIV/AIDS: A               REVIEW. PROC. OF THE 33RD ANNUAL CONF. OF THE NUTRI. SOC. OF NIGERIA.  PP         85 – 88.

 

 

 

CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP/SEMINARS ATTENDED

(1)   30TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE/SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF NUTRITION SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (NSN) HELD AT ENUGU FROM 17TH – 20TH NOVERMBER 1999. PAPER: FOOD FORTIFICATION STRATEGIES IN THE NEXT MILLENIUM.

 

(2)   31ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE/SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF NSN HELD AT NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN DEVELOPMENT ABUJA 6TH – 10TH NOVERMBER 2000. PAPER: NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF SOME SELECTED COMMON WEANING FOODS IN NIGERIA. AN IMPLICATION OF NUTRTION EDUCATION.

 

(3)   32ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE/SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF NSN HELD AT AMBROSE ALI UNIVERSITY EKPOMA FROM 28TH – 30TH NOVERMBER, 2001. PAPER: KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICE OF EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING IN MBAITOLI L.G.A OF IMO STATE.

 

(4)   34TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE/SCIENTIFIC MEETING NSN HELD AT MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, UMUDIKE FROM 26TH – 29TH NOVEMBER, 2003. PAPER: COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING PRACTICES AND THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF COMPLEMENTARY FOODS USED BY MOTHERS IN IMO AND ABIA STATE.

 

(5)   36TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE/SCIENTIFIC MEETING HELD AT UNIVERSITY OF UYO FROM 19TH – 22ND OCTOBER 2005. PAPER: SANITERY CONDITIONS OF STREET FOODS: THE HEALTH IMPLICATIONS.

 

(6)   37TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE/SCIENTIFIC MEETING HELD AT JUNE 12TH CULTURAL CENTRE KUTO, ABEOKUTA FROM 8TH – 11TH NOVEMBER, 2006. PAPER: NUTRIENT COMPOSITION, FUNCTIONAL AND ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES OF COMPLEMENTARY FOODS FORMULATED FROM SORGHUM, GROUNDNUT AND CRAYFISH.

(7)   38TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF THE NIGERIAN DIETETICS ASSOCIATION (NDA) HELD AT CENTRE FOR ARTS AND CULTURE, ABUJA. FROM 28TH AUGUST – 1ST SEPTEMBER, 2007.

 

(8)   39TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE/SIENTIFIC MEETING OF NUTRITION SOCIETY OF NIGERIA HELD AT UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA FROM 24TH – 27TH SEPTEMBER, 2008. PAPER: ASSESSMENT OF BODY COMPOSITION: NUTRIENT INTAKE AND FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERN OF BANKERS IN UMUAHIA, ABIA STATE.

 

(9)   40TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING/SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (NSN) HELD IN AKURE, ONDO STATE FROM 22ND – 25TH SEPTEMBER, 2009. PAPER: ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL VULNERABILTY OF THE ELDERLY USING MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT (MNA) TOOL.

 

(10)   41ST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING/SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (NSN) HELD IN KADUNA, KADUNA STATE FROM 20TH – 25TH SEPTEMBER, 2010. PAPER: ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONAL ABILITY OF THE ELDERLY BY GENDER AND AGE.

 

(11)  EDUCATION TRUST FUND (ETF) CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP FOR UNIVERSITY LECTURERS IN THE SOUTHEAST ZONE, MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, UMUDIKE 7TH – 11TH AUGUST 2006.

 

(12)  FORUM FOR AFRICAN WOMEN EDUCATIONIST IN NIGERIA SOUTHEAST ZONE, 2ND BIANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP, JUNE 2007.

 

(13)  WORKSHOP ON USE OF POWER POINT ORGANISED BY THE COLLEGE OF FOOD PROCESSING AND STORAGE TECHNOLOGY. MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, UMUDIKE.

 

(14)  UNIVERSITY MANDATORY IT TRAINING (UMTT) ORGANISED BT AFRIHUB FOR 6MONTHS IN 2008.

 

(15)  A ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON WRITING MANUSCRIPTS FOR PUBLICATION 7TH APRIL, 2009. MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, UMUDIKE.

 

(16)  ONE-DAY WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH AND WRITING OF RESEARCH PROPOSALS ORGANISED BY DIRECTORATE OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT (DRD) MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, UMUDIKE ON 2ND APRIL, 2008.

 

(17)  ANNUAL WORKSHOP/CONFERENCE ON DIETITIAN ASOCIATION OF NIGERIA HELD ON 13TH – 17TH SEPTEMBER, 2010 AT CALABAR.

 

(18)  SUB- REGIONAL CORDINATORS WORKSHOP ON FOOD COMPOSITION, DIETARY DIVERSITY AND FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA AT ROCKVIEW ROYALE HOTEL, ABUJA, NIGERIA BY AFRO FOODS FROM 8TH – 11TH SEPTEMBER, 2011.

 

(19)  FEDERATION OF AFRICAN NUTRITION SOCIETIES CONGRESS (FANUS) ON 11TH – 15TH SEPTEMBER, 2011 AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, ABUJA.

 

(20)  ANNUAL NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM/SCIENTIFIC ONFERENCE AND GENERAL MEETING (AGM) OF DIETITIANS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA WITH THE THEME: DIETETIC PRACTICE IN SUSTAINABLE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY FROM 17TH – 22ND OCTOBER, 2011 AT IMO CONCORDE HOTEL, OWERRI, IMO STATE.

 

(21)  42ND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF NUTRITION SOCIETY OF NIGERIA AT ASABA, DELTA STATE FROM SEPTEMBER 16 – 22, 2012. PAPER: GROWTH PATTERN OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN ADO-EKITI AND OYE-EKITI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EKITI STATE, NIGERIA

 

(22)  5 DAY TRAINING COURSE ON FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AT MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, UMUDIKE, NIGERIA IN COLLABORATION WITH McGILL UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL CANADA FROM MARCH 4 – 8, 2013. 

 

(23)  43rd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF NUTRITION SOCIETY OF NIGERIA AT UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR, CROSS RIVER STATE FROM SEPTEMBER 3 – 7, 2013. PAPER: PREVALENCE OF HOUSEHOLD FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY IN A STATE IN NIGERIA.

 

(24)  INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NUTRITION SOCIETIES (IUNS) 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF NUTRITION GRANADA, SPAIN FROM SEPTEMBER 15 – 20, 2013. PAPER: EVALUATION OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS USING ANTHROPOMETRY AND BIOCHEMICAL INDICES IN COMMUNITY DWELLING OLDER SUBJECTS.

 

(25)  6TH AFRICA NUTRITIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CONFERENCE ACCRA, GHANA JULY 21 – 25, 2014. PAPER: NUTRITIONAL VULNERABILITY OF OLDER PERSONS IN UMUAHIA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ABIA STATE, NIGERIA.

 

(26)  44TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF NUTRITION SOCIETY OF NIGERIA OWERRI, IMO STATE, 2ND – 6TH SEPTEMBER, 2014. PAPER: HOUSEHOLD NUTRITION AND FOOD SECURITY IN OBUKPA RURAL COMMUNITY OF NSUKKA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA.

 

(27)  ADVANCED DIGITAL APPRECIATION PROGRAMME FOR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS (ADAPTI) TRAINING ORGANIZED BY DIGITAL BRIDGE INSTITUTE 4TH – 8TH MAY, 2015.

 

(28)  ANNUAL NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM/SCIENTIFIC ONFERENCE AND GENERAL MEETING (AGM) OF DIETITIANS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA AT ABAKALIKI, EBONYI STATE FROM 20TH -25TH JULY, 2015.      

 

(29)  45TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF NUTRITION SOCIETY OF NIGERIA LAGOS, LAGOS   STATE, 15TH – 19TH SEPTEMBER, 2015. PAPER: NUTRIENT AND SENSORY            PROPERTIES OF BISCUITS PRODUCED FROM TIGER NUT (Cyperus esculentus).

 

(30)  47TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF NUTRITION SOCIETY OF NIGERIA IBADAN, OYO STATE,                19TH – 23RD  SEPTEMBER, 2017. PAPER: ANTHROPOMETRIC STATUS, PHYSICAL     ACTIVITY LEVEL AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN OLDER PERSONS IN UMUAHIA NORTH L.G.A., ABIA STATE, NIGERIA.

 

(31)  SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE AND GENERAL MEETING OF ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN    

DIETITIANS, 13TH – 15TH NOVEMBER , 2017 AT FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA.

 

(32)  INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON FOOD SYSTEMS FOR HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE DIETS

AT WAGENINGEN CENTER OF DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION, WAGENINGEN,THE NETHERLANDS. 4TH – 22ND JUNE, 2018

OTHERS

 BEST ACADEMIC STAFF OF COLEGE OF FOOD PROCESSING AND STORAGE TECHNOLOGY FOR 2008

BEST LECTURER OF THE YEAR 2012 OF MOUAU PRESTIGIOUS AWARD BY 2011/2012 SUG

 

J.  EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

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