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Erne Onuoha AWA,

Political Scientist, Educationist, administrator

B.A, M.P.A, Ph.D, political scientist, educationist, administrator, born December 15, 1921, Ohafia, Imo State; married Pauline Kempe 1957, two sons, one daughter; Education: Ohafia Central School, Ohafia, 1928-34, Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar, 1935-39, Private Studies, Lagos, 1942-46, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, USA, 1949-51, New York University, USA, 1951-55, Carnegie Foundation Research fellow in Inter governmental Relations, 1951-52; Robert Schalkenbach fellow in Aspects of Land Tenure in Guatemala, 1952-53; Teaching fellow, Brooklyn College, New York, 1954-55; Senior Assistant Secretary, Federal Ministry of Research and Information, Lagos, 1956-57; Lecturor, Department of Political Science, University of Ibadan, 1957-62; Senior Lecturer and Head, Department of Political Science, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, 1962-65; appointed Professor of Political Science and Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1966 and Head, Department of Political Science, UNN, 1970; Chairman, Sunray Flour Mill, 1966-67; Chairman, Revenue Allocation Committee,, defunct East Central State, 1970-71; Director, Research Project in Rural Development (Funded by Rural Development Foundation) Canada, 1973-76;…

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Chairman, Committee on Local Government Reform, defunct South Eastern State, 1975; Director, Rubber Board, 1977-80; member, Nigeria's Permanent Committee on ECOWAS, 1977-82; Director of Studies, Na tional Institute for . Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, 1982-87; member, Dasuki Panel on Local Government Reforms, 1984; member, Political Bureau, 1986-87; member, Appointments and Promotions Committee, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, (NIIA); appointed Chairman, National Elec toral Commission (NEC), August 1987-February, 1989; member, African Political Science Association; member, African Association of Public Administration and Management; Publications: Inter governmental Relations In The Administration of Mental Health Programmes In New York, co-author, (New York University Press, 1953), Political Behaviour of Eastern Nigerians (Ofomata Press, 1961), Africa: The Dynamics of Change (Ibadan University Press, 1963), Federal Government In Nigeria (Berkeley Press, University of California, USA, 1964), Issues In Federalism (Ethiope Press, 1976), The Transformation of Rural Society (Fourth Dimension, 1988); Hobbies: table tennis, far ming; Home: 8 Cameron Road, Ikoyi, Lagos; Telephone: (01) 684410.

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Title
Prof.
Surname
AWA,
First Name
Erne
Other Names
Onuoha
Gender
Male
Source of Publication
Newswatch Who's Who (1st Edition)
Status
Alive
Father's Status
N/A
Mother's Status
N/A
Marital Status
Married
Profession
Political Scientist
Educationist
administrator
Education Level
Primary
Have you ever been a member of any political party?
N/A

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