Date of Birth: Thursday (Afo) 21'June, 1928 State of Origin: Delta Local Government Area: Ogwashi-uku Professor Chukwuka Okonjo B.Sc, MSc, PhD is among the nationalist economists who at the dawn of Nigerian Independence spent a lot of time to advise the country on the path to take in order to build a viable economy where the GDP would be high. This class of nationalist scholars had very high ambition for the nation and put in their best to see that a strong and virile country was built. They left their comfortable and cosy appointment overseas and returned to help in Nation-Building. Professor Okonjo is known for insight in the development potentials of the nation and spent his working life in building a policy of self reliance for the country. Education • Ladi-Lak Institute Yaba Lagos 1936 1938 • Government School Lagos 1939 • Kings College Lagos, 1939 -1944 • Dennis Memorial Grammar School ( DMGS) Onitsha 1944 1945 • Yaba Higher College 1946 1948 • University College Ibadan 1948 1949 • External Student University of London England 1946 1951 • University of Erlangen Nurnberg Federal Republic of Germany ( FRG) 1955 1960 • University of Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany ( FRG) 1961 1962 Qualifications include Diploma in Education 1949, Diploma Mathematics, Diplom Volks-Wirt 960, Dr Vern at Koln, Appointments • Tutor, Government College Umuahia, 1949 1950 • Tutor, West Boys High School Benin City 1950 1951 • Principal, Ibadan Boys Grammar School 1952 1955 • German Academic Research Fellow 1958 1962 • Lecturer, University of Ibadan 1962 1964 • Senior Lecturer, University of Ibadan 1964 1967 • Senior Lecturer, University of Nigeria Nsukka, 1967 1971 • Professor of Economics, University of Nigeria 1971 1974 • Appointed Professor of Economics and Director, Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, 1974 Membership of Professional Bodies • Member, German Mathematical Association • President, Population Association of Africa • Vice President, Nigerian Economic Society, 1963 1966,1971 1975 Publications Co-Editor, The Population of Tropical Africa, Longmans 1968. Hobbies are Gardening and Dancing. Professor Chukwuka Okonjo is married to Kamene Ofunne and they are blessed with seven children of whom one is the ebullient Nigerian Minister of Finance 2003 date
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