Date of Birth: 1960 State of Origin: Imo Local Government Area: Ikeduru Village/Town: Owu-Amakohia Contact Address: Guardian Newspapers Ltd, Lagos Dr. Luke Onyekakeyah is a member of the Editorial Board and Columnist of the Guardian Newspapers Ltd Lagos. He vvas born in I960. Education • St John Bosco Primary School Owu-Amakohia Ikeduru • St Peter Clavers Seminary Okpala GCE. O-Level 1976. GCE A-Level • University of Lagos B.A.( Hons) Geography 1982 • University of Jos M.Sc Environmental and Resources Planning • Pacific Southern Universily Los Angeles USA PhD 1998 Work Experience and Employment History United Nations Consultant in Nairobi 1994 1995 • Project Manager Kandune Water Project. Munyu and Consultant to International • Development Research Centre Canada-Kenya 1994- 1996 running concurrently with the United Nations job. • Visiting Senior Lecturer. Department of Environmental Studies. Kenya Polytechnic. Nairobi 1995 1997 • Research Scientist Nii gala Universily Niiagala Japan. 1996 1997 • Head of Department. Coordinator School of Environmental Sciences. Imo State University Owerri 1992 1994 • Senior Lecturer Faculty of Environmental Sciences Enugu State University of Science and Technology. 1985 1992 Founder Chairman. Earth Search ( Environmental NGO) since 1983 • Consultant Skywatch Aviation Ltd and National Clearing and Forwarding Agency. Lagos April 2000 and October. 2003. • Founding Member, of the Interim Board . Africa Water Network. Nairobi: • Former Member. Steering Committee. International/ Rivers Network. Berkeley. USA • Member. Africa-Canada International Forestry Association ( CAIFA) Vancouver Canada • Working Partner. United Nations Centre for our common future. Geneva • Member. Niueria Environmental Study Action Team ( NEST) Ibadan. Publications Over 35 publications internationally Speaks French. Japanese. Swahili. English Advice to Youths - "pursue education because without it. we cannot do anything nor go far with a culture of mass illiteracy in this technological age. Only educated minds can harness itfor national transformation ". He advises all theStales in Igbo land lo make education compulsory for Igbo Children up lo high school and establish a special education endowment fund to assist indigent students.
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