{"id":10043,"date":"2017-02-08T13:51:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T12:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10043"},"modified":"2017-02-08T14:22:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T13:22:06","slug":"okafor-ilochi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okafor-ilochi\/","title":{"rendered":"OKAFOR, Prof Ilochi Augustine"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State of Origin: Anambra Contact Address: Office of the Vice Chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State Professor Ilochi Okafor is currently The Vice-Chancellor of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University. (NAU or UNIZIK) Awka. He is a Professor of Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) who has distinguished himself in the Legal Profession. Public Administration and in human and material development. This Legal luminary has put in a lot of intellectual and administrative effort to see the University take off on a solid international standard. Education He is an alumnus of the University of Nigeria Nsukka where he graduated LL.B Honours in 1967. Contributions to the Development of Nnamdi Azikiwe University: \u2022 100% successful accreditation of the University&#8217;s Courses by Nigeria Universities Commission (N.U.C). \u2022 Relocation of the University to its permanent site. \u2022 Provision of the best Information and Communication technology among the Universities in the Country \u2022 Provision of modern Infrastructure \u2022 Establishment of Endowment Fund for four Academic Prizes in Law through his personal Fund (salary) \u2022 Successful accreditation of Faculty of Law \u2022 Cult-free and disciplined atmosphere for academic activities \u2022 Is&#8217; Nigeria University to introduce Chinese Language programme \u2022 Most Peaceful and stable academic Calendar for the University Professor Ilochi Okafor (SAN), the doyen of Law is remarkable for creating wealth out of nothing, evidenced in the building of a massive infrastructure on Campus through his personal initiatives with the Governing Council on the introduction of the Development levy by the Parents Teacher and Students. Awards and Honours \u2022 Best graduating Law Student. University of Nigeria Nsukka. 1967 \u2022 Award of Second Best Vice-Chancellor in Nigeria. 2005 Award of Vocation Excellence by Rotary Club of Awka District 9140. 2005 Community Service and Development \u2022 Professor Okafor is deeply involved in Development both in leaching in the University and also in the practical assistance to rural dwellers in the Communities. \u2022 Supervised many Postgraduate theses in Law faculty \u2022 He touched the lives of people at the grassroots with positive policy formulation and implementation as a public administrator with a vision. Above all. Professor Ilochi Okafor is a seasoned Icon who has used his intellectual gifts and administrative positions to help human beings and has been consistent in rendering services to the Community. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,165],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10043","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10047,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10043\/revisions\/10047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10043"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}