{"id":10105,"date":"2017-02-08T16:46:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T15:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10105"},"modified":"2017-12-04T20:14:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T19:14:52","slug":"damachi-prof-nicholas-a","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/damachi-prof-nicholas-a\/","title":{"rendered":"DAMACHI, Prof. Nicholas A"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> OON, FAEng, B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D;engineer, academic,administrator, b: March 16,1953; ed: Ohio State University, Ohio,USA, 1976-78; University ofCincinnati, 1981; cr: SystemsEngineer (Intern), Technical Services Group oftheDivision ofWater, CityofColumbus, Ohio,USA, 1977; Research Associate\/Instructor, University ofCincinnati; Adjunct Professor of Industrial and Nuclear Engineering; General Manager, Lamic Nigeria Ltd., 1980; Dir. of Operations, National Directorate of Employment (NDE), 1990; Dir., Planning, Research&#038;Statistics; Vocational Skills Development, Personnel Management, National Directorate of Employment; Dir. ofSpecial Duties, Environmental Protection Agency, (FEPA), 1996-97; Dir., Federal MinistryofFinance, 2002; Dir., Federal Ministry ofInternal Affairs,(DPM),2003; Dir. ofPersonnel Management Federal Office of Statistics (now National Bureau of Statistics); Dir. 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Sec, MinistryofScience &#038; Technology, since 2009; mm: Vice President African Association ofPublicAdministration and Management WestAfrica Region, Nov\/Dec,2006; Council, Nigeria Institute of Industrial Engineers, 1987-88;VicePresident 1988-90; 1990-92; Pioneer Sec-General, Industrial Division, Nigerian Society of Engineer, 1990;Committeeon Development ofNigerian National Productivity Guidelines, 1988; Technical Committeeon Petrochemical Standards;StandardOrganizationofNigeria, 1988;TechnicalCommittee on Mechanical Equipment Standards,Federal Ministry of Industries, 1988; Recruitment Panel fora Numberof State OwnedGovernmentAgencies, OldCrossRiverState, 1989; f:The Nigerian Institute of Industrial Engineers; The Nigerian Societyof Engineers; The Nigerian Academyof Engineering; VicePresident (Services),TheCincinnati Chapter ofthe International Institute of Industrial Engineers, 1980; ch., Registration, atthe 1983 Fall Conferences; InstituteofIndustrial Engineers, . 1983;Editorofthe Institute&#8217;sCincinnatiChapterNewsletterTimedTopics; Organizer\/Chairman ofthe Session on Production Research in Developing Nations at the 9th International Conference on Production Research; Board ofTrustees, CincinnatiFree Store,a Non-ProfitOrganization that Provided Careforthe Poor, Needy and Homeless; 27&#8243;1AAPAM AnnualRoundtable Conference in Livingstone,Zambia,S^* Dec, 2005 on Harnessing the Partnership of the PublicSector and Non-state Sectors for Sustainable Development and Good Governance in Africa: Problems and the Way Forward; 44*Meeting ofthe Governing Board of CAFRADandthe2nd Annual Forum on Modernization ofPublic Services and Governance in Rabat, Morocco, 27,h-29,h June, 2006; CAPAM BiennialConference in Sydney, Australia, 21&#8243;-27,h Oct, 2006; Participant at the Singapore Cooperative Programme; h:The International Who isWho of Intellectuals, September, 1985; International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England; Marquis WhoisWho intheWorld, 1984-85; Noteworthy Achievement in Science andEngineering, May, 1985; Industrial Engineering Honour Society, Alpha (PiMv); The International Register of Profiles, March 1987; PersonalitiesofAmerican; Certificate ofMerit for Distinguished Service to the Community; Dictionary of International BiographyXIX, July 1987; International Directory of Distinguished Leadership; Who isWho in the 21&#8243;Century andwasoneofthe 2000Outstanding Intellectuals ofthe 21&#8243; Centuryby the International Biographical Centre,(IBC) ofCambridge, England, 2001;ah: Federal Government Scholarship tenable atOhioState University; Dean&#8217;s List in his Freshman Year and.on the University&#8217;s Honour&#8217;s roll; nh: Officer ofthe Order ofthe Niger, (OON), 2008; publ: Co-author: ComputersandComputerUtilizationin DevelopingWorldby McMillan of London in 1987;A Paper on the &#8220;Review of Employment Policies in Nigeria&#8221;; off: PermanentSecretary, Ministry ofScience and Technology, FederalSecretariat Abuja.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10105","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10105","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\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10105"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}