{"id":21307,"date":"2017-08-10T10:58:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T09:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=21307"},"modified":"2017-11-30T10:01:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T09:01:56","slug":"ikonne-professor-uchenna-eleazer","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ikonne-professor-uchenna-eleazer\/","title":{"rendered":"IKONNE, Prof Uchenna Eleazer"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Ikonne attended Manila Central University, Philippines, where he graduated with the Doctor of Optometry (OD) degree. He also attended Saint Jude College in Manila, Philippines, for his Masters in Hospital Administration (MHA) and later obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Environmental Health Sciences also from the institution<br \/>\nProfessor Eleazar Uchenna Ikonne\u2019s professional relevance, viability and resourcefulness warranted his national recognition and appointment as:<br \/>\n\u2022\tMember, National Universities Commission (NUC) Accreditation Teams<br \/>\n\u2022\tChairman\/Team Leader, National Universities Commission (NUC) Accreditation Team, 2008<br \/>\n\u2022\tChairman, National Universities Commission (NUC) Investigation Panel to the Federal University of Technology, Owerri.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Ikonne is also External Examiner to the following Universities:<br \/>\n\u2022\tImo State University, Owerri<br \/>\n\u2022\tMadonna University<br \/>\n\u2022\tUniversity of Benin<br \/>\n\u2022\tUniversity of Cape Coast, Ghana<\/p>\n<p>As a colossus in the Optometry Profession, Professor Ikonne has made incalculable contributions to his professional body as follows:<br \/>\n\u2022\tMember, Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Registration Board of Nigeria from 1993 to date<br \/>\n\u2022\tChairman of the Education Committee. 1993 to date<br \/>\n\u2022\tChairman, Disciplinary Committee, 2007 to date<br \/>\n\u2022\tVice-Chairman, Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Registration Board of Nigeria, 2009 to date<br \/>\n\u2022\tRegistrar, Nigerian Postgraduate College of Optometrists and so on<br \/>\n\u2022\tProfessor Ikonne deservedly won the prestigious African Optometric Educator Award of the year 2003 and the Distinguished merit Award of the Nigerian Optometric Association, 2006<br \/>\nProfessor Ikonne is the author of several books and journals<br \/>\nProfessor Ikonne and his wife, Barrister Lady Uzoamaka Ikonne, built a Church hall at St Andrews Anglican Church, Agburuke \u2013 Nsulu, Isiala Ngwa Diocese, as well as, expanded the Altar of the existing Church to an Ultra modern one, described as one of the best, so far, in the Diocese.<br \/>\nAt the Church of the Good Shepherd, Ehimiri, Umuahia, Abia State Professor Ikonne serves in the Vineyard as the Pastor\u2019s warden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-21307","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/21307","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\/21307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21307"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=21307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}