List of faculty and alumni from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka

This is a list of notable faculty and alumni from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.faculty of education

Politics, law and government

• Okechukwu Enelamah, Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment
• Lam Adesina, pioneer class of 1963; Governor of Oyo State, Nigeria (1999–2003)
• Olisa Agbakoba, class of 1977 (Law); Senior Advocate of Nigeria; founder of Nigeria's foremost human rights organization, the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) and former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (2006–2008)
• Dora Akunyili, Federal Minister of Information and Communication, Nigeria (2008–2010) and Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)(2001 – 2008)
• Sullivan Chime, Governor of Enugu State, Nigeria (2007 – 2015)
• Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President, Nigeria
• Joy Emordi, class of 1979; Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Anambra North Senatorial Zone, Anambra State) 2005 – 2010
• Akpan Isemin, Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria (1992–1993)
• Ousman Jammeh, Gambian Foreign Minister (2009–2010)
• Gregory Ngaji, class of 1977; Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Cross River North Senatorial constituency, Cross River) 2003 – 2011
• Chris Ngige, Governor of Anambra State, Nigeria (2003–2007) and Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Anambra State, Anambra Central Senatorial District), 2011 – 2015
• Chimaroke Nnamani, Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Enugu East Senatorial District, Enugu State) and Governor of Enugu State (1999–2007)
• Ben Nwankwo, Member of the Federal House of Representatives (1999-2003)^[1]
• Peter Obi, Governor of Anambra State, Nigeria (2006 – 2014)
• Peter Odili, Governor of Rivers State, Nigeria (1999–2007)
• Fabian Osuji, former Federal Minister of Education
• Viola Onwuliri, Professor of Biochemistry and Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs and Federal Minister of State for Education (2011-2015), Deputy Governorship Candidate, Imo State (2011)
• Oserheimen Osunbor, Governor of Edo State, Nigeria (2007–2008) and Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Edo State, Edo Central Senatorial District), 1999–2007
• Niki Tobi, first person to earn a PhD in Law from University of Nigeria (1983); Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Nigeria (2002–2010)
• Patrick Utomi, Presidential candidate for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the Nigerian April 2007 elections and former Director of the Center for Applied Economics, Lagos Business School, Pan African University
• Celestine Onwuliri, Professor of Parasitology and Honorable Commissioner for Information, Culture, Youths & Sports, Imo State (1997-1999), Honorable Commissioner for Agriculture(1998), Vice Chancellor Federal University of Technology, Owerri (2006-2011), Ag. Vice Chancellor, University of Jos,
• Osita Ogbu, Professor of economics at the University of Nigeria. He was the Minister of National Planning from 2006 to 2007, and former Chief Economic Adviser to the President of Nigeria

Banking and business

• Godwin Emefiele, Group managing director/CEO, Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (2014-)
• Obiageli Ezekwesili, Vice President (Africa Region), World Bank and Federal Minister of Education (2006–2007) and Solid Minerals Development (2005–2006), Nigeria
• Arunma Oteh, Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigeria and Vice-President for Corporate Services, African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (2006–2009)
• Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Governor Central Bank of Nigeria (2004–2009)
• Herbert Wigwe, CEO Access Bank, Nigeria

Science, technology, engineering, and medicine

• Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, pisciculturist, philanthropist, and the First Lady of Ondo State in Nigeria
• Fabian Udekwu professor of surgery, cardiac surgeon, the first person to perform open-heart surgery in black Africa
• Okwesilieze Nwodo, Governor of Enugu State, Nigeria (1992–1993)
• Azikiwe Peter Onwualu (Born, 27 April 1959 at Anambra State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian professor of Agricultural engineering and former Director General and chief executive officer of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) of Nigeria
• Bennet Omalu (b.1968) class of 1990, physician, a forensic pathologist, professor, discoverer of the relationship of the neurological disease Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) to some concussions in American football

Academia

• Jacob K. Olupona, Professor of African Religious Traditions and Chair of the Committee on African studies at the Harvard Divinity School with a joint appointment as Professor of African and African American Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University
• Celestine Onwuliri, Professor of Parasitology and Vice Chancellor Federal University of Technology, Owerri (2006-2011), Ag. Vice Chancellor, University of Jos, Honorable Commissioner for Agriculture, Honorable Commissioner for Information, Culture, Youths & Sports, Imo State
• Chika Okeke-Agulu, Professor of African and African Diaspora Art History, Department of Art and Archaeology and Department of African American Studies, Princeton University.

Alumni

• Lam Adesina, Governor of Oyo State, Nigeria (1999–2003)
• Akpan Isemin, Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria (1992–1993)
• Dora Akunyili, Federal Minister of Information and Communication, Nigeria (2008–2010) and Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)(2001 – 2008)
• Moji Christianah Adeyeye, Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) (2017 - present); First African Woman Fellow, American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences (AAPS)
• Celestine Onwuliri, Professor of Parasitology and Vice Chancellor Federal University of Technology, Owerri (2006-2011), Ag. Vice Chancellor, University of Jos, Honorable Commissioner for Agriculture, Honorable Commissioner for Information, Culture, Youths & Sports, Imo State
• Viola Onwuliri, Professor of Biochemistry and Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs and Federal Minister of State for Education (2011-2015), Deputy Governorship Candidate, Imo State (2011)
• Evelyn Okere, businesswoman, publisher, fashion designer and the Publisher of St. Eve Magazine.
• Sullivan Chime, Governor of Enugu State, Nigeria (2007 – 2015)
• Glory Chuku, former MBGN
• Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President, Nigeria
• Joy Emodi, Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Anambra North Senatorial Zone, Anambra State) 2003 – 2010
• Obiageli Ezekwesili, Vice President (Africa Region), World Bank and Federal Minister of Education (2006–2007) and Solid Minerals Development (2005–2006), Nigeria
• Aituaje Iruobe (WAJE), singer and songwriter
• Ousman Jammeh, Gambian Foreign Minister (2009–2010)
• Marcia Kure, artist
• Gregory Ngaji, Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Cross River North Senatorial constituency, Cross River) 2003 – 2011
• Chris Ngige, Governor of Anambra State, Nigeria (2003–2007) and Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Anambra State, Anambra Central Senatorial District), 2011 – 2015
• Chimaroke Nnamani, Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Enugu East Senatorial District, Enugu State) and Governor of Enugu State (1999–2007)
• Okwesilieze Nwodo, Governor of Enugu State, Nigeria (1992–1993)
• Nwabueze Nwokolo, lawyer and chair of BSN: Black Solicitors Network, UK
• Jide Obi, former singer
• Peter Obi, Governor of Anambra State, Nigeria (2006 – date)
• Peter Odili, Governor of Rivers State, Nigeria (1999–2007)
• Olu Oguibe, Professor of Art and African-American Studies and interim Director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut, Storrs
• Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Special Assistant on Diaspora Affairs, Nigeria; MBGN 1988, Miss Intercontinental 1989
• Chris Okotie, Televangelist and pastor of the Household of God Church International Ministries
• Jacob K. Olupona, Professor of African Religious Traditions and Chair of the Committee on African studies at the Harvard Divinity School with a joint appointment as Professor of African and African American Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University
• Zack Orji, actor
• Echezonachukwu Nduka, Concert pianist, poet, and musicologist.
• Fabian Osuji, former Federal Minister of Education
• Oserheimen Osunbor, Governor of Edo State, Nigeria (2007–2008) and Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Edo State, Edo Central Senatorial District), 1999–2007
• Arunma Oteh, Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigeria and Vice-President for Corporate Services, African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (2006–2009)
• Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Governor Central Bank of Nigeria (2004–2009)
• Niki Tobi, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Nigeria (2002–2010)
• Obiora Udechukwu, head, Fine Arts Department, St. Lawrence University, New York
• Patrick Utomi, Presidential candidate for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the Nigerian April 2007 elections and former Director of the Center for Applied Economics, Lagos Business School, Pan African University
• Uzo, New York based film director and producer.

Faculty (Past and Present)

• Chinua Achebe, Emeritus Professor of English, 1985
• Adiele Afigbo, renowned Professor of History (1966–1992)
• El Anatsui, Africa's most famous artist and Professor of Sculpture
• Alexander Animalu, Emeritus Professor of Physics and former Research Scientist, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States of America; former President, Nigerian Academy of Science and Director-General, National Mathematical Centre, Abuja
• Eme Awa, Professor of Political Science and chairman, National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (NECON), 1987 – 1989
• Wilberforce Echezona, musicologist
• Babs Fafunwa, Emeritus Professor of Education; First Dean of the Faculty of Education and Acting Vice-Chancellor, University of Nigeria (1964–1966); Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and the first Nigerian recipient of a doctoral degree in education; former Federal Minister of Education
• Eni Njoku, Professor of Botanist; First Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, 1962 – 1965 and Vice-Chancellor, University of Nigeria, 1966 – 1967
• Humphrey Nwosu, Professor of Political Science and chairman, National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (NECON), 1989 – 1993
• Samuel Okoye, Professor of Astrophysics

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