The President
and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has approved the appointment of Engr.
(Professor) Azikiwe Peter ONWUALU as the new Director-General and
Chief Executive of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council
(RMRDC) with immediate effect.
Prof.
Onwualu replaces the former Director-General of the Council, Dr.
Abubakar Abdullahi, whose second-term of office expired on the 31st
of October, 2005.
Born
on 27th April, 1959, in Oba, Idemili South Local Government
Area of Anambra State, Prof. Onwualu graduated from the prestigious
University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) with a first class (Honours) degree
in Agricultural Engineering (1982) and obtained a Masters (1986) in the
same discipline from the same University.
Also, in 1991, Prof. Onwualu bagged a Doctor of Philosophy Degree
(Ph.D) in Agricultural Engineering from Daltech of Dalhousie University,
Canada.
Until
his appointment as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
the RMRDC, Prof. Onwualu was the Director of Engineering Infrastructure
at the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI).
Prior to this, Prof. Onwualu had been a Research Professor in the
Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Prof.
Onwualu has authored several publications and edited known Journals
including Journal Agricultural Engineering and Technology and Nigerian
Journal of Technology. He
is a recipient of a number of awards some of which include Best
graduating student in Agricultural Engineering, UNN (1982) and Scholar,
Canadian International Development Agency (1987).
A
member of several local and international professional associations,
Prof. Onwualu is married with four children.
