PROFILE/CURRICULUM VITAE/RESUME OF DR. UZODINMA ADIRIEJE (Nigeria)

Dr. Uzodinma ADIRIEJE

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION AND CONTACT ADDRESSES

§  Full names: ADIRIEJE, Uzodinma Akujekwe [Dr.] §  Nationality: Nigerian §  Addresses:                                                                                                                                 Suite 216, Block G, FHA Cornershop, Lugbe; P.O. Box 8880, Wuse Abuja, Nigeria; and         1 Taiwo Close, Toronto Junction; MCC Uratta Rd, P.O. Box 1484, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria §  Phone: Mob : +234(0) 81 88 55 44 14 §  Email: afrepton@gmail.com, afrepton@yahoo.com §  Weblog: http://druzodinmadirieje.blogspot.com

CAREER COMMITMENT

To continuously provide accountable leadership and achieve sustainable improvements in the health and living standards of people and communities affected by or at risk for diseases, disasters, ignorance, underdevelopment and or poverty; using my two decades of civil society and private sector leadership/management experience, strong result-oriented/innovative interpersonal/partnership and communication skills, and over two decades of continuous projects/programs implementation/management experience/work at all levels.

EXPERIENCES

I.       Consultancy Services Provided

Organizing/Technical Consultant, Nigeria National Cervical Cancer Screening Scale-up Project Implementing Partners Conference/Meeting, Abuja, 2015 Technical Consultant/Coordinator, 1st Biomedical HIV Prevention Forum [BHPF2013] Abuja Nigeria, organized by the New HIV Vaccine and Microbicide Advocacy Society (NHVMAS) in collaboration with NACA, UNAIS, SFH and IPH/OAU, 18-20 November 2013 Technical Consultant/Adviser to the Hon. Minister of State I, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2nd GlobalPOWER Women Network Africa High Level Meeting (HLM) Abuja 2013, organized by the Government of Nigeria in collaboration with the African Union and with support of UNAIDS; 27-28 June Consultant Facilitator/Resource Person, 55th National Council on Health meeting of Federal and all State Ministries of Health in Nigeria, Abuja, 16-20 July 2012 National Consultant for the ‘Development of the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria Comprehensive Manual of Procedures’ for Nigeria, 2012 Technical Consultant to the Country Coordination Mechanism [CCM]/Global Fund [GF], on oversight visitations to Global Fund’s Health Systems Strengthening, HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria projects and sites Akwa Ibom and Rivers States, March 2012; National Consultant to Federal Ministry of Health and Unicef, Nigeria, for the Joint Annual Review [JAR] of National Strategic Health Sector Development Plan [SHDP] in Akwa Ibom State,  February-March 2012 Principal Investigator (PI)/consultant to UNAIDS/ILO/UNDP/NACA on ‘Situational Assessment for a National Framework for Private Sector Response and Public-Private Partnerships on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, 2004-2005  2012-2014 Global Fund projects monitoring/oversight consultant to the Nigeria Country Coordinating Mechanism [CCM] for GF projects in Kebbi, Rivers, Anambra, Ebonyi and Akwa Ibom States National Consultant, Development of Global Fund Comprehensive Manual of Procedures, for the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), 2012 2012-2014 GAVI Consultant for monthly routine immunization (RI) monitoring, evaluation and supportive supervision in 250 (two hundred and fifty) Primary Health Care Centres in the twenty-seven LGAs in Imo State 2012 - National Consultant for the Development of Imo State Multisectoral HIV & AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Plan 2012-2016 §  Trainer/Facilitating Consultant, AIDS, TB and Malaria (ATM) national Networks Leaders’ Training on the Coordination and Management of ATM Networks CSOs’ Activities for ACOMIN, CiSHAN and TB Networks, Actionaid Nigeria/Global Fund; 21-25.05.2012 Programmes consultant, International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), Abuja, Nigeria; 2005

II.                Research and Evidence-Generation

Consultant-Investigator, Effects of Compensation on Employee Performance in Private Sector Organisations, 2015 Monitor/Supportive Supervisor; National Immunization Days (NIDs) in Owerri, Imo State, 2014 Evaluator/Assessor; Data Quality Self-assessment (DQS) of routine immunization (RI) in Njaba LGA of Imo State on behalf of the National Primary Health Care Development Agencies (NPHCDA), 2014. Project Director, Health and Food Security Summits (HEFOSS) organized by Afrihealth Information Projects/Afrihealth Optonet Association; in collaboration with the National Assembly Committees on Agriculture and Health, Federal Ministries of Health, Agriculture and Women Affairs, and other Stakeholders; Principal Investigator (PI)/Project Director, Capacity Building Needs Assessment of Civil Society Organisations [CSOs] involved in HIV/AIDS work in Nigeria [covering the 36 States and FCT] Project Coordinator, Study of the Impact, Challenges and Long-term implication of Nigeria’ Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Programme, 2006-7 PI, ‘Prevalence, Management Practices and Preventive Strategies of Diabetic Retinopathy in Lagos State, Nigeria’, 2000-2002; sponsored by American Diabetes Association PI, Development of a Food-Based Dietary Guideline for the Control of Maternal Anemia in Pregnancy in Urban Poor and Rural Communities in Lagos, 1999-2001

III. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)

§  2014-2016 - Provision of Technical Assistance for the Development of M&E Plans by course participants during ten M&E certificate courses organized by Health Systems and Projects Consultants §  2013–2016 - Lead Facilitator, certificate course in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of HIV/AIDS, Health and Development Programmes, (8 batches) §  2012 - Trainer/Facilitator, Monitoring and Evaluation Planning for State Sector-wide Plan for HIV/AIDS in Imo State, June 2012 §  2010–2011 - Supervisor and Resource Person, 4 batches of 4 days training on Monitoring and Evaluation for 125 persons from 125 CBOs from the 36 states and FCT, under Global Fund Round 9 §  2010-2011 - Trainer/Resource Person and Supervisor, training of 125 persons from the 36 States and FCT on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E); under the Global Fund Round 9 2006 - Conduction of the first-ever monitoring and evaluation (appraisal) of the services of Mandela Clinic, K-Vom, Plateau State, using the Peer participatory Rapid Health Appraisal for Action (PPRHAA) tool; covering patient-care management, internal management, finance and equipments, output and services, and community and client views of the health centre; and provided report and recommendations for the improvement of the services of the clinic

IV.          Documentations and Reports-Writing

Author/Report writer for the Nigeria National Cervical Cancer Screening Scale-up Implementing Partners Meeting, 2015 Author/Report writer for the 2nd High Level Meeting (HLM) of the GlobalPOWER Women Network Africa, 2013 Preparation of strategic plan, work plans and budgets, business plans and action plans for the effective running of the organization; CISHAN, 2010-11 Produced annual and quarterly work plan and budget of the National Office for the approval of the Governing Council; CISHAN, 2010-11 Produced annual, quarterly, monthly  work plans and budgets as well as monthly Activity Plans and budgets of the Programs Management Unit at the National Office for the approval of the Central Management Committee; CISHAN, 2010-11 Planning and managing all the programmes and activities of the conference §  Prepared HERFON’s 2006 and 2007 (annual) organizational work plans and budgets, supervised programs/projects staff, monitored and reported on programs/projects activities, achievements and outcomes of the Foundation to the Executive Secretary/CEO National Planning Committee, 50th National Council on Health Member (representing HERFON), National Planning Committee, World Health Day 2006, FMoH, Abuja, Nigeria 1997   Chairman, Planning/Organising Committee for the Launching of the Orsu LGA Towns Development Union Lagos

V. Conferences, Meetings and Workshops Planning and Management

Conference Coordinator, 10th National Conference on Divine Mercy, Catholic Church, Nigeria, 2016  Organizing Consultant; Nigeria National Cervical Cancer Screening Scale-up Project Implementing Partners Meeting, Abuja, 2015 Conference Coordinator/Technical Consultant; 1st Biomedical HIV Prevention Forum, Abuja 2013 Conference Director; Health, Human and Food security Summit (HEFOSS), Abuja, 2014 Conference Coordinator, 2nd High Level Meeting of the GlobalPOWER Women Network Africa (GPWNA), Abuja, 2012-2013 Conference Coordinator, National Conference on Adequate Infant Nutrition in Nigeria, Abuja, 2008-09 Conference Coordinator, Nigeria National Health Conferences (NHC), Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON), Uyo and Abuja, 2006-09 Program Manager, International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), Abuja, 2005 §  Secretary, International and National Scientific Committees of ICASA2005

VI. Capacity Building/Trainings

§  Lead Facilitator at the 9 Training Workshops for the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF)-funded Sustainable Citizen Participation (SCP) in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region held in Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo. Ondo and Rivers States, July – September 2017 §  2012 – present, Routinely prepares presentations, trains and facilitates certificate courses on: v  Advanced Monitoring and Evaluation (AdvM&E) v  Advanced Project and Programme Management (AdvPPM) v  Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) v  Community Systems Strengthening (HSS) v  Gender and Gender Mainstreaming (GNDR) v  Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) v  Leadership Development, Career Advancement and Organizational Management (LCOM) v  Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM) v  Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) v  Project and Programme Management (PPM) v  Proposal Writing, Fundraising and Resource Mobilization (PFRM) §  Trainer/Facilitator, Project and Programmes Planning/Design and Management, Febr. 2014 and March 2014 (2 batches) §  Trainer/Facilitator, Leadership and Management for Organizational Transformation and Project/Programmes Implementation, June 2013 and October 2013 (2 batches) §  Director, Knowledge and Skills Expansion and Development Project, a.k.a. KASED Project; designed to provide fit-for purpose, systematic organizational capacity building interventions, for 1037 persons from 540 CSOs and government MDAs (Ministries, Depts and Agencies) in the 36 States and FCT, 2011-13 §  Director, Health Sector Capacity-Development Project (HeSCaP); which is designed to promote Human capital development/ capacity-building and institutional strengthening to expose qualified health care providers to the most modern and improved clinical/surgical procedures [for which many Nigerians travel abroad] and health systems management practices for better healthcare delivery in the country, 2011-13 §  Trainer/Resource Person and Supervisor, training of 250 persons from all the states and FCT on the provision of Home-Based Care (HBC) for HIV/AIDS; under the Global Fund Round 9, 2010-11 §  Resource Person, Training on Ward Health System for 5 Batches of Chairmen and Secretaries of Ward Health Development Committees in Ezeagu, Udenu, Udi, Nsukka and Nkanu West LGAs in Enugu State, under GFR8 HSS/CSS project, 2010-2011 §  Resource Person, Orientation and Capacity-building Workshop for  Chairmen and Secretaries of Ward Health Development Committees in two LGAs in Ebonyi State, under GFR8 HSS/CSS project, 2010-2011 §  Supervisor, 6 zonal 3-days training on Resource Mobilization and  Financial Management for CBOs from the 36 states and FCT, 2010; under the National HIV/AIDS Fund (HAF), 2010-11 §  Supervisor, 6 zonal 3-days training on Organizational Development for CBOs from the 36 states and FCT, 2010; under the National HIV/AIDS Fund (HAF), 2010-11 §  Supervisor, 6 zonal 3-days training on Financial Management for CBOs from the 36 states and FCT, 2010; under the National HIV/AIDS Fund (HAF), 2010-11 §  Coordinator, Health Insurance Capacity-Building and Study tour of the Brazilian Health System and Institutions by Nigerian stakeholders including members of the National Assembly, Representatives of Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), Board and management of the NHIS, Change Agents, representatives of Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), NHIS Providers, Consumers, Civil Society and media; organizing post-tour conference and writing/producing tour report (published, July 2006) §  Director and Resource Person, 2 batches of training on Project Management for CBOs in Oshodi/Isolo LGA, Lagos State, 2001 §  Director and Resource Person, 3 batches of training on Overcoming Maternal and Child Nutritional Anemia for community leaders and health workers in Badagry Lagos, 2008-9 Director and Resource Person, Facilitated/organized 1 Vitamin A Deficiency Control/Training workshop for community leaders, patent medicine dealers, local government personnel and community health workers in Badagry, Lagos , 2001

VII. Projects and Programs Management

Project Director, Sustainable Citizen Participation (SCP) in Nigeria’s Niger Delta; a project of Afrihealth Optonet Association, with funding from the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF), 2017-2018 Project Coordinator, AIDs Care and Treatment in Nigeria Plus Up (ACTION Plus Up); a project of the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) and Afrihealth Optonet Association. 2015-2016 Programmes Coordinator for Global Fund Round 8 Health Systems Strengthening and Global Fund Rounds 5 and 9  Home-Based Care Projects, CiSHAN, 2010-11 Advocacy & Communications Manager and HIVAIDS Advisor, Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria [HERFON] , 09/07 – 12/09 Resource Centre Manager, Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria [HERFON], 11/05 – 08/07 National Service (NYSC), Health Services Management Board, Gongola State Conducted eye health awareness and vision screening exercises in liaison with the World Health Organization [WHO] on ‘Vision Care for Road Safety’ – a World Health Day Project; at Aguda Central Motor Park, Surulere Lagos, for commercial bus and taxi drivers and market persons, 2004 Organised 3 Vitamin A Deficiency Control/Prevention outreaches/Projects in Isheri-Olofin, Lagos; including the distribution/administration of Viatmin a capsule and provision of awareness for the vitamin A rich foods that abound in and around the community, 2000 Organised 4 Vitamin A Deficiency Control/Prevention outreaches/Projects in Kirikiri, Lagos; including the distribution and administration of Viatmin a capsule and provision of awareness for the vitamin A rich foods that abound in and around the community , 2000 Implemented 3 Eye Care and Community Health Development Programmes in Egbe, Lagos, 1999 Organised 2 Family Health, Population Education, and Nutritional Blindness Outreaches, Orile-Iganmu, 1998 Organised 4 Vitamin A Deficiency Control/Prevention outreach Projects in Badagry, Lagos; including the distribution/administration of Vitamin a capsule and provision of awareness for the vitamin A rich foods that abound in and around the community , 1997-2002 Organised 2 Population Education, family planning Awareness and Eye Care Campaigns, in Egbe, Lagos, 1998 Organised 3 Family Health, Environmental Awareness and Blindness Prevention Projects in Alausa, Lagos, 1998 Organised 3 Child Health/Nutritional Blindness Prevention Programme for the Pupils and Staff of Sanya Primary School Ijesha-tedo, Lagos State, 1998 Coordinated 2 Public Health Intervention/Education Programme at the Yaba Old People’s Home, Lagos State, 1997

VIII. Partnership/Coalition Building/Network Coordination

Chairman, National Technical Working Group (TWG) of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Health, Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), Nigeria; 2016-present Director of Operations and Programs (DOP), Civil Society Coalition on the 2016 National Census in Nigeria, 2015 National Chairman, Civil Society Partnership for Development in Nigeria (CSPDN), 2014-present National Coordinator, Coalition on Vaccines, Vitamins and Immunization for All Nigeria [CoVIAN], 2012-present Coordinator, Partnership for the National Conference on Adequate Infant Nutrition in Nigeria, 2008-09 Coordinator and Head of Secretariat, Partnership for the Nigeria National Health Conferences (NHC), 2006-09

IX. Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilzation (ACSM)

§  Team Leader at the 9 Advocacy Visits and Stakeholders Engagements with Governments and people of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo. Ondo and Rivers States; for the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF)-funded Sustainable Citizen Participation (SCP) in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region held in April – June 2017 Advocacy visit to the Honourable Commissioner for Health, Enugu State of Nigeria on the National Health and Food Security Summit; and health systems improvement for better service delivery in the State, 2014 Advocacy Visit to the Honorable Minister, Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) Abuja, for the enthronement of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and its coverage under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS); by Afrihealth Optonet Association Nigeria on May 3, 2013 Paid advocacy visit to the Imo State Commissioner for Health and Human Services for the revitalization of Routine Immunisation in Imo State Health Systems, June 2012 Coordinator and member of HERFON’s Civil Society advocacy delegation  to Nigeria’s President Umaru Muas Yar’Adua, to advocate for the strengthening of the country’s Health Sector Reform Programme (HSRP), 2008 Member of Advocacy team to the Governor and Emir of Katsina, for the promotion and revitalization of Routine Immunisation in Northern Nigeria, 2008 Advocacy visits to the President of the Senate and Speaker of House of Representatives (National Assembly) to support and participate in the Partnership for the National Health Conference, 2006 Coordinator and member of Advocacy team to the President of the Honourable Ministers of Health to support and participate in the Partnership for the National Health Conference, 2006 Team leader, ‘Enlightenment/advocacy campaign and delivered a moving speech delivered at an HIV/AIDS control campaign for the predominantly Muslim Arewa Community, Isolo, organized jointly by Afrihealth Optonet Association and Arewa Joint Action Committee (AJACOM), at the Isolo central Mosque, Lagos; 2004 Team leader, HIV/AIDS control and impact mitigation enlightenment/advocacy campaigns in the predominantly Muslim Arewa Community, Isolo Central Mosque, Lagos; 2004 Team leader, ‘Using Advocacy and Immunisation Opportunity to control Vitamin A deficiency Diseases (VADD): projects featuring VAD talks, IECs, advocacy for usingimmunization as opportunity for vitamin A fortification and vitamin A capsule supplementation, in 7 Rural Communities and 8 Children’s Schools in Lagos State; and provision of awareness for the vitamin A rich foods that abound in and around the community (Badagry, Alausa, Kirikiri, Egbe, Isheri Olofin, Ijeshatedo & Aguda) Speaker, ‘The State of Women’s Health and Lives in Nigeria: The Imperative of Complementary Traditional Health Care’ – a position/advocacy paper presented at the Inaugural Consultative Meeting of the African Women’s Health Initiative (AWHI), USA/Nigeria; Nicon Hilton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria; 11-13 January 2005 Team leader, ‘Controlling HIV/AIDS within the community’ – an enlightenment/advocacy speech delivered at an HIV/AIDS control campaign for the predominantly Muslim Arewa Community, Isolo, organized jointly by Afrihealth Optonet Association and Arewa Joint Action Committee (AJACOM), at the Isolo central Mosque, Lagos; 2004 Coordinated an enlightenment/advocacy campaign and delivered a moving speech delivered at an HIV/AIDS control campaign for the predominantly Muslim Arewa Community, Isolo, organized jointly by Afrihealth Optonet Association and Arewa Joint Action Committee (AJACOM), at the Isolo central Mosque, Lagos; 2004

X. Leadership and Working Experience

President, Society for the Conservation and Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria [SOCSEEN], 2018 Chairman, National Technical Working Group (TWG) of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) in Health in Nigeria, Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria, 2016 Co-chairman, National World Malaria Day Committee, Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria, 2016 Deputy National President, Nigerian Association of Evaluators (NAE), 2015-present Chief Executive Officer/National Coordinator, Afrihealth Optonet Association [CSOs Network], Nigeria; 2012 – present Country Director/Lead Facilitator, Health Systems and Projects Consultants Ltd, Nigeria; 2012-present President, Abia State University Alumni Association Abuja, 2012-2016 Administrative Secretary/Head of Management, Civil Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria [CiSHAN], 2010-11 Head of Secretariat, Nigeria National Health Conferences (NHCs), 2006-2009 Advocacy & Communications Manager and HIVAIDS Advisor, Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria [HERFON] , 09/07 – 12/09 Resource Centre Manager, HERFON, 11/05 – 08/07 Program Manager, Int’l Conf on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) , 01/05 – 10/05 President-General, Imo State Towns Development Association Lagos, 2005-7 Executive Coordinator (R&D), Afrihealth Information Projects, 1997-2005 Executive Director, Optonet International; 01/95 – 12/04 Secretary General, Afrihealth Optonet Association, 2003-2010 Director, Adirivision Clinics Ltd, 01/90 – 12/94 National Service (NYSC), Health Services Management Board, Gongola State Secretary General, Students Union Government, Imo State University, Nigeria; 1985-1986 President, Amaruru Students Union, Amaruru, Orsu LGA, Imo State; 1981-1984 Secretary, Umuogu Village Meeting, Amaruru, Orsu LGA, Imo State; 1979-1986

XI. Papers, Presentations and Capacity Building Courses/Trainings Facilitated

* 2018  Promoting Voice and Development Agenda Setting for Sustainable Citizen Participation (SCP) in Resource-Constrained Settings in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria using the Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Approach in 2017-18; a presentation for the 2018 International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit Nusa Dua, Indonesia from April 16-20, 2018 * 2017  Mobilizing Communities for Monitoring Activities that Promote the SDGs in Imo State during 2017-18; a presentation at the Nigeria National Evaluation Conference, 6-8 December 2017 * 2017   Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E); a capacity building workshop organized by Health Systems & Projects Consultants Ltd at the Nigeria National Evaluation Conference, 6-8 December 2017 *2015 Imperative for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Interventions: a case for the Mbamala International Kidney Centre; presented during the formal presentation of ‘Peace of Mind’ (A Book written by Hon. Chief Val Mbamala); under the Chairmanship of His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, CFR; Executive Governor of Sokoto State; at Yar’adua Centre, Abuja; November 2015  *2015  Advance Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) certificate courses offered by Health Systems and Projects Consultants *2015  Advanced Project and Programme Management certificate courses offered by Health Systems and Projects Consultants *2014-15  Basic Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) certificate courses offered by Health Systems and Projects Consultants *2014-15  Project and Programme Planning/Design and Management certificate courses offered by Health Systems and Projects Consultants * 2013-15  Leadership and Management for Organizational Transformation and Project/Programmes Implementation [certificate course/training materials] * 2013  The Role of Medical Librarians in Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM): implications for the MDGs and post-2015 Era. A presentation at the 2013 Workshop/AGM of the medical Librarians Association of Nigeria * 2005    ‘Controlling HIV/AIDS Among Mobile Populations in Lagos’ – an oral presentation made at the 14th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa, Abuja, 4-9 December 2005 *   2005    ‘The State of Women’s Health and Lives in Nigeria: The Imperative of Complementary Traditional Health Care’ - a position/advocacy paper presented at the Inaugural Consultative Meeting of the African Women’s Health Initiative (AWHI), USA/Nigeria; Nicon Hilton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria; 11-13 January 2005 *  2004    ‘Controlling HIV/AIDS within the community’ – an enlightenment/advocacy speech delivered at an HIV/AIDS control campaign for the predominantly Muslim Arewa Community, Isolo, organized jointly by Afrihealth Optonet Association and Arewa Joint Action Committee (AJACOM), at the Isolo central Mosque, Lagos; *  2003   ‘Education and the Challenge of Regeneration in Orsu Local Government Area’ The inaugural guest lecture at the 2nd ‘Orsu Summit’ held at Orsu Local Government Area (LGA) headquarters, Awo-Idemili, Imo State, Nigeria, 30 December 2003 *  2001   ‘The Child and the Home’ -a guest speech delivered at the annual general meeting of Parent Teachers Association of Sunshine Nursery/Primary School, Aguda-Surulere, Lagos, 17 November 2001 *  2001   ‘Philanthropy as a Poverty Alleviation and Development Initiative in Orsu Local Government Area’ – an advocacy paper delivered at the launching of a N2.5million naira Endowment Fund for the Less-privileged, by the Ede-Ukwu Welfare Association, Ajegunle, Lagos, 11 November 2001 *  2000   ‘Vitamin A as Soldiers of the Human Body’ -a guest speech delivered at the launching of the Vitamin A for Health programme of the Prosuzet Nutrition Foundation, Bariga-Lagos

XII. Social and Religious

§  Chairman, Ebenasaa Ozuomee Day and New Yam Festival/Celebrations, 12.08.17 in Ebenasaa Ozuomee, Orsu LGA, Imo State §   Chairman, Orsu Cultural Day Celebrations in Lagos, organized by Orsu LGA Towns Development Union Lagos (OLGADU), 25 November 2016 §  Chairman, Harvest and Bazaar Thanksgiving, St. Monica Catholic Church, Sauka Kahuta, Abuja, November, 2016 §  Chairman, Local Organizing Committee (LOC), 10th National Conference on Divine Mercy Nigeria Catholic Church, 2015-2016 §  Chairman, coronation ceremonies for His Royal Highness, Eze Michael Abanigbo, Ezeoha I of Ebenasaa, Orsu LGA, Imo State; 6 January 2016 §  Chairman, Harvest of Divine Expansion and Church Building Fundraising, St. Francis Catholic Church Galadimawa, Abuja; 15 November 2015 §  Chairman, Amaruru Day Celebration/Iri Ji (New Yam) Festival, Amaruru, Orsu LGA, Imo State; 10 August 2008

XIII. Outreaches and  Interventions Done

World Malaria Day Outreach/Rally in Gbaupe Community, Kuje Area Council, FCT Abuja, Nigeria, 2016 Organisation of 1 HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT), condom distribution, Community rally, sensitisation and dialogue in Goza community of Abuja, to commemorate World AIDS Day 2011 Provision of Out-of-School Youth (OSY) HIV/AIDS prevention services in Lugbe Abuja, as a Global Fund sub sub-recipient under Round 9 grants, 2011-12 Provision of Home Base Care (HBC) services for persons living with HIV/AIDS in Imo State as a Global Fund sub sub-recipient under Round 9 grants, 2011-12 Organisation of Immunisation, Child Health, Infant nutrition and Vitamin A Deficiency mobilization programme in Kapwa, Abuja; and reached 258 families/persons Conducted eye health awareness and vision screening exercises in liaison with the World Health Organization [WHO] on ‘Vision Care for Road Safety’ – a World Health Day Project; at Aguda Central Motor Park, Surulere Lagos, for commercial bus and taxi drivers and market persons, 2004 Organised 3 Vitamin A Deficiency Control/Prevention outreaches/Projects in Isheri-Olofin, Lagos; including the distribution/administration of Vitamin A capsule and provision of awareness for the vitamin A rich foods that abound in and around the community, 2000 Organised 4 Vitamin A Deficiency Control/Prevention outreaches/Projects in Kirikiri, Lagos; including the distribution and administration of Viatmin a capsule and provision of awareness for the vitamin A rich foods that abound in and around the community , 2000 Implemented 3 Eye Care and Community Health Development Programmes in Egbe, Lagos, 1999 Organised 2 Family Health, Population Education, and Nutritional Blindness Outreaches, Orile-Iganmu, 1998 Organised 4 Vitamin A Deficiency Control/Prevention outreach Projects in Badagry, Lagos; including the distribution/administration of Vitamin a capsule and provision of awareness for the vitamin A rich foods that abound in and around the community , 1997-2002 Organised 2 Population Education, family planning Awareness and Eye Care Campaigns, in Egbe, Lagos, 1998 Organised 3 Family Health, Environmental Awareness and Blindness Prevention Projects in Alausa, Lagos, 1998 Organised 3 Child Health/Nutritional Blindness Prevention Programme for the Pupils and Staff of Sanya Primary School Ijesha-tedo, Lagos State, 1998 Coordinated 2 Public Health Intervention/Education Programme at the Yaba Old People’s Home, Lagos State, 1997

XIV. Publications/Writings

ONLINE RESOURCES Adirieje, U. No Woman, No Development: Africa’s Women of Substance Converge on Abuja for the 2nd GPHLM Adirieje, U. Collaboration with Africa Women’ Sector in relation to Health: outcomes of  Global POWER Women Network Africa High Level Meeting (GPHLM) 2013; presented at the Civil Society Symposium on Abuja+12 Summit organized by World AIDS Campaign International, 3 July 2013 Adirieje, U. The Imperative of Prevention in the Effective Control of HIV/AIDS – the poorly explored haven Adirieje, U. Nigeria’s elusive peace and the looming refugee crisis [1], Daily SUN newspaper, 30 December 2011 <http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/opinion/2011/dec/30/opinion-30-12-2011-002.html> Adirieje, UA. Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Community-Based HIV/Aids Advocacy, http://phishare.org/documents/afrihealthoptonet/4313/ Adirieje, UA. Public-Private Partnership and Nigeria’s Development, http://phishare.org/documents/afrihealthoptonet/4267/ Adirieje, UA. XV ‘IAC’: DISCRIMINATION TO SOME OR ACCESS TO ALL http://www.procaare.org/archive/procaare/200406/msg00035.php Adirieje, UA. What Progress Made by 'CCMs' Over the Past Two Years http://www.procaare.org/archive/procaare/200405/msg00007.php Adirieje, UA. Vitamin A and child deaths in India http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug/archive/200204/msg00080.php Adirieje, UA. Alzheimer’s disease on our shores Adirieje, UA. Stigma, HIV/AIDS and disclosure (1) http://archives.healthdev.net/stigma-aids/msg00134.html Adirieje, UA. Stigma, HIV/AIDS and Disclosure http://archives.healthdev.net/stigma-aids/msg00154.html Adirieje, UA. Putting ‘access to all’ on the HIV/AIDS agenda Adirieje, UA. Putting ‘access to all’ on the HIV/AIDS agenda (2) Adirieje, UA. HIV and AIDS: Ensuring Access to All http://archives.healthdev.net/af-aids/msg01451.html Adirieje, UA. Health Options for Road Safety In Nigeria http://www.phishare.org/documents/afrihealthoptonet/1865/ Adirieje, UA. Patent Door Opens for Generic ARVs in Africa http://archives.healthdev.net/af-aids/msg01132.html Adirieje, UA. Current concerns: Thailand’s potpourri for Nigeria and HIV/AIDS Adirieje, UA. Malaria in Africa: A Continuing Scourge, a Litany of Failed Targets http://www.phishare.org/documents/afrihealthoptonet/1817/ Adirieje, UA. Opening up on ‘HIV/AIDS’ (1) Adirieje, UA. HIV and AIDS: Ensuring Access to All archives.hst.org.za/af-aids/msg01451.html PRINTS Adirieje UA, Umeakunna F. Report on 2016 World Malaria Day Outreach/Rally In Gbaupe Community, Kuje Area Council, FCT Abuja, Nigeria; Organized By Afrihealth Optonet Association Adirieje, U. Nigeria’s elusive peace and the looming refugee crisis [1], Daily SUN newspaper, 30 December 2011 Adirieje, UA. Public-Private Partnership and Nigeria’s Development (2), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 392, 15 February 2005, p. 31 Adirieje, UA. Public-Private Partnership and Nigeria’s Development (1), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 387, 8 February 2005, p. 31 Adirieje, UA. Taming ‘HIV/AIDS’ in Our Higher Institutions, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 382, 1 February 2005, p. 29 Adirieje, UA. HIV/AIDS: Why ‘ICASA’ and ‘NACA’ Must Succeed, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 377, 25 January 2005, p. 27 Adirieje, UA. Nigeria’s Traditional Health Care in Africa (3), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 372, 11 January 2005, p. 27 Adirieje, UA. Nigeria’s Traditional Health Care in Africa (2), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 378, 4 January 2005, p. 27 Adirieje, UA. Nigeria’s Traditional Health Care in Africa (1), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 378, 28 December 2004, p. 27 Adirieje, UA. Health and Human Rights, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 378, 21 December 2004, p. 27 Adirieje, UA. Nigeria’s Twin-‘Wahala’ (2), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 378, 14 December 2004, p. 27 Adirieje, UA. Nigeria’s Twin-‘Wahala’ (1), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 387, 7 December 2004, p. 27 Adirieje, UA. HIV/AIDS and African Women, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 382, 30 November 2004, p. 26 Adirieje, UA. Does Mr. President Know? Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 377, 23 November 2004, p. 26 Adirieje, UA. Nigeria’s Economic Reforms in Social Context, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 372, 16 November 2004, p. 26 Adirieje, UA. Much Ado About brain Drain, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 367, 9 November 2004, p. 29 Adirieje, UA. Businesses in the Era of HIV/AIDS, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 362, 2 November 2004, p. 26 Adirieje, UA. The Poverty War in Nigeria (2), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 357, 26 October 2004, p. 26 Adirieje, UA. The Poverty War in Nigeria (1), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 352, 19 October 2004, p. 27 Adirieje, UA. Preventable Blindness and National Economic Productivity, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 347, October 12 2004, p. 21 Adirieje, UA. Twelve Blind persons in One Minute, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 342, 5 October 2004, p. 31 Adirieje, UA. HIV/AIDS: Caring as an Obligation (2), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 337, 28 September 2004, p. 2 Adirieje, UA. HIV/AIDS: Caring as an Obligation (1), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 332, 21 September 2004, p. 23 Adirieje, UA. NEPAD: hope or hype? Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 327, 14 September 2004, p. 26 Adirieje, UA. NEPAD: hope or hype? Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 322, 7 September 2004, p. 26 Adirieje, UA. African Woman’s Rough Road (2), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 307, 17 August 2004, p. 29 Adirieje, UA. African Woman’s Rough Road (1), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 302, 10 August 2004, p. 29 Adirieje, UA. Alzheimer’s Disease on Our Shores, Daily Sun, Vol. 1 No. 297, 3 August 2004, p. 31 Adirieje, UA. Diabetes on the Prowl, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 312, 24 August 2004, p. 22 Adirieje, UA. Putting ‘Access to All’ on the HIV/AIDS Agenda (2), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 282, 13 July 2004, p. 20 Adirieje, UA. Putting ‘Access to All’ on the HIV/AIDS Agenda (1), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 277, 6 July 2004, p. 26 Adirieje, UA. Thailand’s Potpourri for Nigeria and HIV/AIDS, Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 272, 29 June 2004, p. 27 Adirieje, UA. Tobacco and the Rest of Us (2), Daily Sun, Vol. 2 No. 267, 22 June 2004, p. 27 Adirieje, UA. Tobacco and the Rest of Us (1), Daily Sun, Vol. 1 No. 262, 15 June 2004, p. 26 Adirieje, UA. The Global Fund and HIV/AIDS Control in Nigeria, Daily Sun, Vol. 1 No. 251, 1 June2004, p. 30 Adirieje, UA. Opening Up on HIV/AIDS (2), Daily Sun, Vol. 1 No. 246, 25 May 2004, p. 26 Adirieje, UA. Opening Up on HIV/AIDS (1), Daily Sun, Vol. 1 No. 241, 18 May 2004, p. 26 Adirieje, UA. Health Attitudes and Road Traffic Problems, Daily Sun, Vol. 1 No. 226, 27 April 2004, p. 28 Adirieje, UA. Seeds for Nigeria’s Health Needs, Daily Sun, Vol. 1 No. 221, 20 April 2004, p. 28 Adirieje, UA. HIV/AIDS and the Abuja Declaration. Medical Digest: July/August 2001, pp. 9-10 Adirieje, UA. Averting a Water Crisis in Nigeria. Medical Digest: March/April 2001, pp. 26-27 Adirieje, UA. A visit to Alma-Ata. Medical Digest: January/February 2001, pp. 18-20 Adirieje, UA. Female Circumcision (Female Genital Mutilation): 40 Dangerous Effects Parents and Relations Must Know. Afrihealth Information Projects, 1999 (catalogued at the Media/Materials Clearinghouse of the Johns Hopkins University, USA, for worldwide distribution, as M/MC ID#: PL NGA 318) Adirieje, UA. Nutrition for All Ages - A Pocket Guide. Optonet International, 1999 (catalogued at the Media/Materials Clearinghouse of the Johns Hopkins University, USA, for worldwide distribution, as M/MC ID#: PL NGA 398) Adirieje, UA. Eye Care and Vitamin A Deficiency Prevention in Egbe, Lagos State. Sight and Life Newsletter 4/1999, pp.18-19. Adirieje, UA. Sanya Primary School Nutritional Blindness Prevention Project. Sight and Life Newsletter, 3/1998, pp. 11-12 Adirieje, UA. Approaches to Reduce Vitamin A Deficiency in Lagos State, Nigeria. SCN News No. 15, United Nations ACC/SCN, 1997, pp. 29-30. Adirieje, UA. Evidence of Vitamin A Deficiency within Community Populations in Lagos State of Nigeria.  Sight and Life Newsletter 1/1997, Task Force Sight and Life, 1997, pp. 18-19. Adirieje, UA. Anti-leprosy Vaccines.  The Guardian Newspaper, Lagos, 1 August 1996.

XV. Qualifications

Certified Management Consultant [CMC], Institute of Management Consultants, 2017 Certified and Accredited Management Trainer, National Council for Management Development, 2017 Post-Graduate Certificate (Health Economics), 2006 Doctor of Optometry (1988) MNIM (2001) i.e. Member, Nigeria Institute of Management ACIPM (1996) i.e. Associate, Chartered Inst. of Personnel Management of Nigeria FAOA (2014) i.e. Fellow, Afrihealth Optonet Association FNAE (2015), i.e. Fellow, Nigeria Evaluation Association FIL (2016) i.e. Fellow, International Institute of Leadership

XVI. Other Certificate Courses, Trainings,  Seminars and Workshops Attended

§  2016  -  Nigeria National Evaluation Conference, 6-8 December 2017, in Abuja §  2015 – Result-Based Management; Unicef, 16-17 November 2015 §  2014 – Management Trainers Development Workshop (Basic Mandev); Centre for Management Development (CMD) Lagos, 27 October – 7 November 2014 §  2014 – Electronic Learning Workshop for Trainers; CMD Lagos, 15-19 September 2014 §  2014 - Management in Health, World Bank Institute, 19 March – 30 April §  2014 – Social and Behaviour Change Communication, IPAS, 17-21 March §  2014 – Presidential Summit on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Nigeria, Abuja, 6-10 March 2014 §  2014 – Reproductive Health Course, World Bank Institute, 6 February – 19 March §  2014 – Workshop to Develop Investment Incentives for the Health Sector, 6 March 2014; FMOH/IFC/NIPC §  2013 – The Virtual Leadership Development Programme, 21 January – 12 April 2013, USAID/Measure Evaluation/MSH §  2013 – Optimizing your M&E team's performance: Improving internal communication and dealing with conflict, 16-18 September 2013, USAID/Measure Evaluation/MSH §  2013 - Overcoming the challenge of building and leading effective M&E teams for public sector, NGO and civil society organizations, 4-8 February 2013, USAID/Measure Evaluation/MSH §  2012 - Creating an Enabling Environment for M&E CoP, 30 January – 3 February 2012, USAID/Measure Evaluation/MSH §  2012 –  International Seminar on Building sustainable organizational capacity to strengthen Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) practice for public sector, NGO and civil society organizations,  Management Sciences for Health, 30.01.12 – 03.02.12 §  2012 - Country Ownership & Organizational Capacity Building, 30 April – 4 May 2012, USAID/Measure Evaluation/MSH §  2012 – Gender and Sustainable Development Training Workshop; Centre for Management Development and African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), Ado Ekiti, 24 – 28 September 2012 §  2012 - Building sustainable organizational capacity for public sector, NGO and civil society organizations: A framework to address the challenge”, February 27 – March 2, 2012, USAID/Measure Evaluation/MSH §  2012 – Decade of Vaccines [DoV] Collaboration Civil Society Consultation, DoV Collaboration Secretariat, Barcelona Institute for Global Health; 10-11 January, Leuven, Belgium §  2011 – Energy Efficiency Sensitization Workshop, Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), Abuja, 22 December 2011 §  2011 – First National Forum on Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Conservation, ECN, Abuja, 19-20 December 2011 §  2011 – National Sensitization Workshop for Political Stakeholders, National Assembly, Abuja, 19-20 December 2011 §  2011 – Project Management Professional Course, Project Management Institute (USA), Abuja, 18-16 October 2011 §  2011 – Training on Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and Data Management, 19-21 May, Abuja Nigeria §  2011 – Training on QuickBooks software, 29-31 March, Abuja, Nigeria 2010 – Emerging Strategies to Combat HIV/AIDS in Nigeria: Enhancing Prevention and HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT), 11-12 October, REACH, Abuja 2010 – The Global Fund training on Proposal and Report Writing, Abuja §  2009  - Training in Palliative Care for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs), Abuja, Nigeria, 23-25 June §  2007 – Managing Organisational Change for Strategic Transformation, Nigerian Institute of Management, Abuja, Nigeria, 5-9 November §  2007 – Basic Health Economics Course, May-June 2007, World Bank Institute Washington §  2006 – Leadership Skills Development Training for the Revitalisation of Immunisation Services in Nigeria, Abuja Nigeria, 31 July – 1 August 2006 §  2006 – Health System and Health Insurance Schemes Study/Capacity-Building Workshops/Tour of Brazil, Sao Paulo and Brasilia, 13-21 May 2006 §  2006 – Project Planning and Proposal Development Course, Abuja, Nigeria, 24-28 April 2006, Management Strategies for Africa (MSA) 2006 – Monitoring and Evaluation using Peer participatory Rapid Health Appraisal for Action (PPRHAA), a Training of Trainers’ Course, Jos, Nigeria, April 4-12 2006, DFID/PATHS 2005 – Programmes Management Training, Abuja, Nigeria; by Shocklogic Global (UK) Ltd 2004 – International Health Writing Course on Evidence-Based Health Care, Lagos, Nigeria, BMJ West Africa and AMREF, 2004 2002 – Cyberwar, Netwar and the Revolution in Military Affairs – Real Threats and Virtual Myths,  Trento, Italy, 3-13 August, International School of Disarmament and Research on Conflict (ISODARCO), 2002 1992-2001 – Nigerian Institute of Management: Professional Manager (MNIM) 1992-1996 – Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria: Associate (ACIPM) 1982-1988 – Imo State University, Okigwe: O.D. (Doctor of Optometry), 1982-1988 1982 – Federal School of Arts and Sciences, Ondo: Lower Six, 1982 1976-1981 – Eziachi Secondary School, Eziachi: General Certificate of Education (GCE), O’ Level, 1976-1981 1971-1976 – Community Primary School 1, Amaruru: First School Leaving Certificate (FSLC), 1971-1976

XVII. Professional and Sociocultural  Affiliations

i.        Member, National Technical Working Group (TWG) of NGOs (non-governmental organizations) in Health, Nigeria, 2016 ii.     Fellow, Nigeria Association of Evaluators (FNAE), 2016-present iii.   Member, Technical Working Group (TWG) on Malaria, Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria, 2015-present iv.   Fellow, International Institute for Leadership and Governance (FIL), 2015-present v.      Member, Health Care Financing, Equity and Investments Technical Working Group (HCF TWG), FMOH, 2015-present vi.   Fellow, Association for Capacity Development (FACD), 2013 vii. Member, National Prevention Technical Working Group (TWG) for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, 2010-12 viii.Member, Nigeria Association of Evaluators, 2013-present ix.   Member, International AIDS Economics Network (IAEN) x.      Member, West African Health Economics Association (WAHEN) xi.   Member, International AIDS Society (IAS) xii. Member, Nigeria Institute of Management chartered [MNIM] xiii.Associate Member, Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria chartered [ACIPM] xiv.Member, World Malaria Day Committee Nigeria, 2013 – present xv. Member, Afrihealth Optonet Association, 2011-2014 xvi.Member & National Coordinator, Coalition on Vaccines, Vitamins and Immunization for All Nigerians xvii.Member, Civil Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria xviii.Member, GAVI Civil Society Constituency xix.Member, Society for Conservation and Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria [SOCSEEN]; 2013- present xx. Member, Abia State University Alumni Association Abuja (ABSUAAA), 2007-present xxi.Member, Imo State Towns Development Association, Lagos xxii.Member, Catholic Men Organisation, St. Martin Parish, Lugbe Abuja xxiii.Member, City and Hamlet Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, Abuja xxiv.Member, International AIDS Society xxv.Member, Society for AIDS in Africa xxvi.Member, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs xxvii.Member, International AIDS Economics Network      xxviii.      Member, International Ocular HIV Study Group xxix.Member, Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy xxx.Member, Nigeria Optometric Association xxxi.Member, American Academy of Optometry xxxii.Member, American Diabetes Association xxxiii.Member, Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics xxxiv.Member, International Society for Low-vision Research and Rehabilitation (ISLRR) xxxv.Life Member, Nigeria-Britain Association xxxvi.Member, The Impact Alliance xxxvii.Member, Nigeria Institute of Management xxxviii.Member, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria

Hobbies

Social/Community Work, Public Speaking, Writing, Computing, Tennis, Voluntary/International Services

Biographies

2010   Who is Who in Nigeria, by Newswatch Communications 2006   Great Minds of the 21st Century, by American Biographical Institute (ABI), 2006/2007 Ed 2006    Igbo Icons, Nigeria 2005    Who is Who in Igboland 2004    Orsu LGA Directory and Who’s Who

Honours and Awards Received

2016  Grand Patron, Orsu LGA Towns Development Union (OLGADU), Lagos 2016   Chieftaincy title of Ahaejiejemba Ndigbo, Lagos State; by Eze Hyacinth Ohazulike, Eze Ndigbo, Obi Ndi Igbo, Lagos State, Nigeria 2015  ‘Pillar of the CMO’ Award; Lugbe Deanery Catholic Men Organization, Abuja 2015  ‘Bronze Couple’ award; Lugbe Deanery Catholic Men Organization, Abuja 2015 Epitome of Integrity award; Catholic Men Organization [CMO], Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral, Garki, Abuja 2014 Merit Award of Leadership and Role Model; Merit Time Organization 2014 Gold Award West African Leadership Icons; Global Vision Communication (Publishers of African Voice) 2014 Distinguished Leadership Award; Imo State Towns Development Association Lagos Women Wing 2014 Exemplary Leadership Award; Catholic Men Organization [CMO], St. Kizito Parish, Kuje, Abuja 2013  Chieftaincy title of Ahaejiejemba I of Ebenasaa; jointly conferred by His Royal Highness, Eze Michael Abanigbo, Ezeoha 1 (traditional ruler of Ebenasaa Autonomous Community), the Eze-In-Council of Ebenasaa, and the  Ebenasaa Progressive Union, Orsu LGA, Imo State, Nigeria 2013  Patron of St. Cecilia Choir, St. Martin Catholic Parish, Lugbe Abuja (2013) 2011   Award of Excellence in Public Health Care Management,  Orsu L.G.A. Towns Development Union Lagos 2010   Grand Patron, Imo State Towns Development Association 2009   Ambassador of Education by Orsu Local Government Council, Imo State 2009   Patron, St. Cecilia Choir, St. Martin’s Parish, Lugbe Abuja 2007   International Health Professional of the Year, by International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England 2005   Man of Achievement Award, by American Biographical Institute (ABI) 2005   Youth of the Year award, by Amaruru Youth Forum, Orsu LGA, Imo State 2005   Honourary chieftaincy title of Ahaejiejemba Amaruru, jointly conferred by His Royal Highness, Eze WO Igwe, Ozuo-omee 1 (traditional ruler of Amaruru), the Eze-In-Council of Amaruru autonomous community, and the  Amaruru Development Union, Orsu LGA, Imo State, Nigeria 2004   Great Mind of the 21st Century, by American Biographical Institute (ABI) 2003   National Patron, Federation of Orsu LGA Students Association (FOSA) 2002   Patron, Federation of Orsu LGA Students Association, University of  Nigeria, Nsukka 2001   Service Award, Imo State Towns Development Association (ISTDA) Lagos 1999   Honourary member, Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Orsu LGA 1998   Merit Award; Orsu L.G.A. Towns Development Union Lagos 1997   Merit Award in Community Eye Care, Iganmu and the Council of Chiefs, Lagos 1996   Presidential Recognition for Membership Growth, by World President of Rotary International, 1995/96 1994   Life Member, Nigeria-Britain Association 1994   Distinguished Service Award, by Rotary International District 9110 Governor’s 1993/94

Referees

Honourable Dr. Asma’u Abdulkardir, and Chairperson Board of Trustees, SOCSEEN; and former Special Adviser to President of Nigeria on Gender issues Prof. Femi Soyinka, President, NERRLA 3.    Dr. Ado J.G. Mohammad, OON, former Executive Director; National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Gimbya Str., Garki, Abuja