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CURRICULUM VITAE (CV) OF PROFESSOR JACK/ JACOB ALEONOTE AIGBODIOH  (2019)

1. NAME: (Surname underlined): Prof. AIGBODIOH, Jacob (Jack) Aleonote.
2. MARITAL STATUS: Married
3. STATE OF ORIGIN: Edo State.
4. NATIONALITY: Nigeria.
5. NUMBER, NAMES AND AGES OF CHILDREN (SIX (6) CHILDREN):
   1. Jacqueline Osiro Aigbodioh, (F)   34 years.
   1. Janice Lamocy Aigbodioh,            (F)     16 years.
   1. Jason Omokhele Aigbodioh,   (F)           14 years.
   1. Jack Agbomekhe Aigbodioh, (M) 12 years.
   1. Jessica Amiosinor Aigbodioh, (F) 8 years.
   1. Joshua Oshiorenua Aigbodioh, (M) 6 years.
6. DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH / LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA:

    19 February, 1956 at Ayua, Uzairue, Etsako West L.G..A., Edo State, Nigeria.

  7.     AGE: 63 years.

8.  CURRENT POSTAL ADDRESS: P.M.B 14, Department of Philosophy, Faculty                             of Arts, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo                        State, Nigeria.

9.    PERMANENT HOME ADDRESS: No 30, Ikhuele Street, off Benin/Auchi Highway, Ekpoma, Esan West L.G.A, Edo State, Nigeria.

  10.     MOBILE PHONE NUMBERS: +234(0)8037556071, +234(0)8077854588.

    11.    CURRENT POSITIONS:

          (i) Professor of Philosophy (Immediate Past Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic), Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State.

     (ii) Adjunct Director, African Based  Undergraduate and Doctoral Programmes in  Innovative and Disruptive Technologies, Aluya Institute of Strategic Management  Gobal Mindset, U.S.A. 200 N. Bradford Street Suite 1, Placentia, CA. 92870, California, U.S.A.

          (iii) African Liaison Desk Officer, Aluya Institute of Strategic Management    Global Mindset, @ Jubrital Consulting Nig. Ltd, Plot  587/588, 34 Crescent,  Off  3rd Avenue, Gwarimpa, F.C.T., Abuja.

   12.     EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED WITH DATES:

• 1961-1964: St Paulinus’ Primary School, Ayua, Uzairue, Etsako West L.G.A,     Edo  State.
• 1965-1966: St. Philip’s Primary School, Jattu, Uzairue, Etsako West L.G.A, Edo    State.

• 1967-1971: St. Paul’s Catholic (Minor) Seminary, Benin City, Edo State.
• 1972-1976: Ss. Peter and Paul’s Catholic (Major) Seminary, Bodija, Ibadan,                       Oyo State.
• 1977-1980:  Department of Philosophy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan.
• 1981-1982:  Department of Philosophy,  University of Ibadan, Ibadan
• 1990-1995:  Department of Philosophy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan

  13.   ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS WITH DATES:

   A.    SECONDARY CERTIFICATES ATTAINED WITH DATES:

• January, 1972: University of London, General Certificate of Examination( G.C.E) in  Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English Literature, Mathematics and Religious Knowledge.
• January, 1974: University of London G.C.E. in English Language.

   B.     UNIVERSITY DIPLOMAS AND DEGREES

• June 28, 1976: Diploma in Religious Studies (with Distinctions in Old Testament,New Testament, and Biblical Theology), University    of Ibadan, inaffiliation with Ss. Peter and Paul’s Catholic  Seminary, Ibadan.
• July 18, 1980: B.A. (Combined Hons,) Second Class Upper Division (2¹) in  Philosophy/Religious Studies, University of Ibadan, Ibadan.

• September 30, 1982: M.A (Philosophy), University of Ibadan, Ibadan.
• September 14, 1995: Ph.D (Philosophy), University of Ibadan, Ibadan.

   C.    OTHER CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMAS.

• July 31, 1981:    Certificate of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
• December 2015: Diploma in Computer Information Technology, Trust   ComputerCollege, Afua, Ekpoma, Edo State.
• 27^TH– 28^TH APRIL 2010:Certificate of Attendance, 3^rd Osigwe Anyiam- Osigwe  National Workshop on Development Philosophy Conference 

                        Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan.

• MAY 6^TH 2014: Certificate of Appreciation: Participation in the 21^st Century Management of Tertiary   Education Institutions Professional

     Development Seminar, sponsored by the University of Florida

 College of Education, School of Human Development and

   Organizational Studies in Education, and the Institute of Higher Education in 12^th -16^th May, 2014.issued May 16, 2014, in  College of Education, University of Florida, U.S.A.

• 28^TH -31^ST JULY, 2014: Certificate of Attendance, 4-Day Seminar in

    “Understanding the Labour Law and Legal  Framework of                             Industrial Relations”, organized by Centre for Law and                                Capacity Development (CLCD), 28^th -31^st July, 2014,                                      University of Ibadan Conference Centre, Ibadan.

1. 15^TH DECEMBER 2015:  Certificate of Participation in a Workshop, The  Nigerian Universities Electronic Teaching And Learning   Platform organized by Spectrum Engineering Limited,   sponsored by Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) on 15^th                      December, 2015.

14.    DISSERTATION AND THESIS

• M.A. Dissertation

“Frege’s Criticism of Psychological Semantics: A Critical Overview” (1982).

• Ph.D. Thesis

“Scepticism and Humanism: An Interpretation of Hume’s Epistemology”         (1995).

15. WORKING EXPERIENCE WITH DATES:

1976- Sept. 1977:  Teacher at Kelly College (Immaculate Conception College,                 ICC), BeninCity.

26^th July, 1982:  Appointment as Assistant Lecturer, Department of Philosophy,  Bendel State University, Ekpoma.

22^nd Feb.1985:    Upgrading to Lecturer II, Department of Religious Studies and  Philosophy, Bendel State University, Ekpoma.

1^st Oct.1987:       Promotion to Lecturer 1, Department of University, Bendel               State  University, Ekpoma.

1^st Oct. 1996:  Promotion to Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Edo

                            State University, Ekpoma.

1^st Oct. 2001:      Promotion to Reader, Department of Philosophy, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.          

1^st Oct. 2011:      Promotion to Professor, Department of Philosophy, Ambrose  Alli University, Ekpoma.

 16.  COURSES TAUGHT AT THE UNDERGRADUATE AND POST-                                GRADUATE LEVELS.

Undergraduate level

• GST 102  Philosophy and Logic
• PHI 101    Introduction to Philosophy
• PHI 102    Ancient Philosophy
• PHI 113    Introduction to Ethics.
• PHI 114    Intro to Social and Political Philosophy
• PHI 201    Introduction to Logic.
• PHI 203    Introduction to Epistemology.
• PHI 202    Medieval Philosophy.
• PHI 211    Introduction to Metaphysics.
• PHI 213    Professional Ethics.
• PHI 214    Philosophy of Development.
• PHI 301    Symbolic Logic.
• PHI 302    Early Modern Philosophy.
• PHI 303    Theories of Knowledge.
• PHI 304    Social and Political Philosophy.
• PHI 306    Contemporary Issues in Ethics.
• PHI 307    Philosophy of History.
• PHI 311    Philosophy of Social Science.
• PHI 312    Philosophy of Religion.
• PHI 314    Existentialism and Phenomenology.
• PHI 316    Philosophy of Language.
• PHI 313    Oriental Philosophy.

• PHI 315    Marxist Philosophy.
• PHI 402    Late Modern Philosophy.
• PHI 403    Classics in Ethics.
• PHI 404    Philosophy of Science.
• PHI 405    Philosophy of Law.
• PHI 411    Philosophy of Mind.
• PHI 412    Contemporary Analytic Philosophy.
• PHI 413    Seminar 1.
• PHI 414    Seminar 2.
• PHI 499    Long Essay Project.

    B. Post-Graduate Level

• PHI 701:     Epistemological
• PHI 702:     Philosophy of History
• PHI 704:     The Rationalist and the Role of Cognitive.
• PHI 705:     Sense Experience and its Role in the Cognitive Process.
• PHI 706:     The Idealist and Maxist Approaches to Knowledge.
• PHI 707:     The Greek Origin of Metaphysics.
• PHI 711:     Problems Associated with the Rationality of African Philosophy.
• PHI 713:     Philosophy of Science.
• PHI 714:     Contemporary Views of the Process of Knowledge.
• PHI 716:     Philosophy of Language.
• PHI 717:     Contemporary Metaphysics Trends.
• PHI 750:     Seminar.
• PHI 799:     Research Thesis.

17. POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISIONS.

A. M.A Supervisions.

i. Agidigbi, Blessing O., May 1999, “Paul Feyerabend on Scientific Method and    Rationality”.

ii. Jimoh, Anselm, .K. March 1999, “A Critique of Rorty’s Epistemological    Behaviorism”.

B. Ph.D. Theses Supervisions.

1. Ehigie, John Osarenmwide, February 2010, Matric. N0: AAU/GS/FA/99/Ph.D/00/12.

“Causation and Causal Agents in Benin Metaphysics”.

1. Idjakpor, Godwin .O.  November 2009, “Kwasi Wiredu’s Consensus Option of Governance and The African Heritage: A Philosophical Appraisal of the Urhobo Traditional Social –Political System”.
2. Oladipupo, Sunday Layi, November 2015, Matric. N0: AAU/SPS/FA/10/Ph.D/03379
3. “The Pragmatic Mode of Justice in the Yoruba Nation”.

 18. PUBLICATIONS IN STANDARD FORM.

  A. Articles in learned journals, chapters in books, and Books.

1. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “Stigmatization in African Communalistic Societies and Habermas’Theory of Rationality”, Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology 8:1, 2011: 27 – 28.
2. AIGBODIOH, J.A., Pragmatics and Differences in the Social Othering of African Colonial Experience. In Elvis Imafidon (Ed.) Handbook of the African Philosophy of Difference (Dordrecht and New York: Springer 2019).
3. AIGBODIOH, J.A., African Experience, Development and the Metaphysical Radicalism  of the African Humanities. Synthesis Philosophica: Journal of the  Croatian Philosophical Society, Special Issue on African Philosophy and Fractured Epistemologies, I.E. Ukpokolo and E. Imafidon (Ed.), 65.1 (2019).
4.  AIGBODIOH, J. A., “A Response to Helen Lauer’s Critique of the Tradition versus    Modernity Dichotomy “, Journal of Tribes and Tribal. Vol. 9, No, 2, 2011, pp. 79-85.
5.  AIGBODIOH, J. A., “The Ideological Content of Globalization from the Standpoint of Post –Colonial Nations” in Dr. Diane Stinton (ed.) The Arts, Man and Globalization Trends, Issues and Problems (Accra, Ghana: Deocraft Communications, 2006) pp.397 – 405.
6. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “O. G. Idjakpor. And J.O Ehijie, “Metaphysical Causal Agents in African Traditional Societies: A Philosophical Analysis of Benin Thought System”, Approaches to International Research Development, Vol. 4, No. 1 (April 2011), pp. 10-11).
7. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “Philosophy and Cultural imperatives: The Case of Modern Western Philosophy Examined”, BENSU Studies in Religion and Philosophy. Vol. II, 1983/84. Pp. 96-123.
8.  AIGBODIOH, J. A., “Racial Separation and Power: A Theoretical Guide for Social Change”, Political Apartheid in South Africa. Proceedings from an International Conference held in Benin City, 13-16 March, 1990. pp. 140-160.
9. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “Imperatives of Human Knowledge Illustrated with Epistemological Conceptions in African Thought”, Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies. No. 7, October 1997.pp. 17-34.
10. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “Logical Positivism and the Reductionist Problem of Scientific Theories”,  IRORO A Journal of Arts, Edo State University, Ekpoma. Vol. 7, No 1, August 1999. Pp. 123-135.
11. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “Etsako Traditional Burial Ceremonies in the Throes of Modernization”. EPHA, Vol.3, No. 1, June 2003.pp.1-19.
12. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “The Myth of total Skepticism: A humanist Conceptual Retrospect”. In IRORO: A Journal of Arts. Vol. 9, 2003.pp.28-37.
13.  AIGBODIOH, J. A., “The Mindset Factor in Economic Development”. Dipo Irele & Adebola B. Ekanola (Eds), The Development Philosophy of Emmanuel Onyechere Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe: Economic Existence, Awareness and Responsibility, Vol. 3, 2010, pp.20-34.
14. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “Life is a Play: Another African Existential Image”, Nnamdi Azikiwe Journal of Philosophy (NAJP). Vol. 2, No. 2, 2010, pp.63-71.
15. AIGBODIOH, J. A., &Idjakpor, O.G. “The Philosophy of Ujamaa” and the African Predicament”, Nnamdi Azikiwe Journal of Philosophy (NAJP), vol. 2, No. 1, 2009, pp.112-126.
16. AIGBODIOH, J. A., &Idjakpor, O.G. “Communitarian Consensus: A New Social Philosophy of Good Governance for Africa”, Nnamdi Azikiwe Journal of Philosophy (NAJP), vol. 2, No. 2, 2010, pp. 1-16.
17. AIGBODIOH, J. A., & Elvis Imafidon “Situations Defying Available Solutions And Thinking as Releasement,” Enwisdomization Journal, vol.5, No. 2, 2012.
18. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “Philosophy: The problem of its definition”. Chapter 10 in B.C Onochie, et. al. (eds), Readings in General Studies, Vol. 1 (Benin City Nig. Imprints Services, 2000), pp.114-130.
19. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “The Branches, Problems and Values of Philosophy”.  Chapter 11, in B.C. Onochie, et. Al. Ibid., pp.44-58.

xx.    AIGBODIOH, J. A., “David Hume: The Man and His Philosophical Significance” Godfrey O. Ozumba (ed), The Great Philosophers vol. ii (Awka, Nig. R & K Books, 2000), pp. 44-58).

xxi.   AIGBODIOH, J. A., “Philosophy of Language: Problem and Content”, in                                                          Kolawole

xxii. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “African Philosophical Experience and the Problem of its Periodization”, in Francis Ogunmodede (ed) African Philosophy  Down the Ages: 10,000BC to the Present (Ibadan, Nig. Hope Publication, 2004), pp.75-89.

 xxiii. AIGBODIOH J. A. & M.L Igbafen, “The Origin, Meaning, Nature, Methods and Major Traditions of Philosophy” in C.O. Isiramen and C.A.  Agbebaku (eds) Readings in General Studies Vol. 1 (Ekpoma: Ambrose Alli University Publishing House, 2004) pp.118-137.

  xxiv. AIGBODIOH, J. A., & M.L Igbafen, “The Branches, Problems and Values of Philosophy”, in C.O Isiramen and C.A Agbebaku (eds) op.cit. Pp.138-159.

B. NEWSPAPER PUBLICATIONS

xxv. AIGBODIOH, J. A. “The Other Side of Freedom”, the Guardian Newspaper, Friday January 26, 1990, pp.9.

C. BOOK REVIEW

Xxvi. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “Myth and the African Universe”, In WAJOPS: West African Journal of Philosophical Studies, Vol.2, Dec. 1999, pp.124-128.

D. BOOKS

xxvii. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “Philosophy of Science: Issues and Problems (Ibadan, Nig.  Hope Publications,1997).

xxviii. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “Practical Issues in Applied Ethics: The Facts         Arguments and Options, with Foreword by Nkeonye Otakpor       (Benin City, Nig. Teredia Publications, 1999).

 xxix. AIGBODIOH, J. A., & M.L. Igbafen, “Philosophy of language from an AfricanPerspective (Ekpoma, Nig. A Inno printing      Press,2004).

xxx. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “Is Social Order the Creation of Natural Instinct, or of

                              Reason? Reflections on Professor Sogolo’s Critique of   Sociolology” Forthcoming in Book Project in Honour of Professor Emeritus Godwin Sogolo at 70 years.

E. CONFERENCE PAPERS.

xxxi. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “Approaching Philosophy of African Morals”, being a            paper delivered in National Philosophical Association biannual            conference, University of Ile-Ife, 1985 (Unpublished).

xxxii. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “African Philosophical Experience and the Problem of          its           Periodization”, being a paper delivered (and accepted for            publication) at the international Conference of African    Philosophy down the ages: the Problem of its History and        Historiophy, held at SS. Peter & Paul Major Seminary, Ibadan,         Nigeria, on 27 – 31 march , 1995 ( publication is forth coming).

xxxiii. AIGBODIOH, J. A., & IMAFIDON, “Philosophical Challenges of              Modernity and Moral Degeneration in Contemporary African              Societies.” A paper presented at the International        Conference:              Philosophy and Crisis: Responding to      Challenges to ways of     life in the contemporary World,       organized by University of        Loannina, Greece & Council for Research in Values and      Philosophy, Washington DC,       held in Loannina, Greece, July        28-30, 2013.

xxxiv. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “African Experience, Development and the                         Metaphysical Radicalism of the African Humanities.” A paper           presented at the Forth World Congress and General                           Assembly of COMIUCAP: World Conference of                               Catholic University Institutions of Philosophy, held at St.                  Augustine College, Johannesburg, South Africa, November 13-                  17, 2013.

19. FOREWORDS AND PREFACES TO BOOKS.

xxxv. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “Foreword” to Elvis Imafidon, The Question of the Rationality of African Traditional Thought, Charleston, Southern California: Create Space Publishers, an Amazon Company, 2013, pp.ix-x.

xxxvi. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “Foreword” to Blessing O. Agidigbi, Epistemology, Central Issues and Problems, Kairos Publishing, Ibadan, 2015 pp. ix-x.

xxxvii. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “Foreword” to Monday Lewis Igbafen, Core Issues And Theories in Philosophy of Development,  A Inno Printing Press, Ekpoma, 2014 pp.iv-v.

xxxviii. AIGBODIOH, J. A., Anyanwu B., Agidigbi B.O (eds.) “Preface” to Readings in General Studies, Volume I, Ambrose Alli University Publishing House, Ekpoma, 2013, pp.iv-v.

xxxix. AIGBODIOH, J. A., Imahe O.J, Ighodalo O. (eds.) “Preface” to  Readings      in General Studies, Volume II, Ambrose Alli University Publishing House, Ekpoma, 2013, pp.iv-v.

20. PUBLIC LECTURES WITH DATES.

xl. AIGBODIOH, J. A., The Role of Philosophy in Human and National Development: Being a Public Lecture Delivered by Prof. Jacob Aleonote Aigbodioh on the Occasion of the 2013 Annual Lecture Series of the Seminary of all Saints (SAS), Uhiele, Ekpoma, 28^th October, 2013.

xli. AIGBODIOH, J. A., “Quality Education for Sustainable Development: Performance, Path and Productivity”. A keynote Address Delivered by Prof. J. A. Aigbodioh at the Education Summit Organized by Ososo Cultural Renaissance and Development Foundation at Filani Palace Hotel and Suites, Ososo, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, Edo State on 29^th  December,  2015.

   21. SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS/HONOURS:

i. University of  Ibadan Post-Graduate Scholarship Award for 1981/1982 Session, M.A.   Programme, University of Ibadan, Ibadan.

ii. An Award of Honour, All Saints Catholic Major Seminary Alumni Association,

    Uhiele, Ekpoma, 2013.

iii. Certificate of Membership and Honour, Medical Social Work Department, Irrua

    Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, on 17^th December 2014.   

iv. Award of Honour, Institutional Administrator of the year 2014, by Afenmai Club 2000. 7^Th February, 2015.

 v. Award of Excellence by Catholic Diocese of Auchi, St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Ayua- Uzairue, Edo State, Nigeria. 29^th June, 2015.

vi. Award of Honour presented by the National Association of Edo State Students

     (NAESS) to Prof. J.A. Aigbodioh in recognition of your selfless services, dedication     and Commitment towards the success, welfare and development of Edo State students on the 19^th of February, 2016.

vii. Award of Excellence by Rev. Fr. Callistus Osaga Foundation, in Recognition of Outstanding  and Selfless Contributions To Humanity and the Less Privileged, 30^th December, 2018.

22. MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/BODIES.

1. Fellow, Institute of Corporate Administration of Nigeria (F.ICAN).
   1. Special Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission.
   1. Member, Esan Recreational Club, Ekpoma.
   1. Member, Nigerian Philosophical Association (NPA).
   1. Member, Senior Staff Club (SSC), Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.

23. ADMINISTRATIVE/RESPONSIBILITY POSITIONS HELD WITH DATES:

i. 1990-1991: Coordinator of Philosophy Degree Programme, Ambrose Alli University

                     Ekpoma.

ii. 1998-2001, 2008-2010: Head of Department, Department of Philosophy, Ambrose       

                     University, Ekpoma.

iii.1998-2001, 2008-2010, 2011-Date: Member, University Senate, Ambrose Alli University,Ekpoma.

iv. 2005-2008: Chairman, Space Allocation Committee, Faculty of Arts, Ambrose Alli  University, Ekpoma.

v. 2001-2003: Sabbatical Leave, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo   State.

vi. 2009-2010, 2010-2011: External Examiner, B.A. Hons. Degree Examinations,   Niger Delta University, Yenegoa, Bayelsa State.

vii. 2010: External Examiner, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Ibadan, Ibadan.

viii. 2009-2011: External Examiner for Undergraduate Program in Philosophy, Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State.         

ix. 9th June, 2011: External Examiner for the Ph.D oral examination of Mr.      Onyekwere George – Felix NWAORGU. ( Matric. No . 41827).

x. 2011-2014: Director, General Studies Unit, Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma.

xi. 2014 till Date: Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics), Ambrose Alli University,

                   Ekpoma.

xii. 28 Oct. 2014: Chairman, Ad-Hoc Council Committee on Academic Staffs who                              are on Study Leave with/without pay.

xiii. 18 Nov. 2014: Chairman, Sub-Committee of Appointments and Promotions (Academic) On the Review of Requirements for Assessing Academic   Staff of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.

xiv. 20 Nov.2014: Chairman, Senate Committee on the Problems Militating against Graduation of Postgraduates Students within the Stipulated Time in

    Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.

xv. 2014 till Date: Chairman, Committee on TETFund Research Grants/Journal in   Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.

xvi. 26 Mar.2015: Chairman, Management Panel of Investigation to Authenticate the Academic Qualifications of Aigbomian Omokhomion  (NYSC/EK.148/0551) in the Department of Geography and                         Regional Planning;

xvii. 23 July 2015: Member, Committee on the Problems Associated with the MOU  between AAU and ISTH.

xviii. 30th March, 2016: External Examiner for the P.hD oral examination of Mr. Sylvester Idemudia, ODIA (Matric. No. 84456) on “Personhood and Epistemic Interactivism in Indigenous Esan Thought”

24. SPECIAL AREAS OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS.

   Critical Thinking, Symbolic Logic, Epistemology, Philosophy Of Language,     Philosophy Of Natural Science, Philosophy Of Social Science, Issues in Ethics and Axiology, and African Development Philosophy.

25. LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English Language, Etsako, and Pidgin English.

26. HOBBIES:         (i.) Long Hard Court Tennis

                                  (ii)  Interacting with friends

                                  (iii) Washing Live Sports i.e Football, Tennis and Athletics.                  

   27. VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS.

    A. AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY MOTTO, VISION AND MSSION.

     i.  MOTTO: Knowledge for Advancement.

     ii. VISION STATEMENT.

         To foster the growth of Knowledge for the advancement of Society.

  iii. MISSION STATEMENT

      To be a center of excellence in teaching and research and in the total development        of the individual person and in tune with the socio-cultural environment and  technological realities of a dynamic world.

    B. PERSONAL MOTTO, VISION AND MISSION

     i.  MOTTO.

         Knowledge for the Pacification of Human Existence.

     ii. VISION STATEMENT.

 Creating a “planetarium” of educational bonds and international linkages for the  pacification of human existence in Ekpoma and its environs.

    iii. MISSION STATEMENT

Working out an all-inclusive educational programme towards internationalization and standardization in teaching, learning and research, using modern  technologies seeking adaptation in a uniquely distinctive African socio-cultural environment.

28. NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF REFEREES.

1. Professor  Emeritus Godwin Sogolo

D3, Anambra Court,

Gaduwa Estate,

Abuja, Nigeria.

Email: profsogolo@yahoo.com

G.S.M NO: +234-803-505-0152

ii. Professor Joseph Aluya, DBA

     18340 Yorba Linda Blvd #107-122

     Yorba Linda, CA. 92886,

     California, U.S.A.

     Email: drjaluya@gmail.com

     G.S.M Nos: +234-807-816-4811

                        +171-448-859-27

iii. Professor Frederick Ugbesia Igene

     Department of Animal Science,

     Faculty of Agriculture,

     Ambrose Alli University,

     Ekpoma, Nigeria.

     Email: fredoigene@gmail.com

     G.S.M No: +234 805-507-8093

      PROFESSOR J.A. AIGBODIOH