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I am proudly Igbo, the Land of the Rising Sun from where the 3 Wise Men went out and on to spread the message of Salvation
•The first Black Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan was an Igbo man named Professor Kenneth Dike.
•The first Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos was an Igbo man named Professor Eni Njoku.
•The first Nigerian Rector of the then Yaba College of Technology was also an Igbo man
The
first Nigerian Professor of Mathematics was an Igbo man named Professor
Chike Obi – the man who solved Fermat’s Last Theorem. He was followed
by another Igbo man named Professor James Ezeilo, Professor of
Differential Calculus and the founder of the Ezeilo Constant.
The
first Nigerian professor of history was an Igbo man Professor Kenneth
Dike who also became the first black vice chancellor of the University
of Ibadan.
The
first Nigerian Professor of Botany was an Igbo man named Professor Eni
Njoku. He went on to become the very first vice chancellor of the
university of LAGOS.
The
first Nigerian Professor of Anatomy and Physiology is Professor Chike
Edozien an Igbo man who is also the current Obi of Asaba.
The
first Nigerian Professor of Physics was Professor Okoye an Igbo man who
became a Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, USA in 1960. He was followed by the likes of Professor
Alexander Anumalu who has been nominated for the Nobel Prize for Physics
three times for his research in Intermediate Quantum Physics.
In Nuclear Physics and Chemistry – again another Igbo man – Professor Frank Ndili who gained a Ph.D in his early ’20s at Cambridge University in Nuclear Physics and Chemistry in the early ’60s. This young Asaba man had made a First Class in Physics and Mathematics at the then University College Ibadan in the early ’50s.
In Nuclear Physics and Chemistry – again another Igbo man – Professor Frank Ndili who gained a Ph.D in his early ’20s at Cambridge University in Nuclear Physics and Chemistry in the early ’60s. This young Asaba man had made a First Class in Physics and Mathematics at the then University College Ibadan in the early ’50s.
First
Professor of Statistics – Professor Adichie who’s research on
Non-Parametric Statistics led to new areas in statistical research.
What
about the first Nigerian Professor of Medicine – Professor Kodilinye –
he was appointed a Professor of Medicine at the University of London in
1952. He later became the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria
Nsukka after the war.
What
about Astronomy – again another Igbo man was the first Professor of
Astronomy – please, look up Professor Ntukoju – he was the first to earn
a double Ph.D in Astronomy and Mathematics.
Let’s go to the Social Sciences – Demography and statistical research into population studies –
again
another Igbo man – Professor Okonjo who set up the first Centre for
Population Research in Ibadan in the early ’60s. A double Ph.D in
Mathematics and Economics.
Philosophy – Professor G D Okafor, who became a Professor of Philosophy at the Amherst College USA in 1953.
Philosophy – Professor G D Okafor, who became a Professor of Philosophy at the Amherst College USA in 1953.
Economics
– Dr. Pius Okigbo who became a visiting scholar and Professor of
Economics at the University of London in 1954. He is also the first
Nigerian Ph.D in Economics.
Theology and theological research –
Theology and theological research –
Professor
Njoku who became the first Nigerian to earn a Ph.D in Theology from
Queens University Belfast in Ireland. He was appointed a Professor of
Theology at the University College Zambia in 1952.
The
Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) has a record of the state with
the highest number of professors in Nigeria and as at 2014 that state is
Imo State. You can go to this commission and verify.
Anambra state was the first in WAEC, UNITY SCHOOLS ENTRANCE EXAMS, NECO AND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Therefore,
whenever some people address you Igbos as mere traders and Keke riders,
tell them that in addition to doing very well in business, science,
technology and SPORTS you are also ahead in academia.
No amount of hatred can change blessings from God.
IF YOU ARE FROM IGBO, SAY "I AM"
IF YOU ARE FROM IGBO, SAY "I AM"
Igbo Kwenu! Kwezoonu!
