Professor Chinyere Nneka Ukaga joined Wigwe University, Isiokpo Rivers State
Nigeria in December 2023 as the pioneer Director of Academic Planning unit as
well as pioneer Director of Quality Assurance.

She is a pioneer member of the
1st Governing Council of Wigwe University Isiokpo representing Senate.
Chinyere Nneka Ukaga is a Professor of Public Health Parasitology with
research interests in Preventive chemotherapy Neglected Tropical Diseases
(PcNTDs), Skin related NTDs, HIV and Parasitic co-infections, Malaria control
and co-infections.

Chinyere was from Imo State University Owerri where she served in various capacities including Head, Department of Animal & Environmental Biology (Zoology); Deputy Director, Consultancy Services Unit; the Director, Consultancy Services Unit; the Chairman Consultancy Board, the Pioneer Director, Quality Assurance Unit; Member of the Imo State University Governing Council; the first female Director Academic Planning Unit and the first female Dean Student Affairs Directorate.

Chinyere is the immediate past National President of the Parasitology and Public Health Society of Nigeria. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Parasitology and Public Health Society of Nigeria.
She is an International Council member (representing Africa) at the International Society of Infectious Diseases (ISID) based in Brookline MA USA and here, she is involved in the mentorship program with 2 mentees from different parts of Africa. She is also a National Executive Council member of the World Federation of Parasitologists (the first African living and working in Africa to be on this board).

Chinyere is the 1999 best graduating Ph.D student of the University of Nigeria Nsukka winning both the Vice Chancellor’s Prize and the Faculty of Science Prize. She was a Federal Government scholar at both the secondary school level (Fed. Govt. Girls College Onitsha) and Master’s degree level (University of Nigeria Nsukka). Her Ph.D. program was supported by the Tropical Diseases Research (TDR)/ World Health Organization (WHO) training grant with Dr. Hartwig Schulz-Key (University of Tubingen Germany) as co – supervisor.

Chinyere has more than 28 years post graduate research and teaching experience. She has to her credit more than 161 publications in reputable journals, produced 55 PhD graduates of whom 5 are presently professors in different universities, as well as numerous MSc graduates.
She has consulted for the African Program on Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) now ESPEN, a subsidiary of World Health Organization; as well as AFRO (another subsidiary of WHO) and has consulted for the Federal Government of Nigeria on the Niger Delta Federal Amnesty Program. She led the WHO AFRO team that mapped Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis and schistosomiasis in The Gambia.

Nonyelum (Nonye) A. Okechukwu (PhD), is a highly accomplished,  self-motivated, dynamic, creative, and top information professional, diplomat, educator, negotiator, and services provider, of over three decades in the education, manufacturing, and media industries, with a passion for brokering, learning, editing, understanding, analysing, and solving intricate strategic/research/administrative problems using tested and out-of-the-box methods to deliver solutions that will enhance the value and growth of my client as well as enhance the advancement of my constituency.

Her extensive qualifications include an HND in Library Science; a PGD in Public Administration; a Diploma in Peace and Security Management; an MSc in Library and Information Science; an MA in History and International Relations; PhD, in Library and Information Science, and PhD in Diplomacy and International Affairs (in-view). Nonye is a chartered Librarian and Information Professional of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), United Kingdom; and licensed to practice in Nigeria under the License of Librarians Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN). Her other mentionable certifications include an International Academic Writing (Doctorate); certificates in: NGO Management Proficiency, African Management Initiative, Management Consultancy, Grant Writing Proficiency, and International Volunteering, Level 2.

Possessing a versatile background in Information, Public Administration, and International Relations, she started her professional journey at the Manufacturers ‘Association of Nigeria, traversed the Media industry as a features writer and proofreader; horned her skills at the Lagos Business School of the Pan Atlantic University for over two decades as the Head Librarian. Nonye is an experienced professional in overseeing and coordinating organizational operations across multiple functions and borders. Well-versed in process optimization, performance management and team coordination; she is also an accredited mentor with the International Library Mentoring programme. Nonye is adept at developing and implementing strategies to improve efficiency, reduce cost, and increase profitability. She is a self-driven, intentional, collaborative leader with excellent problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Her research interests span the Relationship between Inventory Control and Quality Service in Academic Libraries; Implementation of Educational Policies as they impact Library Development in Africa; and International Diplomacy/Globalization as it affects Developing Economies.