Anya Oko Anya (born 3 January 1937) is a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was derived from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jo ...

professor of Biology who is distinguished for his work in

Parasitology Parasitology is the study of parasites, their host (biology), hosts, and the relationship between them. As a List of biology disciplines, biological discipline, the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in questio ...

Early life

Anya Oko Anya was born on 3 January 1937 at

Abiriba Abiriba pronounced E`biriba`/is an ancient Enuda kingdom in Abia State, in southeastern Nigeria, traditionally an Igbo speaking region. It is in the Ohafia local government area. History The origin of the Abiriba people is not as speculative ...

Abia State Abia is a state in the Southeastern region of Nigeria. The state's capital is Umuahia and its most populous city is Aba. Abia is bordered the west by Imo, east by Cross River, south by Rivers, northwest by Anambra and northeast by Enug ...

of Nigeria. He attended

Hope Waddell Training Institution The Hope Waddell Training Institution (HOWAD) is a school in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. It founded by missionaries from the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1895. It is named after the Reverend Hope Masterton Waddell. Establis ...

, Calabar, University College, Ibadan, Saint John's College, Cambridge, England and Molteno Institute of Biology and Parasitology. He began his working career as a Science Master with Qua-Iboe Mission Secondary School, Etinan, Akwa Ibom State in 1957. He was appointed Research Officer, Federal Fisheries Research Service, Lagos, 1961–1962; Lecturer, Federal Science School, Lagos, 1961–1962; Research Officer, Federal Department of Agricultural Research, Ibadan, 1963–1967; Lecturer in Zoology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1965–1967; Senior Lecturer, University of Science and Technology Project, Port Harcourt, 1967–1970; Senior Lecturer, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1970–1973; Professor of Zoology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka since 1973, he was the first chief executive officer of Nigeria Economic Summit Group Ltd. He was the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian National Merit Award, former President of the Nigerian Academy of Science and former Pro-Chancellor and Chairman Governing Council of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State.

Awards

Anya was awarded the Nigerian National Order of Medal of Merit (NNOM) by the Nigerian government in 1992. Anya was awarded the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) Anya is a Fellow, Nigeria Academy of Science

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anya, Anya Oko 1937 births Nigerian parasitologists Fellows of the Nigerian Academy of Science Academic staff of the University of Nigeria Living people Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge