President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Duke Okoro as the pioneer Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Orogun in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the letter of Dr Okoro’s appointment dated January 31, 2023 was issued by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu on Monday.
The appointment was duly considered and approved by President Buhari.
Okoro was the Director of International Development at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State
Okoro bagged his PhD degree in Environmental Analytical Chemistry from the prestigious University of Benin in 2004.
He is a Fellow of the Chemical Society of Nigeria (FCSN); Fellow of the Nigerian Environmental Society (FNES); Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria (FICCON), and Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultant (FIMC).
The newly appointed rector is also a Member, of the Institute of Public Analyst of Nigeria (MIPAN); the Chemical Profession of Alberta, Canada (PChem), and a Member of the Environmental Careers Organization, Canada (EP), amongst others.
He has published lots of articles in national and international indexed journals and has concluded over 80 technical environmental studies in IOCs and marginal field operators in the oil and gas sector.
He is married with children.
