Elizabeth Anyakoha

Elizabeth Anyakoha (born 1948) is the first professor of home economics education in Nigeria. Anyakoha is known for her landmark in the field of Home Economics Education. She graduated from the University of Nigeria in 1979. Quotes Prof Anyakoha said this while delivering the 76th inaugural lecture entitled: Advancing a framework for showcasing family concerns: Challenging the challenges. The lecture was held in the university’s Princess Alexandra Hall. Declaring the event open, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Bartho Okolo, who was represented by his deputy on Academics, Prof Polycarp Chigbu, pointed out that a lot of research works had been carried out through modern technology. He noted that excellent research work was difficult to achieve, advising researchers to add touches of intellectuals to their works. Prof Anyakoha said growth in different areas of the nation’s economy posed challenges to the development of home economics, which she said was aiming to revive occupational health education. She, however, revealed that the department’s activities had been promoted internationally, which made many of its research works to be used for book publication overseas without royalty. She added that computer knowledge of students and staff couple with provision of steady power supply participated by the government to carry out research work would to support the initiative of the department to produce needed manpower for country’s development External Links