President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Duke Okoro as the pioneer Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Orogun in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.
NewsNet Nigeria gathered that the letter of appointment of Dr Okoro signed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, dated January 31, 2023, was issued today Monday.
The Federal Polytechnic, Orogun, was initiated by Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, and passed into law by the National Assembly and subsequently assented by President Buhari, commander in chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The appointment of Okoro as the pioneer Rector of the institution was duly considered and approved by President Buhari and has paved the way for the smooth kick-off of the Polytechnic, situated in Orogun, the home town of the Deputy President of the Senate.
Okoro, was the Director of International Development, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State.
Okoro, who bagged his PhD degree in Environmental Analytical Chemistry from the prestigious University of Benin in 2004, is a Fellow of the Chemical Society of Nigeria (FCSN); Fellow Nigerian Environmental Society (FNES); Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria (FICCON) and Fellow Institute of Management Consultant (FIMC).
The newly appointed Rector, is also a Member, Institute of Public Analyst of Nigeria (MIPAN); Member of the Chemical Profession of Alberta, Canada (PChem); Member of 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.
