Apia Ekpe Okorafor

Background

Okorafor, Apia Ekpe was born on January 1, 1940 in Ihechiowa, Abia, Nigeria. Son of Ekpe and Awa (Ekpe) Okorafor.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Economics, U. Ibadan, Nigeria, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy in Demography, University of Chicago, 1969.

Career

Teacher, Presbyterian Church, Eastern Nigeria, 1959-1962; graduate assistant, U. Ibadan, 1965-1966; postdoctoral fellow, Cornell Univercity, 1969-1970; research fellow, U. Ghana, Legon, 1970-1972; lecturer economics, U. Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu., 1973-1976; senior lecturer, U. Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu., 1976-1979; reader in economics, U. Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu., 1979-1985; head department of economics, U. Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu., 1979-1982, 85-88; professor economics, U. Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu., since 1985. Consultant United Nations Regional Institute for Population Studies, Legon, 1974-1988. Visiting senior fellow National Institute, Kuru, Nigeria, 1982-1983.

Advisor population policy International Labour Organisation, Accra, Ghana, 1990-1992.

Achievements

• Apia Ekpe Okorafor has been listed as a noteworthy Economics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Ihechiowa Development Union, 1979-1993. Member Population Association of Nigeria (vice president since 1984), Nigerian Economics Society (associate editor 1975-1978, vice president 1982-1988).

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, lawn tennis, lay preaching.

Connections

Married Rose Odiolu Kalu, January 20, 1966. Children: Ekpe, Olihe, Okore, Okay, Ezinne.

Father:

Ekpe Okorafor

Mother:

Awa (Ekpe) Okorafor

Spouse:

Rose Odiolu Kalu

child:

Olihe Okorafor

child:

Ezinne Okorafor

child:

Ekpe Okorafor

child:

Okay Okorafor

child:

Okore Okorafor