Background
NJOKU, Eni was born on November 6, 1917 in Ebem Ohafia. Son of Njoku Eni and Obo Uche.
university teacher and administrator
NJOKU, Eni was born on November 6, 1917 in Ebem Ohafia. Son of Njoku Eni and Obo Uche.
Born on November 6, 1917 in Ebem, Ohafia, Abia State, Professor Eni Njoku was educated at Ebem Primary School and attended Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar between 1933 and 1936. Eni Njoku studied botany at the University of Manchester in England. He graduated with a first class honours degree in 1947 and obtained his Master of Arts
He went to Yaba Higher School (now Yaba College of Technology) Lagos in 1937. degree the following year. In 1954, he obtained his doctorate from the University of London. When he returned to Nigeria, Eni Njoku took up teaching appointment at the University of Ibadan as a lecturer.
Later he became a senior lecturer and then professor
He was head and dean of the faculty of science. He was chairman of the Electricity Corporation of Nigeria in 1956.
In 1962, he became the first vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos. Following a major crisis in 1965 over his re-appointment, he resigned and became a visiting professor at the Michigan State University, United States.
In 1966, Njoku was made the vice-chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he remained till the outbreak of the civil war in 1967.
Njoku served on the boards of the Commonwealth Scientific Committee, the United Nations Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology as well as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Advisory Committee in Natural Sciences. He also served in the councils of the Universities of Zambia and Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo). He wrote several books and articles in international journals.
House of Representatives 1952-1953, Senate 1960-1962. Commonwealth Scientific Committee 1961-1966. United Nations Committee on Application of Science and Technical, to Development 1964-1969.
Provisional Council of University of Zambia 1964-1965.
Superior Academic Council of University of Lovanium (Kinshasa) 1963-1966.
Married Winifred Oliver Beardsall.
