Career
In recent years he has been prominent among those active in efforts to reform and improve school systems in the Niger Delta region. Doctor Achalu is Head of the Department of Physical & Health Education of the University of Uyo, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy (1982) in health education at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he studied under Professor
David F. Duncan.
After completing his doctorate he returned to Nigeria and joined the faculty of the University of Cross River State as assistant professor of health.
