Ifeanyi Okoye

 

 

The umbrella body of the nation’s manufacturers, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), has announced Dr. Ifeanyi Eric Okoye, as the association’s 12th President, following the expiration of Otunba Francis Meshioye’s four-year tenure.

 

The Director General of the association, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, in a statement issued over the weekend, stated that Dr. Okoye was elected at the association’s just-concluded 54th Annual General Meeting (AGM), held in Lagos.

 

Dr. Okoye, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Juhel Nigeria Limited, a wholly indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturing company, headquartered in Enugu, the statement explained, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University); M.Sc. and PhD in Pharmaceutical Technology and Industrial Pharmacy from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he graduated as the best student in his class.

 

“A Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria and an alumnus of Harvard Business School in Boston, USA, the new MAN boss also attended the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies in Kuru, Plateau State,  and  was conferred the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR), in 2012.

 

He has served on several committees, including: the Ministerial Committee on the Establishment of World-Class Hospitals and Diagnostic Centers from 2013 to 2015; Member of the Governing Council of the Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) – 2009 to 2022.

 

Prior to his election as MAN’s president, Dr. Okoye served the association in various capacities, including being Chairman of the Enugu, Anambra and Ebonyi States branches of the association, from 1998 to 2005; and its Vice President from 2006 to 2010.