Early life
Anya Oko Anya was born on 3 January 1937 [1] at Abiriba, Abia State of Nigeria. He attended Hope Waddell Training Institution, Calabar, University College, Ibadan, Saint John's College, Cambridge, England and Molteno Institute of Biology and Parasitology. [2]
He began his working career as a Science Master with Qua-Iboe Mission Secondary School, Etinan, Akwa Ibom State in 1957. He was appointed Research Officer, Federal Fisheries Research Service, Lagos, 1961–1962; [3] Lecturer, Federal Science School, Lagos, 1961–1962; [4] Research Officer, Federal Department of Agricultural Research, Ibadan, 1963–1967; [5] Lecturer in Zoology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1965–1967; [6] Senior Lecturer, University of Science and Technology Project, Port Harcourt, 1967–1970; Senior Lecturer, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1970–1973; Professor of Zoology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka since 1973, [7] he was the first chief executive officer of Nigeria Economic Summit Group Ltd. [8] He was the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian National Merit Award, former President of the Nigerian Academy of Science and former Pro-Chancellor and Chairman Governing Council of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State.
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