Franklin Erepamo Osaisai | |
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| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Formerly Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) | |
| In office April 2006 –April 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 October 1958 |
Franklin Erepamo Osaisai (born October 1, 1958) is a Nigerian nuclear engineer, energy scientist and former Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission [1] [2]
He had his secondary education in Bayelsa State, where he obtained the West Africa School Certificate (WASC) in June 1977. He attended the University of Port Harcourt where he obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.sc) degree in chemistry from the School of Chemical Sciences of the university in May 1981. He later received a graduate scholarship award, that earned him a master's and Doctorate (P.hD) degree in Nuclear engineering (1984-1987) from the University of California. [3] He started his career at the University of California as a lecturer before he joined the service of the University of Port Harcourt where he specialized in Nuclear Reactor Engineering. [4] He later became the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) under the administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. [5] [6] [7] He had served in several professional organizations. [8] [9] [10]