The International Institute of Empirical Research and Sustainable
Development (IIERSD) Nigeria has held its 7th International Research Conference to hear Oral Presentations, on the 18th of June, 2012, at the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education; (St. John’s Campus), Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Speaking with our correspondent at the conference which had the presence of lecturers and researchers from various universities and colleges of education within the Country, Orime Okechukwu C. N., the Coordinating Editor of International Institute of Empirical Research and Sustainable Development (IIERSD) Nigeria, identified many factors as the bane of the economic development of Nigeria.
Orime, who affirmed the power in writing, called on meaningful scholars in Nigeria to put their ideas on paper. He admitted that the educational curriculum was designed by government, but frowned at the attitude of Nigerian government in handling the welfare of the curriculum implementers, the teachers and lecturers.
The IIERSD Editor, noted that researchers are seen as the live wire of every economy in other parts of the world, while the out-come of research works in Nigeria, by researchers are been politicized and not funded.
Orime, recalled that they were told by researchers in Kwame Nkrumah University, Ghana that every research that is been carried out will be sent to their ministry of Education, while the reverse is the case in Nigeria.
He used the medium to call on Nigerian Government to fund researchers, sponsor teachers and intellectuals and to sit tight in the corridors of education; less it remains in the state of moribund, adding that the review of certain policies by government was another way forward.
However, Dr. Onyemaechi Joseph Onwe of National Open University of Nigeria, (NOUN) Lagos State, commended the presentations that were made at the conference and noted that they were food for thought.
Dr. Onwe called on Nigerian Government to support researches that are being carried out by Nigerian researchers to enable the country grow and urged the upcoming graduands and the academia to continue in their researches and never relent. Onwe, Eider Jude Nwaoka of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, (St. John’s Campus), Echeta O. Desmond of Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo and other lecturers at the conference were awarded plagues and certificates on Quality Research Paper Publication, by IIERSD Coordinating Editor, Orime Okechukwu, for their commitment and contributions to the business of research in Nigeria.
Research papers and oral presentations were made by some lecturers at the conference, titled: Research, Politics of Science and Development In Africa, by Maduabuchi Ogidi of Department of General Studies, Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Imo State; Land Use Challenges in the Urban Fringe of Third World Countries: A Case study of Port Harcourt, by Badoom Livinus E. Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Rivers State Polytechnic, Bori.
Others include: Entrepreneurial Vocational Training: A Focus on Sustainable Apprenticeship System in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, by Ogundu Isaac, Department of Technical Education, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt; The Study of Change in Microalgae Composition During The Batch Biochemical of Waste Water . Effluent From a Chemical Company, by Okah A. B. E, Rivers State College of Arts and Science, Rumuola, Port Harcourt, Rivers State and Biotechnology: Bioregeneration of Activated Carbon Contaminated with Hydrocarbon Spills, by Njosi Justina Anwilika, Department of Industrial Safety and Environmental Technology, Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Delta State, amongst others. All the paper presenters proffered solutions to all the problems identified by their research works, for the economic development of Nigeria, Africa and the world at large, when finally published.
Below are some of the pictures of the occasion.###
By Blaise Elumezie
