Senior Leadership
RSUST Business School Vice Chancellor
Professor Nlerum S. Okogbule
Profrofessor Nlerum Sunday Okogbule was Born on 15th September, 1960, to the family of Late Elder Sunday and Mrs Azonwo Okogbule at Ovelle-Nvakohia, Rumuekpe in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Prof Nlerum Sunday Okogbule demonstrated his love for education at a very early stage in life. He started his primary education in 1965 when his hand could hardly cross the other side of his head which was the customary measurement index in those days. It took the insistence and passionate plea of his father who had himself been denied the opportunity of going to school for the Headmaster to accept the young Okogbule as a pupil then.
Upon completion of his primary education in 1971, he proceeded to Government Secondary School, Creek Road, Port Harcourt in 1972. His first West African School Certificate Examination result was seized alongside others in 1976 but he re-took the WASC Examination in 1977 from home and was still able to pass the examination in Division One. For an educationally backward community then, this was a no mean achievement; and young Okogbule became an instant idol and reference point in the community. The seizure of his 1976 result aborted his initial plan of studying Medicine as he could only obtain a Pass Grade in Mathematics and Physics in the 1977 result. By the time the 1976 result was released, he had credit passes in Mathematics and Physics among others, however, he was already at the School of Basic Studies, University of Port Harcourt in 1979. He successfully completed this Programme in 1980 with a CGPA of 4.80 and was already registered for the Bachelor’s degree in Economics when he passed the JAMB examination and was admitted to study Law at the then University of Ife in 1980.
He concluded the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree programme in Second Class Honours Upper Division in 1984. He proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, Lagos and concluded the Barrister at Law programme also with Second Class Honours Upper Division. He was accordingly called to the Nigerian Bar on 20th August, 1985. Upon completion of his National Youth Service at the University of Ilorin, he commenced his Master of Laws degree programme at the University of Ife in 1986 and was the Best LL.M Student of the University in 1987. After several years of working at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, he was compelled by a combination of desire and circumstances to travel to the University of Glasgow, Scotland for his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Law which he obtained in March, 2012. He was University of Glasgow Scholar throughout the period of his doctoral studies in Scotland.
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RSUST Business School Deputy Vice Chancellor (Admin)
Professor Victor Abaecheta Akujuru (PhD, MSc, BSc, FNIVS, RSV, RWA)
Victor A. Akujuru was born on the 9th day of May 1955 into the family late Catechist Alfred Ezekwesiri Akujuru and late Mrs. Salome Nwanda Akujuru of Ihuowo Community, in the Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State. He had his primary education in several Primary Schools following his father’s frequent transfer from one Church to another. In 1960 he attended St. Micheal’s Primary School, Omoku, in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area, in 1961 he attended the Primary School at Banigo Isile-Ogono Village in Bonny Local Government Area. In 1963 he attended St. John’s Primary School at Ihuowo Village in Ahoada East Local Government Area and returned to Boyle Memorial School, Bonny in Bonny Local Government Area in 1966 and following the out break of Civil war, he returned St. John’s Primary School, Ihuowo to obtain the Primary 6 Certificate in 1968. He enrolled into the Western Ahoada County High School, Ahoada in Ahoada East Local Government Area for his Secondary education in 1969 and finished in 1973, passing the West African School Certificate examinations with a Division One. Between 1974 and 1975, he had brief stint with Michelin Tyre Company as a Clerk Archivist and later as a Store Clerk, and finally as an Officer of Customs and Exercise in the Nigerian Customs Service where he left in 1975 to pursue post-secondary education in the United Kingdom with a Rivers State Government Scholarship secured while in the Customs Service. After obtaining the University of London Advanced Level Certificate at the Southampton Technical College in 1976, he enrolled in the then Bristol Polytechnic (now University of the West of England) to study Valuation and Estate Management between 1976 and 1979. He returned to Nigeria and registered for the National Youth Service Corps in 1979 and served till 1980 at the Oyo State Housing Corporation as an Estate Officer. While on Youth Service, he was employed by the Rivers State Government as a Lands Officer.
He is a Professor of Environmental Valuation and Land Management in the Faculty of Environmental Sciences with specialisation in Valuation of Land and the Environment, and a Consultant Estate Surveyor and Valuer with vast professional experiences covering both the public and private sectors of the economy. He has worked as a Land Officer and Deeds Registrar with the Rivers State Ministry of Lands and Survey in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. He has also worked as a Project Manager in the defunct All States Bank Group, where he was attached to the CT&P Construction Company in Lagos and Port Harcourt and consulted for International Oil and Gas Companies operating in Nigeria, and many private individuals and firms all over Nigeria. Prof Victor A. Akujuru is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and a Right of Way Agent and a Certified Instructor of the International Right of Way Association. He is a Past President of the African Real Estate Society, a past Chairman of the Rivers/Bayelsa branch of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers and a past Chairman of the Education Committee and Board of Examiners of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers of Nigeria. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Bristol Polytechnic, Bristol, England, in Valuation and Estate Management, a Master’s degree from the University of Reading, Reading, England in Urban Land Appraisal which he passed with Distinction, and a Doctorate Degree in the Built Environment, from the University of Salford, Salford in England. He has supervised several students at the undergraduate, master’s and doctorate degree levels. He is widely published an adept researcher. He is the Diocesan Estate Manager of the Diocese of Ahoada, Anglican Communion, an Emeritus Chorister of the Diocese of Ahoada and a Knight of St. Christopher in the Anglican Communion. He has taught Estate Management and Valuation and published widely, and had previously served as Acting Head of Department, Department of Estate Management for 13 years and Sub-Dean for 4 years and Acting Dean for 2 years, in the Faculty of Environmental Sciences of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (now Rivers State University). He was formerly the Director of Research and Development in this University. He is widely travelled and enjoys reading, writing, and travelling.
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RSUST Business School Director
Professor N. Gladson Nwokah
Professor Gladson is the Dean of Faculty of the Rivers State University Business School. He is a distinguished scholar with a proven track record. He brings a wealth of experience in both academia and industry to his leadership role.
Professor N. Gladson Nwokah is a distinguished academic specializing in strategic and Internet marketing, affiliated with the Department of Marketing within the Faculty of Administration and Management at Rivers State University. Born in the early 1970s, he began his educational journey in 1979, culminating in his graduation with honours in 1985. Subsequently, he successfully completed his SSCE in 1992 as part of his secondary education. In 1992, Professor Nwokah embarked on his tertiary education at Rivers State University of Science and Technology, earning his degree in 1998. He then joined the National Youth Service as a lecturer at the former Ondo State Polytechnic Owo. Following this, he pursued an MBA program at Rivers State University of Science and Technology, followed by a swift completion of a PhD. program. Continuing his academic pursuits, Professor Nwokah obtained a postdoctoral MSc degree at Oxford Brooks University Business School, UK, where he excelled in his research and graduated with distinction. Joining the faculty of management sciences, Rivers State University, in 2003 as an Assistant Lecturer, he steadily rose to the esteemed rank of Professor. Over the years, he has held various important roles within the university, including Acting Head of the Marketing Department and Dean of the Faculty of Management Sciences. Additionally, he has served as a member of the 12th and 13th Governing Council of Rivers State University. Professor Nwokah is renowned for his significant publication record, being recognized for the highest impact publication at Rivers State University by the World Scientific Index in 2022. In 2009, he received accolades from the Assessment and Promotion Committee of Rivers State University for his high-quality paper publications. Currently, he serves as the Director of the Rivers State University Business School and is a Fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Marketing. Moreover, he is the esteemed founder of the Association of Marketing Academic Professionals in Nigeria. On October 10, 2018, Professor N. Gladson Nwokah presented the Rivers State University 59th inaugural lecture titled "From Bricks and Mortar to Click and Mortar Marketing Strategies." Notably, this occurred just nine days after his promotion to the penultimate rank.
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