Professor Emmanuel Iornumbe Kucha (born August 8, 1950) from Guma Local Government Area of

Benue State Benue State is one of the North Central states in Nigeria with a population of about 4,253,641 in 2006 census. The state was created in 1976 among the 7 states created at that time.The state derives its name from the Benue River which is t ...

was the

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of the

University of Agriculture, Makurdi The University of Agriculture, Makurdi (UAM) is a higher education institution in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria. The university was established in 1988, following the recommendations of a 1987 federal government White Paper on Higher Education cu ...

. Kucha, a professor of

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is the first engineering professor and the first indigene of the host community to serve as the vice chancellor of the institution. Youths from the host community had previously been calling for the appointment of an indigene as the vice chancellor of the institution.

Background

Professor Kucha obtained his PhD in mechanical engineering from the

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, Zaria and Michigan Technological University,

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, United States. He won the "Design of Improved Wood/Agricultural Waste Stove" award and "Outstanding Research Project Award" at the Nigerian Universities Research and Development Fair awarded by the National Universities Commission, in Abuja, December, 2005. He has over 20 publications.

References

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