Nicholas Agiobi Damachi
Permanent Secretary of the Nigerian Ministry of Defence
Assumed office
March 2012
Permanent Secretary of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education
In office
October 2006 – March 2012
Personal details
Born16 March 1953
Obudu, Cross River State, Nigeria
Political partyNon-partisian

Nicholas Agiobi Damachi, OON (Born 16 March 1953, Obudu, Cross River State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian professor of Industrial engineering and former Permanent Secretary of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education.[1][2] He is currently the incumbent Permanent Secretary of the Nigerian Ministry of Defence.[3]

Early life[edit]

Professor Damachi was born on 16 March 1953 in Obudu, a Local Government Area of Cross River State, an area known for the Obudu Cattle Ranch which is one of the Nigeria's Mountain resort.[4] He had his secondary education at Mary Knoll Secondary School, Ogoja in Cross River State, Nigeria where he wrote the West African Senior School Certificate Examination in 1970.[5] In 1976, he obtained a Bachelor of Science (B. sc) degree in Industrial engineering and a Master of Science (M. sc) degree in Systems engineering from Ohio State University (1978).[6] He later attended the University of Cincinnati for a Doctorate degree, Ph.D in Industrial engineering.[7][8]

Career[edit]

He began his career in 1977 as a system engineer with the Technical Services Group of the Division of Water, City of Columbia, Ohio before he joined the services of the University of Cincinnati as a research associate and instructor.[9][10][11] In 1966, he became an adjunct professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at the Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Nuclear Engineering of the University of Cincinnati.[12][13] His research interest in engineering focuses on system analysis, technical management and water related researches, such as water utility system modeling.[14][15] In 1983, he returned to Nigeria and was appointed as General Manager in a dredging and Marine company called Lamic Nig. Ltd.[16] Few years later, he joined the Nigerian Civil Service where he was appointed as Permanent Secretary of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education in October 2006[17] After his tenure as Permanent Secretary of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education in March 2012, he was again appointed as the Permanent Secretary of the Nigerian Ministry of Defence[18][19]

He became an adjunct professor in 1976 and not 1966

Awards and fellowships[edit]

He is a receiver of several awards and fellowships. Few among other includes:

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  14. ^ Damachi, Nicholas Agiobi (1981). A Minicomputer Based Information System for Water Utilities. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
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