Governance
Leadership
IARSA is led by a Governing Council of scholars, administrators and public figures drawn from across its three countries and its international partners. Each body has a page of its own, with a short profile of every officer.
Council of Patron
Our patrons
Grand Patron
Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, CON, OFR, LL.D
Founder & President, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Patron
Sen. Ahmed Wadada Aliyu, FCRSA
Distinguished Senator, Federal Republic of Nigeria (Nasarawa West)
Principal officers
The officers of the consortium
Global President
Amb. Prof. Ogunsakin-Akin Bosede I., DCRSA, PhD, D.Sc
IARSA Consortium
Dr. Baba Yusuf Musa, DCRSA, PhD
Chairman of the Governing Council
Director-General, West African Institute for Financial & Economic Management
HRM Queen Prof. Amb. Victoria Abike Adesuyi
Matron · Professor Emeritus
IARSA Consortium
Prof. Ahmad M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat, PhD
Deputy Chairman
Former University President, Isra University, Jordan
Prof. Nashwa Fouad Attallah, PhD
Vice Chairperson
Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Alexandria University, Egypt
Dr. Vinay Singh, PhD
Secretary General
Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
Executive Director
IARSA Consortium
Appointment pending.
Governing Council
20 members
The consortium's governing body: scholars, administrators and public figures drawn from across its three countries and its international partners.
Dist. Prof. Reuben Tunde Tolorunleke, EFCRSA, PhD
Chairman, IARSA Nigeria Board of Trustees
Federal University Lokoja, Nigeria
Prof. Emeritus Akpan Hogan Ekpo, PhD
Former Vice-Chancellor
University of Uyo, Nigeria
Prof. Olusegun Omoniyi Ige, PhD
Director-General, Nigerian Geological Survey Agency · President, AcIRSTD
Nigeria
Chief (Dr.) Gloria Laraba Shoda, EFCRSA, PhD, MFR, mni
Immediate Past Chairman
Director, International Council of Women (Africa) · Former President, National Council of Women Societies
Prof. Emeka John Uhuka, LL.D, PhD
President, IARSA International University
United States
H.E. Prof. Kaletapwa G. Farauta, DCRSA
Deputy Governor, Adamawa State
Nigeria
Nigeria Board of Directors
10 members
The board of IARSA Nigeria, the founding body and the association's largest membership, incorporated with the Corporate Affairs Commission as Incorporated Trustees No. 90173.
Prof. Onyee Nnanna Nwankpa
President (Nigeria)
Professor of Music, University of Port Harcourt
Dist. Prof. Reuben Tunde Tolorunleke, EFCRSA, PhD
Chairman, Board of Trustees
Federal University, Lokoja, Nigeria
Prof. Helen Ebunoluwa Adebola, PhD, DCRSA
Deputy President
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
Prof. Mohammed Danlami Salihu, DCRSA
Vice President
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria
Prof. Ruth Abosede Inaolaji-Awotunde, DCRSA
Executive Director
Professor of Education Management
Dr. Tolorunleke Emmanuel Adebayo, FCRSA
Secretary General
Federal University, Lokoja, Nigeria
United States Board of Directors
11 members
The board of IARSA in the United States, a Delaware non-profit corporation accountable to its membership, registered as No. 202105269.
Prof. Emeka John Uhuka, PhD, SFIARSA
Treasurer · Professor of Law
United States
Dr. Chinyere Nwoga
Secretary General / Secretary to the Board
Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Nigeria
Prof. Angellar Manguvo, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor, School of Medicine
University of Missouri–Kansas City, United States
Prof. SM Farid Mirbagheri, PhD
Professor of International Relations
University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Prof. Lisa Marie Gilman, PhD
Professor of Folklore Studies and Public Humanities
George Mason University, United States
Prof. Emeritus Akpan Hogan Ekpo, PhD, FNS
Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Uyo
Immediate Past President, IARSA Nigeria
IARSA Ghana Officers
1 members
The officers of IARSA Ghana, the association's newest body, registered as a company limited by guarantee under No. 11570225-IARSA-GH-LBG.
Fred Bortey
Assistant Secretary · Ghana Research Coordinator
IARSA Ghana