Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration)
Prof. Clifford Obiyo Ofurum
- Details
- Published: 11 February 2019
|
|
Contact E-mail: | |
Contact Phone Number(s): |
Dr Ebere
PROFESSOR OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE (Ph.D.; ACA; ACN; ACII)
Date and Place of Birth: May 8, 1965 / Owerri, Imo State
Nationality: Nigerian.
Marital Status: Married with Four Children
Educational Institutions Attended with Dates and Qualifications obtained
1972-1977: Nekede Town Primary School
- First School Leaving Certificate.
1978-1982: Community .Comprehensive .Secondary School,Egbu, Owerri
- General Certificate of Education- O’ Levels.
1983-1985: GovernmentCollege Owerri.
- General Certificate of Education A’ levels.
1985-1989: University of Benin, Benin City
- B.sc (Ed) Educational Psychology . & Curriculum Studies.
1991-1996: University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus
- PGD Accountancy (Credit )
- MBA Accountancy.
1998-2005: Federal University of Technology, Owerri
- MSC Financial Management
- Ph.D. Financial Management
2006-2008: Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria
- ACA
2008-2009 Chartered Institute of Taxation
- ACI
2017- 2018 Association of National Accountant of Nigeria.
- ACN
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1990-1991: National Service under the NYSC programme
1996-Date: Lecturer, Dept. of Accounting, University of Port Harcourt.
May 2000-2004: Coordinator of Diploma Program of the Faculty.
May 2000-2004: Member of the Academic committee (CCE).
May 2004-2006: Coordinator, Department of Accounting.
Sept. 2006-2008: Head of Department
Oct. 2005 –Date: National University Commission Ad hoc Staff for Undergraduate and post
Graduate programmes to various Universities in Nigeria.
Nov.2008-2010: Ag. Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences
June 2006- 2009: Member of the Board of Governors (CCE).
Sept. 2006-Date: Member of Senate of the University of Port Harcourt
May 2006-2010: External Examiner, Fed. College of Tech. Edu. Ormoku.
2016-Date: Federal University of Technology, Owerri.
2006-2010: Imo State University, Owerri.
2006 -2008 Federal University, Otueke; Bayelsa State.
2006-2008 Rivers State University of Science. & Technology.
June 2007-2009: Coordinator of Community Service of the Faculty.
April 2011- 2013: Director; Entrepreneurial Centre University of Port Harcourt.
April 2013 – Feb 2017: Director; University of Port Harcourt Business School.
February 2018: Assessor Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) Nigeria
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Teachers Council of Nigeria (Reg no: RV/T/00631)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (Membership Number: 024380)
- Chartered Institute of Taxation (Membership Number: 10984).
- The Academy of Management Nigeria.
- Association of National Accountants of Nigeria
Promotion till Date
First appointment Assistant Lecturer 01/08/1996
Lecturer 11 14/4/1998
Lecturer 1 1/1/2001
Senior Lecturer 1/10/2005
Reader 20/4/2009
Professor of Accounting and Finance 25/7/2012
PATENTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Publications
(a) Books
- Ofurum, C.O. (2005). Financial accounting: An introduction. Mercury
International Press.
- Ofurum, C.O. (1998). Essentials of cost and management accounting. Port Harcourt. Minson.
- Ofurum, C.O.&Okereke, E. J. (1998). Entrepreneurs’ success in financial
Accounting.Owerri. Springfield Publishers.
- Ofurum C.O. &Akujobi, L. (2007). Auditing and public sectoraccounting for
Administrators. University of Port Harcourt Press
- Ofurum, C.O. &Ogbonna, G. N. (2008). Accounting information system:
Functional approach. Owerri. Bon Publications.
- Ofurum, C. O., Micah, L. C. &Olagunju, A. (2008).Management Accounting 1.
Port Harcourt. David Stone Publishers
- Ofurum ,C. O. & Ferry, G.B. (2009) .Tax administration in Nigeria-Concepts &
Practice., Port Harcourt .Davidstone Publication Ltd.
(b) Articles in Learned Journals (Foreign).
1 Ofurum, C. O. &Onuoha, T. E. (2012). Effect of corporate reporting
on public confidence: Empirical evidence from quoted companies in
Nigeria.Journal of Applied Management and Investments, (1)12.
2 Ofurum, C. O.,Leyira, C. M. &Ihendinihu, J. U. (2012). Firms financial
performance and human resource accounting disclosure in Nigeria.
International Journal of Business and Management, (7)14.
3. Ofurum, C.O. &Torbira, L. L. (2011). The impact of stock market
operations on the Nigerian capital market. ARASH: A Journal of ISMDR,
(1)1.
4. Ofurum, C.O. &Torbira, L. L. (2011). Corporate governance and firm
performance in Nigeria.International Journal of Exclusive Management
Research, (1)2.
5. Ofurum, C.O. (2009).Value for money audit and financial efficiency: Evidence
from the south- south geopolitical region of Nigeria.Management
Stream, (2).
6. Ofurum, C.O. (2008). Islamic financing/banking in the Nigerian economy;is it
workable? A review of related issues and prospects. International
Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management. (1)3,227-234
- Ofurum, C.O. (2007). Accounting for the changes in government spending: A
critical study of the relationship between public expenditure and some macroeconomic indicators in Nigeria.International Journal of Management Sciences. (3) 2.
- Ofurum, C.O. &Torbira, L. L. (2008). Foreign exchange market and the
Nigerian economy.International Journal of Exclusive Management Research, (1)2.
(c) Articles in Learned Journals (Local)
9. Ofurum, C.O. &Madumere, I. (2011).Pricing for profit: Appraisal and
Challenges.The University Advanced Research Journal, 4.
- Ofurum, C.O., Yaibimi,A. &Alagag, K. (2010). Reiterating the management
of target/ product costing practices. A Lesson for the Entrepreneur, (12)1.
- Ofurum, C.O., Ozuru, H.,&Chikwe, E. (2009). The implications of e-
commerce 2.0 for online retailers and the drivers of e-commerce
success: Readings in Business, (3).
- Ozuru,H. & Ofurum, C.O. (2010) . A discourse of electronic commerce in
Nigeria: An emerging economy.Readings in Business (4).
- Ofurum, C.O., Yaibimi, A. &Alagag, K. (2010).Product costing in Nigerian
manufacturing firm. ABSU Journal of Management Sciences, (6) 1.
14. Ofurum, C.O. (2008). Small business adaptation and changes in the south-
south zone of Nigeria: A reflection of financial management and the
use of information technology in a developing environment. Journal of
Management and Enterprise Development.
15 Ofurum, C.O. (2008). The impact of convergence of IFRS on the value
relevance of accounting information.Journal of Business Studies,
(6)1.
16. Ofurum, C.O. &Asiegbu, I. (2008). Multi-product marketing: A veritable
strategy for business in Nigeria’s competitive environment. Journal of African Contemporary Research, (1)3.
17 Ofurum, C.O. & Lawyer, C. O. (2007). Human asset accounting and corporate
profitability evaluation: The Nigerian experience.ABSU Journal of
Management Sciences, (3)1.
18. Ezirim, B. C., Muoghalu, .M. I. & Ofurum, C.O., (2007).Does inflation cause public
expenditure growth in the United States of America. Journal ofIndustrial
Business and Economic Research, (2).
19. Ofurum, C.O. (1998). Competitive tendering and contracting in the public
sector: A paradigmatic approach to costing imperative and issues.
Journal of Industrial Business and Economic Research, (3)1.
20. Ofurum, C.O. (1998). Pricing the ABC way. Journal of Industrial Business and
Economic Research, (3)2.
21. Ofurum, C.O. (2000). The application of ABC analysis for inventory control in
a computerized environment. Knowledge Review, (4)2.
22. Ofurum, C.O. (2004). The application of ABC and target costing in world class
manufacturing environment: A review. International Journal of Economic and Development Issues, (4)1 & 2.
23. Ofurum, C.O. (2007). A survey of management accounting practices in Nigeria
manufacturing company.Journal of Business Administration and Management, (2)4.
24. Ezirim, C. B. & Ofurum, C.O. (2003). Public expenditure growth and inflation
in developed and less developed countries. Nigerian Business and
Social Review, (2)1.
25. Ofurum, C.O. (2008). Management accounting information and managerial
performance: The impact of task uncertainty and job-relevant information. Journal of Management and Enterprise Development.
26 Ofurum, C.O.,Ohaka,J. &Idoniboye, G.A. (2008). Managing consolidation
Challenges for bank stabilization in Nigeria. Integrated Social and
Management sciences Journal, (6)1.
(d) Other Publications (Foreign)
27. Ofurum, C.O. (1998). Management information system. A paper presented at
the International Conference in Malaysia tagged “IMAC 98” held at the
Palace by Golden Horses, Malaysia.
28. Ofurum, C.O. Ezirim, B.C. &Muoghalu, M. I. (2002). The Impact ofexternal
debt on the economic performance of an emerging economy: Thecase
of Nigeria. A paper presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the American
Academy of Accounting and Finance, New Orleans Louisiana, December
5th-7th.
29. Ofurum, C.O. (2003). Commercially viable organization. A paper presented at
the workshop titled “Teamwork and Productivity Awareness Course”
organized by Consultancy Research and Development Centre (CORDEC),
University of Port Harcourt.
(e) Other Publications (Local)
30. Ofurum, C.O. (2008). Introduction to home management and personal
finance. A paper presented at the workshop titled “Planning for your
Tomorrow Today” organized by Consultancy Research and
Development Centre
(CORDEC), University of Port Harcourt
31. Ofurum, C.O. (2008). The impact of investment and security tribunal in the
capital market. A Paper Presented at the Workshop of South- South
Zonal Public Enlightenment in Calabar on the 27th of November 2008.
32. Ofurum, C.O. (2009). Strategies of corporate survival in a globalrecession: A
paper delivered in the AIESEC ALUMNI Workshop Held on the 31st of
October 2009 at Protea Hotel Port Harcourt.
33. Ofurum, C.O. (2012). Social responsibility accounting. A Paper presented at a
retreat for senior accounting personnel in National Emergency
Management Agency held at Uyo in February 2012.
(iii) Chapters in Referred Books:
34. Ofurum, C.O. (2008). The Company Director in Akani, F.M and WokehI. (2008).
Company law: A functional approach. Port Harcourt. Blessing Production.
35. Ofurum, C.O. (2009).The electronic payment revolution in Nigeria in Ozuru, N.
and Chikwe, E. (2009). Electronic commerce: A rudimentary approach.
2. Research in progress/completed but not yet published
- The effect of current manufacturing practices on performance: Empirical evidence from oil companies in Port Harcourt.
- Accounting for the changes in government spending: a comparative analysis of the relationship between public expenditure and some macroeconomic indicators in Nigeria and Kenya.
3. Conferences attended.
- International Conference in Malaysia tagged “IMAC 98” held at the Palace of Golden Horses, Malaysia. (1998)
- A workshop on Computer Application in Accounting, Auditing and Financial Management by National Centre for Economic Management and Administration (NCEMA) “Moving accounting into theTechnology World” from Oct. 22 – Nov. 2, 2001
- International Conference organized by the Academy of Economics and Finance, Savannah Georgia, USA (2003).
- “Entrepreneurship.” An International Conference organized by the Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, at the Port Harcourt International Airport Hotel, 2006.
- “Fund Raising Fundamental: Learn with Professionals.” A conference organized by PAMOJA at the Port Harcourt International Airport Hotel, (2007).
- Applied International Business Conference at Grand Dorsett Labuan, Hotel, Malaysia (2008)
- Workshop on “Planning for your Tomorrow Today” organized by Consultancy Research and Development Centre (CORDEC), University of Port Harcourt (2008)
- Linkage Assurance. A Conference organized by the Nigerian Accounting Standard Board (NASB) at Premier Hotel, Ibadan in May, 2008.
- Strategies of Corporate survival in a Global Recession. A paper presented at the AIESEC ALUMNI Workshop held on 31st of October, 2009 at Protea Hotel, Port Harcourt.
- International Association for Accounting and Research Conference held at Singapore Management University, Singapore 4th -6th November, 2010
- Corporate social Responsibility Accounting: Disaster Risk Reduction andMitigation, a Workshop organized by National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for the south South Zone at Uyo, AkwaIbom (2012)
- “Critical Thinking for Executive Decision Making Training,” organized by Global Concept Management LLC, Glen Burnie, Maryland USA, October 17th, 2012.
- “Financial Modeling Using Excel”, Conducted by the Institute of Management Technology Nagpur from 14th- 16th March, 2012 at IMT, Nagpur, India
- “ Research Methodology and Application of SPSS”, Organized by Shri Vaishnav Institute of Management, Indore from 19th-21st March, 2012 at SIT, Indore, India.
- “Nigerian Employment Readiness and Entrepreneurship: Training the Trainers workshop,” held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 30th June – 4th July, 2014.
- “International Financial Reporting Standards for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises,” organized by Financial Reporting Standard of Nigeria in Lagos, Nigeria, 25th – 27th November, 2014.
- The Experiential Classroom XVI sponsored by the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL, USA from September 23-26, 2015
- California Entrepreneurial Educators’ Conference, University of San Diego,
United States of America. March 2015.
- California Entrepreneurial Educators’ Conference, University of San Diego,
United States of America. March 2016.
- Exponential Classroom, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, September 2017.
- California Entrepreneurial Educators’ Conference, University of San Diego,
United States of America. April 11th -13th 2018.
COURSES /TRAININGS ATTENDED
(1) [July- September 1993]: EL-Shaddai Computer Services, Port Harcourt/ RS.
Certificate in Computer Appreciation.
(2) [Oct. 22- Nov.2 2001]: National Centre for Economic and Administration. Ibadan, OyoState.
(3) [July 21-28 2001]: SpillRespondersNig Ltd., Port Harcourt/ RS.
Certificate in Health & Safety
(4) [Feb.26-March 2]: Macarthur Foundations, Port Harcourt/ RS.
Certificate in Proposal Writing & Fund Raising.
AWARDS RECEIVED:
- University Scholarship (1988): Awarded by the authority of the University of Benin for Scoring an average of B+ in all my 300- Level courses.
- Departmental Price (1988): Awarded by the authority of the University of Benin for being the best 300- Level Student in the Department of Educational Psychology and Curriculum Studies.
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF REFEREES
- Professor Joseph Ajienka,
Former Vice Chancellor,
University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
2. Professor EmekaOkereke,
Former Dean: Faculty of Management Sciences,
University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
- Professor Linus Akujobi,
Department of Financial Management Technology,
Federal university Technology Owerri,
Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria.
SIGNATURE:
DATE: 15TH JUNE 2018