Dr. Asuquo Akabom-Ita

MBBS (Sydney), FRACS (Paediatric Surgery)

Dr. Akabom-Ita Asuquo was employed as a Graduate Assistant into the Department of Accounting University of Calabar, Calabar in 1998. He has grown through the lines and is currently a Senior Lecturer. Dr. Asuquo is a down-to-earth and knowledgeable teacher who believes in ensuring an in-depth understanding of the underlying principles of each subject he teaches. He is an Alumnus of this great University and holds B.Sc (Hons) Second Class Upper Division degree in Accounting (1996), M.Sc. degree in Accounting (2002), and PhD degree in Accounting (2006). Dr. Akabom Asuquo is an Associate member (ACA) of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), a Fellow member of Institute Companies and Commercial Accountants of Nigeria (FCCA), a Fellow member of Institute of Industrial Administration of Nigeria (FIIA), Member, European Centre for Research Training and Development, UK, Member, International Research and Development Institute, Nigeria and Member, Departmental Quality Assurance / Examination Malpractice Committee. He has held various key administrative positions at both the Department and Faculty levels, few of which are: Examination Officer (2004-2008), Coordinator of B.Sc. Accounting, Evening degree programme (2009-2010), Head of Department (2010-2012), Chairman, Departmental Graduate Committee (2014-2018), Chairman, Faculty Graduate Committee (2018-2019), where he has made a complete turnaround of the post graduate programmes to ensure that students finished their programmes at an allotted time. He has made very remarkable achievements on this aspect. He has taught many courses including Statistics for business decisions 1 & 2, Introduction to Financial Accounting 1 & 2, Introduction to Cost & Management Accounting, Business Mathematics, Quantitative Techniques, Accounting Information system and Research Methods in Accounting. He has successfully supervised and co-supervised many PhD, M.Sc and PGD students at both Department and Faculty. Dr. Asuquo has attended many local and international conferences/workshops/Trainings and had presented academic papers in most of these gatherings. Dr. Akabom Asuquo has developed an award winning model called Standard Magnitude Variance/Progress index, which is used in determining the financial progress of any business organization. He has received many awards and honours, such as Leadership Distinction Award (LDA) by Nigerian Organization for Youths Advancement (NOYA), South-South Zone, January, 2009 and Development in Nigeria Merit Awards (DINMA) By People State & Resource (2011) and he is clergyman; an ordained Elder in the Body Christ. He is contentedly married with kids..