Dr. Joseph Offiong Udoayang

MBBS (Sydney), FRACS (Paediatric Surgery)

Joseph Offiong Udoayang is Professor of Accounting, specializing in auditing and investigation and financial reporting. He joined the University of Calabar as Clerical Officer, Bursary Department in November 13, 1980 and rose to the position of Accountant II in 1988 before joining academic in 1993 as lecturer II. Joseph Offiong Udoayang rose to the rank of Professor in 2011 by promotion. He has served the University as Acting Manager and Accountant on secondment to the University of Calabar Bookshop (1989 to 1992), Divisional Head, Management and staff services, Bursary Department (1992 to 1993), Finance Manager, Unical Hotel and Pharmacy (1995 to 1996), Member Examination Committee Unical Centre for Educational Services (1999-2001), Member, Board of Studies – CES (2000), Acting Head, Department of Accounting, Banking and Finance (2000 to 2002), Acting Head, Department of Accounting (2000 to 2004), Co-opted Member,Unical Governing Council Task Force on Financial and Management Matters (2001 to 2003), MBA Examination Officer (2006 to 2008), Faculty Representative—Faculty of Science (2006 to 2010), Chairman, Committee on Plagiarism, M.Sc Theses (2007), Member, Graduate School Theses/Results Vetting Committee (2008 to 2012), MBA Coordinator (2008 to February, 2011), Faculty Chairman, Graduate School Board ( 2010 to Sept 2012), Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences (2012 to 2013), Chairman, Departmental Accreditation Committee (2018). Professor Joseph Udoayang attended conferences both locally and internationally. He has been a reviewer to African Journal of Business Management as well as Deputy Editor-in –Chief, Association of National Accountants of Nigeria Accounting journal, Chairman Rapporteur, ANAN National Conference for 2016 and 2017 respectively. Professor Joseph Udoayang is a member of the following professional Associations: Fellow Certified National Accountant (FCNA), Associate Member – Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (ACTI), Fellow Institute of Industrial Administration (FIIA), Member, Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC), Member, Academy of Management. He has received many awards from the National Association of Akwa Ibom State Students, Faculty of Management Sciences, Nigerian Universities Accounting Students Association, Institute of Companies and Commercial Accountants of Nigeria, MBA PG Academic Students Faculty of Management Sciences, National Association of Akwa Ibom State Students. He has supervised more than thirty theses including Ph.D, M.Sc and MBA. He has served as External Examiner to many Universities. He is happily married with children. .