By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja.
AFRICA is set to celebrate the investiture of Prof. Andrew Ezadueyan Zamani, a Nigerian, as new President of the Pan African Psychology Union as the body celebrates its 10th anniversary slated for next week in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Zamani is succeeding the Union’s founding President, Prof. Saths Cooper of South Africa and will be entering the exalted office with a wealth of experience from the academia and professional practice.
A statement from the Chairman, Nigerian Psychological Association FCT chapter, Mr Victor Adejoh, and made available to newsmen, eulogised the versatility of the expert in the practice of Psychology.
Adejoh, enthused by the elevation of his compatriot, Prof. Zamani, to the exalted office noted that the experience of the erudite Professor in related learned societies made him “nicely fit for this role.”
Prof. Zamani, he revealed, rejuvenated the once comatose Nigerian Psychological Association, led it for more than six years and emplaced its structure of growth and progress.
Adejoh hinted that this was after the Professor had served at various times as Treasurer and Assistant Secretary General of the Association adding that he served the association in different capacities.
“He has served the Association in several capacities, including Chairman, NPA League of Fellows; Chairman President – Elect, Search Committee; Chairman, NPA Fellowship Award Committee.
“In 2002, he convened the Association of Practicing Psychologists of Nigeria and used it as a platform to canvass for the gazetting of Psychology as a civil service profession in Nigeria, a feat that was finally clinched by the Nigerian Psychological Association.
“Today, Nigerian Psychologists have a scheme of service and career path in the polity”, Adejoh explained.
As the Pan African Psychology Union is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in Johannesburg, South Africa between the 8-11th October, 2024, the body is set to roll out its drums to welcome the new President, Prof. Andrew Zamani.
Like his predecessor, Saths Cooper, Zamani is highly respected and recommended as a team player and transformational leader. He hopes to leverage his contacts all over Africa to lead the Union to the next level. (Ends)