Secretary General
Ekpo, Barnabas David PhD
Ekpo, Barnabas David PhD is an Associate Professor with the Department of Political Science, Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna. He is an intellectual and a dynamic political philosopher whose areas of research interest include Contemporary Political Problems, Foundation of Philosophical Thought, Security, and a pace setter in the area of philosophical multiculturalism. He had his first degree (BA Hons Philosophy) from the University of Calabar, MA Political Philosophy from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Masters in Conflict, Security and Development from the prestigious Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna and a Ph.D in Political Philosophy from the University of Calabar.
In over two decades of his academic pursuit, his teaching and research has been on the broad spectrum of multiculturalism with specific focus on human rights, conflict and human security. Against this back drop, he has interrogated theoretical issues on Human Rights, National Security and Development, Demoracy, the Protection of Individual and group rights, respect for individual freedoms and tolerance in the Niservedgerian Polity, given that Nigeria is a multicultural state. He is a resource person in all the three Defence institutions in Nigeria; beginning rom NDA, Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji and National Defence College, Abuja. He is as well, a resources person at the Centre for Leadership and Governance at the University of Abuja. He has held different positions in academics and is a member of several academic editorial boards. Ekpo has published numerous academic papers in local and international journals and has produced several PhD and MSc students. He has served as a consultant to USAID under JSI Research and Training Institute, USA. He is a consultant to Novorat Global Services Ltd, Nigeria. He has travelled to most African and non-African countries.