Ijeoma Ukazu

Ijeoma Ukazu

Profile

Ijeoma Ukazu is a journalist from Nigeria and a graduate from Institute of Management and Technology, (IMT) Enugu State, Nigeria with Upper Credit in Mass Communication and also holds a Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Journalism from the National Open University of Nigeria. She corresponds for SciDev.Net’s Sub-Saharan Africa English Edition.

She is also a freelancer working with various media outlets such as The Abuja Inquirer Newspaper. Her major beat is health, The Daily Newswave – an online platform reporting various burning global issues.

Ijeoma is diligent, hardworking and she believes it is the path to success. She is an award winning journalist with track records of success in the health beat. She has travelled to 26 States in Nigeria for training organised by UNICEF, Pathfinder International, Ipas, Marie Stopes amongst others.

She has overtime proven to work and deliver stories with short deadlines.

Professional Memberships: Member of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Member of Health Writers Association of Nigeria (HEWAN), Network of Reproductive Health Journalist, Nigeria (NRHJN) and an Associate Member, Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR).

Contact Details:
2348060504476
Persist ID: @ijeoma_Ukazu
Location: Lagos State, Nigeria.
Languages Spoken: Igbo, English
Topic Interests: Women's rights, Women in Technology, Human rights, Health, Environment, Agriculture
Local/Demographic Interests: SubSaharan Africa