STEPHEN OGU MOSES OKPANACHI
STEPHEN OGU MOSES OKPANACHI, is a thoroughbred Engineer who has spent all his career life in the engineering profession. Though he hails from Idah Local Government Area in Kogi State, he was born in Bauchi on the 20th of July, 1966.
STEPHEN OGU MOSES OKPANACHI commenced his higher academic pursuit at the School of Electronics, Jos, and later to the Federal Polytechnic Idah where he bagged a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Electrical Electronics/Telecoms Engineering. His quest for excellence pushed him to acquire more knowledge and presently, he holds two Masters Degree certificates in Business Administration and Educational Technology respectively from the Lagos State University. He also has an array of Post Graduate certificates in various fields and currently holds a Ph.D degree in Curriculum Studies.
Dr. Okpanachi started his professional career with the Nigerian Television Authority, Sokoto where he did his national service (NYSC) in 1988. He was later absorbed as a member of staff of the NTA Channel 10, Lagos in 1990. He has worked and made his marks variously in different NTA Stations including NTA Lagos, NTA TV College, Jos and NTA Headquarters (SATCOM). He later moved to the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) as Deputy Director Engineering in 2006.
Dr. Okpanachi’s professional standing has ensured his presence as a Fellow of Nigerian Society of Engineers and member of different professional bodies including, Society of Broadcast Engineers, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Nigerian Association of Educational Media & Technology, COREN and a host of others.
Being an astute professional committed to effectively and efficiently delivering assigned responsibilities, Dr. Okpanachi has been involved in several national and international assignments including Chairman-NTA/FRCN – Committee of Hosting of African Union of Broadcasting General Assembly, Abuja, Chairman, Radio Nigeria Network Channel Committee, Chairman Upgrade Committee on National Broadcast Academy (NBA) to Diploma Awarding Institutions, Participated in the redesigning, Relocation, Reconfiguration and Installation of FRCN V-SAT Project, Chairman, FRCN-AZS Finance & General Rectification Committee, Member, Technical Advisory Committee on Spectrum Management in Nigeria, Participated in the International Telecommunication Union 2010 Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-10) in Mexico, Member of the Technical Committee on Broadcast of the 8th All Africa Games (COJA) amongst other high profile assignments.
With the believe that hard-work pays, Dr. (Engr.) Stephen Moses Okpanachi has garnered several awards and commendations for himself, some of which are: CBA-IBC Award for innovative Engineering, CBA Travel Awards, Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Award for Cost Effective Engineering to mention but a few. He has attended so many courses and trainings within and outside Nigeria. These include Plessey Control Field Services Training School on Traffic Light Services, Poole, UK, Thomson Broadcast Systems MPEG2 & Satellite Operations, Luton, UK, Digital Video Broadcasting & Satellite Technologies, Monaco, France, Application and Trends in Satellite Communication Systems, Fibre Optics Cable Installation and Maintenance etc.