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| Professor Ernest Lytia Molua,new Dean Faculty of Agriculture,University of Buea at installation |
The
new Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, University of Buea
(UB), has said henceforth local communities in Cameroon must benefit immensely
from the existence of the faculty, which he now heads.
Ernest
Lytia Molua, aged 44, Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, made the
commitment to reporters, on University of Buea campus, last July 19, shortly after he officially and publicly assumed
office as the new Dean of the ten-year old Faculty of Agriculture and
Veterinary Medicine of Cameroon’s first Anglo-Saxon University. He replaced Prof.Sakwe
Nekongo Pierre Christopher, retired
Lytia
Molua thanked Cameroon’s Head of State for endorsing the recommendation that he
take over as Dean of the Faculty.
Ernest
Lytia Molua, now Associate Professor, had obtained his First School Leaving
Certificate in 1983 and proceeded to the prestigious St Joseph’s College Sasse,
Buea, Cameroon, for secondary education.
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| Prof Molua(left)chats with UB VC Prof. Ngomo |
Appointed
by Cameroonian President Paul Biya, Lytia Molua was commissioned into office by
Prof.Ngomo Horace Manga, Vice-chancellor of University of Buea, which is a
state-owned institution created in 1993.
The
Dean was commissioned alongside other newly appointed officials of same university viz:Associate Prof. Ayu’unwi Ngwabe
Neba,as new Director of Academic Affairs; Associate Prof. Nana Engo Serge Guy
as new Director of Students’ Affairs; Associate Prof. Agbor Dieudonne Agbor as
New Director of College of Technology and
Mr. Epoge NapoleonKang as new Director of Financial Affairs.
The
Vice-Chancellor urged them to be ever duty-conscious, to uphold the high standards
of the university and ensure excellence in whatever they do.
“The
time has come for the Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine in particular
and the University of Buea in general to go into the communities and for them
to really feel us; by this I mean we must design and develop short term
training programs for few weeks or months and build the capacity of youth in rural
areas, as well as go to the field for onsite-training”, the new Dean told
reporters.
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| Dr.Namanga Ngongi (left),former Deputy Director, World Food Programme, congratulates Prof.Molua |
“It
is an honour and a call to duty and I am ready and willing to serve the people
of Cameroon and beyond”
He
noted that under his leadership, the Faculty would intensify and improve on its
teaching, in such a way that students can generate knowledge, which can be used
practically in the field of agriculture; we have to engage in vast research,
relevant to Cameroon’s Agricultural sector and to immediate communities”
Currently the Vice-President of Cameroon
Association of Agricultural Economists (CAAE),Lytia Molua holds a Doctor of Science Degree in
Agriculture with specialization in Agricultural Policy Design and Planning from
the Georg-August University of Goettingen ,Germany since 2002
Before
his current appointment as Dean, he was pioneer Head of Department of
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, in the Faculty of Agriculture and
Veterinary Medicine,
More
facts about Professor Ernest Lytia Molua
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| Professor Lytia Molua |
In
1990, following an excellent pass in five science subjects at the Cameroon GCE
Advanced Level, Lytia Molua was offered the prestigious Cameroon Government Scholarship
for the best students to study abroad, and was posted to the University of
Benin, Benin City, Nigeria where, he obtained the Bachelor of Agriculture
degree in Agricultural Economics and Extension Services in 1994, and was
immediately admitted for the Master of Science programme in Agricultural
Economics, and graduated in record time in 1996.
In
1997, he proceeded to Europe for further studies at the Royal Veterinary and
Agricultural University in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he obtained his second
Master of Science Degree in Agricultural Land-Use and Natural Resources
Management in July, 1999.
In
September of 1999, Lytia Molua commenced Doctoral Studies at the Georg-August University
of Goettingen,Germany. In November of 2002, he graduated with the Doctor of
Science Degree in Agriculture with specialization in Agricultural Policy Design
and Planning.
Lytia Molua immediately returned to Cameroon
and commenced teaching in 2003 at the University of Buea as a Senior Instructor
in the Department of Economics and Management, in the Faculty of Social and
Management Sciences.
In
2005, he was formally recruited as Assistant Lecturer by the Ministry of Higher
Education, and in 2006 he rose to the rank of Lecturer. In 2006 Lytia Molua was
appointed Chief of Service for National and International Cooperation of the
University of Buea.
In
2008 and 2009, he embarked on some capacity- building projects which allowed
him to serve as a visiting African Scholar to Makerere University in Uganda;
and also to the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
In
2009 Lytia Molua was awarded the American Government sponsored US Fulbright
Research Fellowship to the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale
University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
In
2010,when he returned to Cameroon Lytia Molua was appointed as pioneer Head of the
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness in the newly created
Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, a capacity in which he served
until 27 June 2017.
Professor
Molua has won many awards, and published extensively in national and
international peer-reviewed journals. Professor Molua is a visiting Professor
to the University of Pretoria, South Africa, the United Nations African
Institute for Economic Development and Planning, Dakar, Senegal; and United
Nations University for Natural Resources in Accra, Ghana. He has served as
consultant to numerous United Nations agencies including the FAO, UNDP and UNEP
He
is recipient of numerous research grants, and a member of some learned societies including: The Royal
Economic Society of The United Kingdom, The International Association of
Agricultural Economists and The African Association of Agricultural Economists.
Professor
Molua, a native of Sasse village in Buea Subdivision, is married and is blessed
with four children.
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