Peter Onumanyi

Peter Onumanyi is a Nigerian mathematician. He was born in 1951 in Okene, Nigeria. A graduate of the University of Ibadan and Imperial College, London, he is a fellow and past president of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria. He has been the head of the Mathematics department, dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, and deputy vice-chancellor (academic) of the University of Jos.

Early life and education He was born in 1951 in Okene town of Kogi State of Nigeria. He attended the RCM primary school, Okene-South and had his secondary education at Government Secondary School, Dekina, from where he obtained a division-one in the 1968 West African School Certificate Examination.

He proceeded to Titcombe College, Egbe, Kogi State for the Higher School Certificate course in 1969. Onumanyi later attended the University of Ibadan, where he graduated in mathematics in 1975 with the B.Sc. Hons. degree. Thereafter, he obtained the M.Sc. and PhD (numerical analysis) degrees from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London in 1979 and 1981, respectively. He obtained his M.Sc. degree with “a mark of distinction” at the Imperial College, London. He has forty scientific publications in Journals across Africa, Europe, Japan and US. Editor-in-chief of Abacus, Journal of Mathematical Association of Nigeria (MAN) (1989–1994), Member, Editorial board of Abacus (1994–2004). He has held the following positions in the University of Jos: Head of Department of Mathematics (1993–1995) Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences (1995–1998), Chairman, Committee of Deans (1997–1998), elected representative of the congregation to the University Governing Council (1997–2000) Deputy Vice-chancellor (academic) (1998–2000).