News – NIFST East Central Chapter

NIFST East Central Chapter Pays Courtesy Visit to COOU Vice-Chancellor, Professor Kate Azuka Omenugha, Seeks Collaboration on ReFoSTS

A delegation of the Nigeria Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST), East Central Chapter (ECC), led by the Chapter Chairman, Apst. Peter Agbata, paid a courtesy visit to the Vice-Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam, Professor Kate Azuka Omenugha, to strengthen collaboration and discuss the hosting of the forthcoming Regional Food Science […]

END OF YEAR/AGM HELD AT ONITSHA AND AWKA ZONES

The Onitsha and Awka Zone of the East Central Chapter (ECC) held their End of year/AGM on the 7th and 12th of December, 2025. The Zones which are among the 6 zones of the ECC are both located in Anambra State, The Light of the Nation. The Zonal Coordinators in their various independent speeches assured […]

ReFoSTS 2026 LOC INAUGURATION MEETING

The ECC Chairman, Apst. Peter Agbata in company of the East Central Chapter Executive and Zonal Coordinators were at Enugu on the 28th of November, 2025 to inaugurate the Local Organizing Committee for the Regional Food Science and Technology Summit deemed to hold in June during the NIFST Day celebration. The Regional Food Science and […]

COURTESY VISIT TO THE SOUTH EAST ZONAL DIRECTOR, NAFDAC

In his continuous bid to see that the Institute is recognized in the South East, the Chapter Chairman Apst Peter Agbata in company of some Chapter members notable among them was Dr. John Onuora and Prof Charles Ishiwu the Vice Chairman paid a courtesy visit to the South East Zonal Director of the National Agency […]

INDUCTION CEREMONY OF GRADUATES OF FST INTO NIFST HELD AT UNN

The department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka successfully held an induction ceremony for 26 of its graduates on Friday the 25th of July 2025. The induction ceremony was conducted by the NIFST President Dr Bola Osinowo who was represented by the former Editor-in-Chief Prof. Gabriel Okafor. The Chairman of the Chapter […]

ADDRESS PRESENTED BY THE ECC CHAIRMAN ON THE OCCASION OF THE 11th ReFOSTS HELD AT THE ICC, IMT, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE ON 5th JUNE, 2025.

I am delighted to welcome you all on behalf of the executives of NIFST East Central Chapter, to the 11th ReFoSTS of the Chapter. The Theme for this year ReFoSTS is "Food Science and Technology: A Panacea for National Development"