List of Staff

PROF. SIR MESHACK IFURUEZE B.Sc (Hons), MBA, MSC, PHD. CNA, ACTI, CPA.
Meshack Ifurueze is a trained Accounting Teacher, a Certified Professional Accountant, a Chartered Tax Practitioner and a Consultant.
Professor Meshack hails from Assah an Oil producing and borderline town with Rivers State in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State.
He attended Ohaji High School Mgbirichi between 1974 and 1979. He worked briefly as an Accounts Clerk with Ministry of defence as a Civilian staff under Nigeria Airforce Secondary School from where He was provoked to read Business Education majoring in Accountancy at the then Anambra State University now known as Enugu State University of Science and Technology between 1985 and 1999. He equally holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with specialization in Accounting and an additional Master of Science Degree (MSc) in Finance from Lagos State University Ojo. To cap it all, he obtained his PhD in Accounting in 2006 from Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka.
Professor Ifurueze started his Teaching career at Enugu State University of Science and Technology where He was the Best Graduating Master’s Degree Student of 1991 MBA class and was offered employment as Assistant Lecturer in April 1992, the same date he defended his Master’s Degree Dissertation. He taught briefly at Benue State Polytechnic as lecturer I and Federal Polytechnic Nekede as a Principal Lecturer. Fired with the ambition of being a Professor, he left the Polytechnics and joined Anambra State University in 2007 as a Senior Lecturer from where he became an Associate Professor in 2011 and a full erudite Professor of Accounting in 2014.
He is an associate Member of Association of National Accountant of Nigeria (ANAN), chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) and also a certified Public Accountant of Ireland.
He has about 29 years Teaching and Research experience in University and related Higher Institutions of Learning in Nigeria during which he held administrative positions of responsibility such as:
1. Associate Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies: 2010/2011 and 2012/2013 academic
sessions:
2. Head of Department of Accountancy, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 academic sessions.
3. Current Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences, 2016 to 2018.
4. Sabbatical leave, federal university, Otuoke, Bayesla State 2019 to 2020.
5. Board member, Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria. 2017 to 2020.
He has four accounting textbooks to his credit, Co-authored one, has chapter contributions in two and has published extensively in more than fifty five (55) pier reviewed articles in journal both internationally and locally. He is married to Dr Mrs. Priscellia Ifurueze and they are blessed presently with five children.
He is a knight of St. Christopher, a lay Reader of the Anglican Communion and was recently conferred with the award of 2017 SYNOD FATHER of Ohaji/Egbema Diocese.

1 ANAMBRA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENUGU 1985 - 1989
2 ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1991 - 1992
LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY, OJO 2002 - 2004
3 NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA 1996 - 2006

Igbru, O. & Ifurueze, S. M. (2021). Environmental Degradation and Economic Growth: An
Empirical Perspective from Nigeria. International Journal of Innovative Finance and Economics Research 9(4):1-6 (Online).

Augustine, O., Wilson-Oshilim, U. D. & Meshack, I. (2020). Effect of Market Risks on the Financial Performance of Firms in Nigeria. European Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance Research. 8( 6): 28-45 (Online).

Orjinta, H. O. & Ifurueze, M. S. (2018). Effect of Taxation on Dynamic Capital Structure Decisions of Quoted Industrial Firms in Nigeria. Scientific Research Journal (SCIRJ), V,(VII): 35-49 ISSN 2201-2796

Ofor, T. N., Alagba, O. S. & Meshack, S. I. (2018). Housing finance market and economic growth of West Africa region: a study of Nigeria, Ghana and Gambia. The Business and Management Review, 9(3): 188-198. 7th International Conference on Business and Economic Development (ICBED), 9-10 April 2018, NY, USA. (Online).
Ifurueze, M. S., John-Akamelu, R. C. & Iyidiobi, F. C. (2018). Effect of Corporate Tax Aggressiveness on Firm Growth in Nigeria: An Empirical Analysis. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD) International Open Access Journal | www.ijtsrd.com. 2(6): 1628-1639. (Online).

John-Akamelu, R. C. & Ifurueze, M. S. (2018). Tax Aggressiveness and Firm Size: Evidence from Nigerian Deposit Money Banks. International Journal of Advanced Academic Research | Social & Management Sciences | ISSN: 2488-9849 4(11 ): 50-66. (Online).
Ifeanyi, F. O., Austine, N., Meshack, I. & Chizoba, M. N. (2018). Effects of Tax Sheltering on Earnings Management in Nigeria. Research papers in Economics and Finance. 3(2) (Online).
Osegbue, I. F, Austine N. & Meshack, I. (2018). Effect of Tax Shelter on Earnings Quality in Nigeria. Business Administration Proceeding Book 21-22 March 2018. ICSSL-Africa. 41-60

Ifurueze, M. & Manukaji, I. J. (2016). Effect of Educational Regulatory Agencies on Performance: Evaluation of Higher Institutions in Nigeria. International Journal of Social Sciences and Management Research. 2(1): 69-77. (Online).

Idowu, E. & Meshack, I. (2016). Entrepreneurship Education and Human Capital Development for National Development: The Perception of University Undergraduate Students. Journal of Accounting, Business and Social Sciences. 1(1):1-19. (Online).

Lyndon, M. E., Paymaster, F. B & Meshack, S. I. (2016). Human Resource Expenditure and Productivity of Universities in Nigeria. Archives of Business Research 4(3): 1-9. (Online)
Anyadiegwu, P. E., & Ifurueze, S. M. (2016). Activity Based Costing from the Perspective of Competitive Advantage: A Study of Nigerian Manufacturing Firms. IPRJB International Journal of Finance and Accounting 1(2) https://doi.org/10.47604/ijfa.128 (Online).

Lyndon, M. E., Paymaster, F. B & Meshack, S. I. (2016). Market Share and Profitability Relationship: A Study of the Banking Sector in Nigeria. International Journal of Business, Economics and Management. 2(3):103-112. (online).

Success M., Ejura B. & Ifurueze M. S. (2014). Effect of Global Economic Meltdown on the Nigeria Capital Market: Asian Academic Research Journal of Social Science and Humanities, 1 (23) pp. 192 – 217, ISSN 2278 – 859x (online).

Ifurueze, M. S. (2014). The Application of Management Accounting Techniques in Nigeria’s Public Sector: Asian Academic Research Journal of Social Science and Humanities. 1 (23), pp. 515 – 523. ISSN: 2278 – 859x (online).

Ifurueze, M. S. (2014). Comparative Analysis of Marginal Costing in management’s Pricing Decision: Asian Academic Research Journal of Social Science and Humanities. 1 (23), pp. 524 – 537. ISSN: 2278 – 859x (online).
Ifurueze, M. S. (2014). External Reserve Composition and Economic Growth: A time Series Analysis; Canadian Open Economics Journal by Canadian Research Publication. 1 (1), pp. 1 – 13, http://crpub.com/journals.php.(online).

Ifurueze, M. S. & Odessa J. (2014). The Productivity of the Nigerian Tax System (1993 – 2012): Canadian Open Accounting and Taxation Journal, by Canadian Research Publication. 1 (1), pp. 1 – 11, http://crpub.com/journals.php.(online).

Ifeanyi, F. O., Ifurueze, M. S. & Ifurueze P. C. (2014). An Analysis of the Relationship between Dividend Payment and Corporate Performance of Nigerian Banks: Global Business and Economics Research Journal. 3(2), pp. 75 – 79, http://www.journal.globaljournal.org (online).

Ifurueze, M. S. & Ekezie A. (2014). The Effect of Outsourcing Cost on Corporate Performance: A Study of Nigerian Brewery Industry: International Journal of Economics and Emperical Research, 2(3) pp. 84 – 93, http://www.tesdo.org/publication.aspx (online).

Ifurueze, M. S, Binglar P. & Etynala L. (2013). An Assessment of Human Resources Capital and Goodwill: A Study of Selected Commercial Banks in Nigeria. Journal of Business & Management, Science and Education Centre of North America, 2 (4), pp. 36 – 48, ISSN: 2291 – 1995 (print), ISSN: 2291 – 2002 (online).

Musa, S., Ifurueze M. S. & Ejura, S. (2013). The Impact of Monetary and Fiscal Policies on the Naira Exchange Rate between 1990 and 2009: Asian Economic and Financial Review by Asian Economic and Social Society, 3 (9), pp. 1214 – 1231, ISSN: 2305 – 2147 (print) ISSN: 2222 – 6737 (online).

Ifurueze, M. S. (2013). The Impact of Effective Management of Credit Sales on Profitability and Liquidity of Food and Brewery Industries in Nigeria; Global Journal of Management and Business Research by Global Journals Inc. USA, 13 (2), version 1.0, ISSN: 0975 – 5853, (print) ISSN: 2249 – 4588 (online).

Ifurueze, M. S., Paymaster, B. & Etale, L. (2013). “The Impact of Environmental Cost on Corporate and Performance: A Study of oil Companies in Niger Delta States of Nigeria”, Journal of Business and Management by Science and Education Centre of North America, 2 (2), pp. 1 – 10, ISSN: 2291 – 1995 (print) ISSN: 2291 – 2002 (online).

Ifurueze, M. S., Success, J. & Benard, O. (2012). Fiscal Federalism and the Issues of Resources Control in Nigeria: The Challenges, Options and Strategies European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science, issue 51, pp. 97-110, http://www.europeanjournals of economics finance and administrative sciences. col.htm.

Valentine, E., Ifurueze, M. S. & Enyi, R. (2012). The Audit Expectation Gap Problem in Nigeria. The Perception of Some Selected Stakeholders, Research Journal of Finance, Accounting, by International Institute for Science, Technology and Education, 3 (7), pp. 140-150, ISSN: 2222-1697 (print), ISSN: 2222-2847 (online).
Valentine, E.; Ifurueze, M. S., Paymaster, B. & Enyi, R. (2012). The Impact of Effective Credit Policy on Liquidity of Manufacturing Companies in Nigeria, Research Journal of Finance and Accounting and Education ISSN 2222 – 2863 (online).

Computer and Research Skills