Collins Akanno Email & Phone Number

Lagos, Nigeria

Lagos State, Nigeria

• Serves as the Lagos State Chapter's head and public spokesman.• Presides over and addresses the state chapter's monthly general meetings.• Provides leadership and takes the necessary actions to achieve the society's goals and objectives at the state level.• Presides over the society's executive council meetings at the state level.• Works with the executive council and programme team to raise funds for the state chapter following the society's goals and objectives.•… Show more • Serves as the Lagos State Chapter's head and public spokesman.• Presides over and addresses the state chapter's monthly general meetings.• Provides leadership and takes the necessary actions to achieve the society's goals and objectives at the state level.• Presides over the society's executive council meetings at the state level.• Works with the executive council and programme team to raise funds for the state chapter following the society's goals and objectives.• Approves all expenditures by the state chapter.• Signs all checks, receipts, deposits, and withdrawals from the state chapter bank accounts in tandem with the treasurer and/or secretary. Show less

Lagos State, Nigeria

• Designing and developing community nutrition intervention programs and projects following proper community needs assessments within Lagos State.• Meet with project stakeholders per time to assess progress and make adjustments to activities.• Address and resolve technical, operational or administrative concerns by working with team members and directors.• Led an advocacy with the programs team against adulterated vegetable oils, secured the interest of the National Agency for Food… Show more • Designing and developing community nutrition intervention programs and projects following proper community needs assessments within Lagos State.• Meet with project stakeholders per time to assess progress and make adjustments to activities.• Address and resolve technical, operational or administrative concerns by working with team members and directors.• Led an advocacy with the programs team against adulterated vegetable oils, secured the interest of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), prompting pilot nutrition training and upcoming large-scale campaigns to combat food fraud. Show less

• Provides product design insight, managerial oversight, and operational control over the company’s demo mobile app to boost community involvement and participation in community nutrition programmes and services. The app is set to offer a user-friendly interface and easy access to services and can alleviate food insecurity and support local food systems in Nigeria's low and middle-income areas.

• Oversee the recruitment, onboarding, and training of listed nutrition consultants.• Monitor nutrition consultants’ assignment reports; appointment bookings, scheduling platforms, payment processing, etc.• Organize nutrition seminars and provide informational tools to educate patients and their families on the prevention and dietary management of chronic and non-chronic health conditions like obesity during community outreaches.• Promotes the community-led initiative “Communeating”… Show more • Oversee the recruitment, onboarding, and training of listed nutrition consultants.• Monitor nutrition consultants’ assignment reports; appointment bookings, scheduling platforms, payment processing, etc.• Organize nutrition seminars and provide informational tools to educate patients and their families on the prevention and dietary management of chronic and non-chronic health conditions like obesity during community outreaches.• Promotes the community-led initiative “Communeating” within local communities nationwide as its first Convener in 2018. Show less

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Human Nutrition And Dietetics

Activities and Societies: Student member of the Stakeholders’ panel of the Imo State University Medical Students Association (IMSUMSA).

Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

Pre-Science

Preliminary introduction into the biological sciences.

West African Senior Secondary Certificate, Sciences

High School Diploma in Sciences