DECENCY GLOBAL NEWS celebrates these pathfinders, the 2025 Cathedral Circuit Awardees on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of Methodist Cathedral Circuit in the Diocese of Kubwa on Sunday July 20, 2025.
Below are few of the Awardees led by the Abuja Archdiocesan Lay President, Sir AVM John Kayode-Beckley.
Sir AVM John Kayode-Beckley PhD, a security expert
Honour – Defender of Christian Faith
The Awardee, the incumbent Diocesan/Archdiocesan Lay President, Diocese of Abuja/Archdiocese of Abuja is an Accredited Lay Preacher in Methodist Church Nigeria. President, Archdiocesan Men’s Fellowship of Abuja. NEC member, National Methodist Men’s Fellowship as Chairman, Project Committee. A Worthy Knight of John Wesley and numerous other church awards. He is the President, Christ Ambassadors Society of Methodist Cathedral of Unity, Wuse, Abuja. A retired Air Vice Marshal of the Nigeria Air Force and PhD holder of Security management from Nasarawa State University.
Bro Victor Obiabo, a Public Servant
Honour – Wesley Order of Merit
The Awardee started his schooling at RCM Primary School, Odugbeho in Agatu local Government of Benue state
St Paul’s junior secondary school, Odugbeho
St John’s senior secondary school, Amoke in Apa Local Government of Benue state
Nasarawa Federal Polytechnic… Crime Management Prevention and Control
Nassarawa Federal Polytechnic…… Business Administration
*Missions experience:
United Nations Mission in Liberia and African Mission in Dafur, Sudan
*Positions held in the church:
Sunday school teacher… MCN Odugbeho
Church treasurer…. Odugbeho
Building Committee Chairman Jibi
Secretary, Methodist basic school, Jibi
Steward 2 MCN Jibi
Steward MCN Jibi
Quarterly Meeting Secretary, Cathedral Circuit
Cathedral Circuit Men’s Fellowship Secretary
Kubwa Diocesan Men’s Fellowship Public Relations Officer, (PRO)
Jibi sectional steward 2.
Admin officer at Social Development Secretariat under command and control FCT Abuja
Assistant secretary, Ihiotu Aine, Kubwa Abuja branch
Awards:
United Nations Medal
African unions medal
Friend of God in the Diocese of Abuja (FGDA).
The Very Rev Sola Ala JP
Honour – Defender of Christian Faith
Ala Olusola Adebowale was born on 1st January 1967 to
Tthe family of a Prince and retired Minister of God in MCN.
He is a former Presbyter in the Cathedral Circuit in Kubwa and had held several positions in MCN including:
Cathedral Presbyter, Kaduna (2006 – 2010)
Cathedral Presbyter of Hoarse Memorial, Yaba, Lagos (2012 – 2016)
Methodist Church Nigeria, Ile-Ife, Osun State (2016 – 2018)
Sir Uwem Jonah Useh KCW, distinguished scientist, environmental expert, and dedicated public servant
Honour – Defender of Christian Faith
CITATION OF SIR UWEM JONAH USEH
Sir Uwem Jonah Useh hails from Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. He is a distinguished scientist, environmental expert, and dedicated public servant. With a B.SC. in Biochemistry, M.SC in Environmental Resources Management and a Ph.D. in view, he has over two decades of experience spanning government, private sector, and non-governmental organizations, significantly contributing to science, energy, environment, and sustainable development.Sir Uwem has played a leading role in several national and international programs, including serving as Nigeria’s National Focal Point for the World Bank-assisted West Africa Coastal Area Management Program (WACA).
He has also been instrumental in major climate change initiatives, such as Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan, the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement, and the Comprehensive Plan of Action for Flood Disaster Management. His impact in environmental policy, resilience planning, and sustainable development has earned him national recognition, including the award for Best Creative and Innovative Writer in the Federal Civil Service of Nigeria during the 2016 Nigeria Civil Service Week.
As a Senior Technical Assistant at the Federal Capital Territory Administration, Sir Uwem has contributed to the socio-economic development of the FCT through key policy initiatives. He has chaired and participated in various committees, including The Nigeria Human Capital Opportunities for Prosperity and Equality (HOPE), the Committee for the Review of Land Rates in the FCT, and the FCT Steering Committee on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). His expertise in economic planning and revenue generation has influenced key policies on investment and public-private partnerships, ensuring strategic growth in Nigeria’s capital territory.Beyond his professional accomplishments, Sir Uwem is a passionate advocate of Christian music and hymnology.
As the founder of the Festival of 12 Hymns, he has revived hymn singing in churches and communities. He serves as the Director of Music at the Methodist Church Nigeria, Diocese of Kubwa, Abuja, and has composed numerous gospel anthems and hymns.
In recognition of his contributions to Christian music, he was conferred with the prestigious Knight of Charles Wesley (KCW) by the Methodist Church Nigeria in 2018. He also played a crucial role in the All-African Conference of Churches in 2023, where he served as the Chairman of the Music Sub-Committee.Sir Uwem’s commitment to the Cathedral Circuit is evident in his numerous Church development efforts. He has supported many church evangelism programs. As the cathedral Circuit Steward between 2018 to 2024, he facilitated the procurement of land for the Churches at New Bwari, Sabon Wuse, Kabba and Gwida.
His publication of two hymn books on Abiding Grace Hymnals with Commentaries as well as Abiding Grace Hymns & Anthems in January 2025 has helped reignite the love for hymn singing in our churches and communities as well as preserve the rich heritage of the church.
His dedication to the propagation of the gospel through music including church development makes him highly deserving of the prestigious Cathedral Circuit Award of Defender of Christian Faith, as conferred by the Leadership of the Cathedral Circuit.
Chief (Dr) Austin Nwankwo OOW, a Public Servant
Honour – Wesley Order of Merit
Chief (Dr) Austin Nwankwo, OOW
Born 10th of January 1971
A graduate of Public Administration from Dorbern Polytechnic and University of Calabar respectively.
Chief Austin Nwankwo, the incumbent President, Kubwa Diocese Men’s Fellowship, has held several positions in the church including youth general secretary (MCN kubwa), Trinity band secretary (Cathedral of unity) assistant and council secretary cathedral of grace, Methodist Awardees of the Officer of the Order of Wesley, (OOW).
Presently a Senior Society Steward, Kubwa Cathedral of Grace.
Chief Austin Nwankwo is a lover of football in and out of Abuja, he is from inception the chairman of Bishops cup competition in the Diocese of Kubwa for the 6 years and newly appointed for the same role in May 2025, he is the Patron of Youth Fellowship Diocese of Kubwa and as well Patron, Archdiocesan Youth Fellowship of Abuja.
Chief Dr Austin Nwankwo is the former Chairman of Umuigu Development Association Abuja branch and the former present President of the Oboro Community Welfare Association, Abuja branch.
He is married to a very amiable wife, Lolo Peace Enyongekere Nwankwo and they are blessed with three children.
Sir ‘Tunde Babalola KJW, MNIPR, ARPA, JP – an accomplished Journalist and Editor
Honour – Worthy Ambassador of Methodism
A Knight of John Wesley, (KJW); Officer of the Order of Wesley’s, (OOW) and Accredited Lay Preacher of Methodist Church Nigeria since 2005. He is the National Public Relations Officer (NPRO) of Methodist Men’s Fellowship.
He has held several leadership positions in the Church including Pioneer Quarterly Meeting Secretary of Old Suleja Circuit and Kubwa Circuit (now Cathedral Circuit); Pioneer Public Relations Officer of Diocese of Kubwa from 2012 to 2018. Senior Church Steward, MCN Kubwa (now Cathedral of Grace, Kubwa) for six years. Chaired several church committees. A faithful Methodist and Guilder, he chairs the Cathedral of Grace Wesley Guild and The President of Christ Ambassadors Society of the same church.
He is the Managing Editor of DECENCY GLOBAL NEWS. A member of Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, (mnipr) and associate member, registered practitioner of Advertising (arpa). An accomplished family man, married to Lady Janet Babalola with four children serving and worshipping God in Methodist Church Nigeria
Sir Dr Christian Chukwuma Agomoh KJW, an Educationist
Honour – Worthy Ambassador of Methodism
PROFILE OF SIR ELDER DR CHUKWUMA CHRISTIAN AGOMOH
Sir Elder Dr Chukwuma Christian Agomoh, Ph.D, OOW, KJW, ACGA, FCAI, DOB
c/o Methodist Cathedral of Grace, Phase 3, P.O. Box 294, Kubwa, Abuja. Nigeria. Telephone: 08033311969; 09160748132 (whatsapp only); E-mail: drccagomoh@yahoo.co.uk.
STATE OF ORIGIN: Abia State, Nigeria. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA: Umuahia South LGA; HOME DIOCESE:Umuahia West
SUMMARY – I hold a Ph.D in Educational Evaluation. I retired from Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Nigeria, as Director of Quality Assurance after participating in various Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), data-collection and training activities at various levels and in all States and the Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria from 1990 to 2015, and even after retirement in 2015. In 2017, I was engaged as a Sub-Consultant by Cambridge Education Nigeria Limited (CENL) on the Medium-Term Basic Education Strategic Plan (MTBESP) for Nigeria. In 2018, I was involved by Universal Basic Education Commission, Nigeria, as a member of a team that wrote the National Report of the 2017 National Assessment of Learning Achievement in Basic Education (NALABE) in Nigeria. I was involved in large-scale assessment of learning achievement in Nigeria for many years under the UBE Programme. I have the competence to conduct all types of evaluation-related activities.
ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (a) University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria (December 2006) Qualification: Ph.D in Educational Evaluation. My Ph.D thesis, titled “An Evaluation of the Child-Friendly Environmental Status of Primary Schools in Abia State, Nigeria”, was awarded the 1st Runner-Up in the Best Ph.D Thesis Competition in the University of Ibadan for the 2005/2006 Academic Session (award presented on 27 March, 2009).(b)University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria (January 1991) Qualification: Master of Education (M.Ed) in Educational Administration and Planning.
(c) University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria (July 1982)Qualification: Bachelor of Science in Education/Biology (Education/Biology), Second Class Honours, Lower Division.
(d) Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria (1979) – Qualification: Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) in Education/Biology/Chemistry. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS RELATED TO M&E(a) Workshop on Plan Monitoring and Evaluation at Nigeria Centre for Economic Management and Administration (NCEMA), Ibadan (2 weeks): 1995
(b) NPEC National Workshop on Project Monitoring and Evaluation for NPEC and SPEB Officials (Kaduna): 1998
(c)The World Bank: Train-the–Trainers’ Workshop on Continuous Assessment and Record-Keeping (Jos): 2000
(d)The World Bank Institute (WBI) – Workshop on Strategic Choices for Education Reform – Abuja, Ngeria, February 1-5. 2010.
(e)The World Bank: Project Launch Workshop for Second Nigeria Primary Education Project (CR 3346-UNI) (Abuja): 2001
(f) The World Bank Institute: Training Workshop on Introduction to Programme Evaluation (Video-Conferencing) (Abuja):May 2001
(g) 3rd IEA International Research Conference (IRC 2008) in Taipei, Taiwan: September 2008
(h)First Malaysian International Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (sponsored by UNICEF): April 2009
(i)The World Bank “Strategic Choices for Education Reform” Workshop in Abuja: February 2010(j)Capacity building training on Quality Assurance in Maryland, United States of America: July 2011
(k)The 15th National Conference of the Nigerian Association of Educational Researchers and Evaluators (NAERE): July, 2013.
(l)Member of the Nigerian Delegation to China on the Establishment of Special Vocational Centres in Nigeria (under the UBE Programme): May 2014.
(m)A One-Week National Conference on “Institutionalization of Quality Assurance/Monitoring and Evaluation Framework in the Nigerian Education Sector” for Directors of Quality Assurance/Monitoring and Evaluation in Nigeria at NIEPA, Ondo: August 2014
(n)Member of the Nigerian Delegation to South Korea on the Establishment of a Model School in Abuja, FCT: March 2015
(o)A One-Week National Conference on “Education Quality Assurance: A Panacea for Equity, Access and Accountability in Education” organized for Directors of Education Quality Assurance in Federal and State Ministries of Education and their Parastatals in Nigeria at NIEPA, Ondo: August 2015
(p) Participated in various data-collection and training programmes on access, equity and quality in basic education in Nigeria from 1990 to the August 2015. These are related to the World Bank-assisted Primary Education Projects (CR 2191-UNI and CR 3394 – UNI) in Nigeria, the UNICEF and UNESCO.(q)Participated in the recruitment and training of NCE holders in Nigeria under the Federal Teachers Scheme (FTS) in various States.(r)Participated in the training and re-training of teachers in Nigeria, under the MDGs funds, co-ordinated by the National Teachers’ Institute (NTI) in Oyo State in 2005 and 2006.(s)Skilled in the use of the SPSS package in data analysis.(t)CHAIRMAN, UNESCO Technical Sub-Committee for Eighth E-9 Ministerial Review Meeting, Abuja, Nigeria (engaged by NATCOM UNESCO, Nigeria): June 2010
PARTICIPATION IN MONITORING AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES (a) Routine Monitoring and Evaluation of Federal inputs into Primary Education/Basic Education in various States from 1990 to 2015. (b)Follow-up Monitoring and Evaluation of Federal inputs into Primary Education/Basic Education in various States from 1990 to 2015. (c)Various investigative monitoring and evaluation activities in States and Local Government Areas (from 1994 to 2015).(d)UBEC classroom construction monitoring activities in various States.(e)Various UBEC ad hoc activities (such as verification exercises, salary payments, data collection, etc) in some states as State Team Leader (from 1994 to 2015).(f) Monitoring and evaluation activities under the World Bank-assisted Primary Education Projects in some States as Team Leader.(g)Various UNICEF activities as UNICEF Desk Officer in UBEC Owerri Zone from 2001 to 2003. (h)Various World Bank Missions (Supervision, Appraisal, Preparation and Completion) under the World Bank-assisted Projects (from 1994 to 2001).(i)Co-ordinated various basic education-related national monitoring exercises in various states and Local Governments of Nigeria.(j)Coordinated research-related activities in basic education in UBE Commission.(k)Led the inter-departmental UNESCO Team that monitored and evaluated the Procter & Gamble (P&G) programme for the female gender in the FCT in 2015.(l)Coordinated the 2011 National Assessment of Learning Achievement in Basic Education (NALABE) in Nigeria.(m)MEMBER of National Road Map Implementation Task Team (NRITT): 2009 – 2015(n)SECRETARY, Access and Equity Task Team of FME NRITT: 2009 – 2015(o)MEMBER, Ministerial Committee on Quality Assurance: 2012 – 2015(p)MEMBER, Nigeria National Committee of WAEC: 2012 – 2015(q)MEMBER, Nigeria Administrative & Finance Committee of WAEC: 2012 – 2015(r) MEMBER, International Examinations Committee of WAEC: 2012 – 2015INVOLVEMENT IN MONITORING AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIESAS A HIGHER DEGREE STUDENT IN UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN(2004-2006)(a)Represented Amoye Research Institute, Ibadan on data collection in Ebonyi State in November/December 2004.(b)Participated in Institute of Education (University of Ibadan) classroom interaction studies in Enugu State in June 2006.(c)Participated in Institute of Education (University of Ibadan) classroom interaction studies in Oyo State in July 2006
SOME RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS (a)Publications in Journals(i)Agomoh, C. C. and Adewale, G. (2008). An investigation of the child-friendly environmental status of primary schools in terms of nature of classrooms. African Journal of Educational Research. Vol. 12, No 1, pages 94-103.(ii)Agomoh, C. C. and Adewale, J. G. (2009). An assessment of the availability of selected teaching-learning materials in primary schools in Abia State, Nigeria. UBE Forum, Journal of Basic Education in Nigeria, No. 5, pages 36 – 51.(iii)Agomoh, C. C. (2012). The feasibility of achieving Education for All (EFA) by 2015. Education Today, A Journal of the Federal Ministry of Education. Vol. 13, No. 2, pages 13 – 23.(iv)Agomoh, C. C. (2013). Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)-Driven Economy: A Panacea to Self-Reliance, Restiveness and Terrorism. Education Today, A Journal of the Federal Ministry of Education. Vol. 14, No. 1, August 2013, pages 16 – 19.(v)Agomoh, C. C. (???). “Insecurity in Basic Education institutions: Possible Causes and Solutions”. Being considered for publication in Education Today, A Journal of the Federal Ministry of Education.(vi) Agomoh, C. C. (2017). “Suitability of School Sites in Abia State Primary Schools”. UBE Journal, Journal of Basic Education in Nigeria, Vol. 7, pages 145-158.(vii)Agomoh, C. C. and Adewale, J. G. (2024). A Causal Model of the Child-Friendly Environmental Status of Primary Schools in Abia State, Nigeria. In: Trending Issues in Evaluation: A Book in Honour of Charles Oghenerume Onocha. Edited by Eugenia A. Okwilagwe and Monica N. Odinko. Institute of Education, University of Ibadan.(b)Contributions to BooksOnocha, C. O. and Agomoh, C. C. (2014). Educational Measurement and Evaluation Agencies in Nigeria. In Educational Counselling and Evaluation (Readings in Honour of Professor E. Adenike Emeke). Edited by A.O.U. Onuka & M.N. Odinko (University of Ibadan). September 2014, pages 168 – 185. (c)Papers presented at National Conferences(i)Agomoh, C. C. (2009). “Comparative Analysis of Global Best Practices Applicable to ECD Interventions – Malaysian Experience Perspective”. Presentation at a Roundtable Discussion on Early Childhood Development in Nigeria organized by NERDC/UNICEF at Rockview Hotel Abuja on September 28, 2009. (ii)Agomoh, C. C. and Oyekan A. O. (2016). “The Role of Directors of Education Quality Assurance in Overcoming Quality Assurance Challenges” – A Paper Presented at a 3-Day Conference of Directors of Education Quality Assurance at NIEPA, Ondo (22 – 26 August, 2016).
OTHER COMPETENCES(a)Competent and skilled to design and carry out research studies(b)Competent and skilled to design and carry out evaluation studies(c)Competent and skilled to use such computer programmes as SPSS for analysis, Microsoft Power Point, etc.
REFEREES
(a) Prof. J. G. Adewale, ICEE, Institute of Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan.(b)Prof. Uche M. Nzewi – Faculty of Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. (c)Prof. Abubakar Hamman-Tukur – Department of Education, Faculty of Education, University of Maiduguri, PMB 1069, Maiduguri.
