ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES
AN AFRICAN JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND DISCOVERY

Board of Editors

President / Editor-in-Chief
Alex D.W. Acholonu, PhD, FAS, OON
Alcorn State University (USA)

Managing Editor
Chidi E. Akujor, PhD, FAS
Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Deputy Managing Editor
Christopher A. Emenyonu, PhD
Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Production Editor
Oluwasogo A. Ogungbenro, M.Sc.
Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Associate Editors
Val Ekechukwu, PhD, University of Nigeria
M.S. Zaman, PhD, Alcorn State University (USA)
Sani Ali, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University
Carl E. Agaba Okezie, PhD, University of Nigeria
D.I. Osuigwe, PhD, Federal University of Technology, Owerri
Ifeoma I. Ijeh, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture
Robert Sizemore, PhD, Alcorn State University (USA)

Contributing Editors
U.G. Dambatta, PhD, Bayero University
L.B. Bilbis, PhD, Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto
Hamed Benghuzzi, PhD, University of Mississippi Medical Center (USA)
Michelle Tucci, PhD, University of Mississippi Medical Center (USA)
Patrick Igbokwe, PhD, Alcorn State University (USA)
Junaidu Sahalu, PhD, Ahmadu Bello University

Consulting Editors
Raymond Akwule, PhD
Ikenna Onyido, PhD, FAS
Alex O. E. Animalu, PhD, FAS, NNOM
Anya O. Anya, PhD, D.Sc. (Hon), FAS, OFR, NNOM
Augustine O. Esogbue, PhD, FAS, NNOM, FIEEE (USA)

FROM THE 15TH OF MAY 2020, "ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY" WISHES TO BE KNOWN AS "ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES"