GANDONU, Professor Ajato

BA, Ph.D, geographer, born in Lagos; married, has children; Education: University College, Lon don, UK, University of Leicester, UK, 1974; Research Fellowand Consultant, Nigerian In stitute for Social and Economic Research, NISER, Ibadan, 1976-79; fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1979-81; appointed Professor and Director of Environmental Studies, Open Univeristy, Abuja, 1981-83; appointed Commissioner for Education, Lagos State, since 1987; Board member, Lagos State Development and Pro perty Corporation, 1976-79; consultant on state matters, Federal Military Government, 1976-79; member, Federal Capital Territory Location Panel; member, Board of Directors, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Abuja; member, Team of Experts on Investigation of Land Tenure as it affects Agriculture in Nigeria; Consultant on the Metropolitan Lagos Master Plan Projects; Publications: Land Use and Industrialisation in Lagos, 1974; Nigeria Urban Land Supply Allocation Rations and Policy Guidelines, 1976; Policy Issuesfor Industrial Dispersal in Nigeria, 1976; Land use Planning in Nigeria: Problem, Procedure and Prospects, 1978; 250 Nigerian Ethnic Groups: Realities and Assumptions in…