B.Sc, Civil Service, agriculturist, agricultural management consultant; born September 30, 1928. Education: Kaduna Government College, 1942- 46; School of Agriculture, Samaru, Zaria, 1947-50; Durham Company Agricultural Institute, Durham, England, 1954-55; Durham University, 1959; California University; School of Professional Management, Pentaluma, USA, 1989. Career: Appointed Agricultural Assistant, Shendam,Jemaa Areas, 1951-60; Senior Agricultural Officer, Zaria Province, Northern Nigeria, 1962-63; Principal Agricultural Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Officer, Northern Region of Nigeria, 1966-68; Chief Agricultural Officer, Kwara State, 1969-70; Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 1975-78; Chairman, Board of Agricultureand Rural Development, 1975- 78; Chairman, Board of Kwara State Health Management Board, 1978; Director, Depart ment of Agriculture, 1970; member, Board of Trustees, International Livestock Center, Ethiopia;Vice-Chairman, International Insti tute for Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan; Life fellow, International Biographical Centre, member, Rotary Intematioinal Club, Ilorin; member/past President, Agricultural Society ofNigeria. Honours: Officer ofthe Federal Republic, 1975; Food foundation Grant, Doctor of Science, City University of Los Angeles, USA, 1989; Home: 32, Yahaya road, GRA, P. O. Box 1021, Ilorin, Kwara State.
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