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B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D; agronomist, soil scientist, university teacher, administrator; b: July 21, 1937; ht: Etc Town; Iga: Ikot Abasi; so: Akwa Ibom; m: Uduak Estella Akpan, 1969 (deceased); nc: four s; ed: Etc Methodist Central School, 1942-50; Etc Town, Ikot Abasi Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State; Methodist Boys' High School, Oron, 1951-56; Hope Wadell Training Institute, Calabar, 1957-58; University College, Ibadan, 1959-63; University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, 1964-68. cr: snr. Science Teacher, Ibibio State College, Ikot Ekpene, 1963-64; Research Chemist. Ministry of Agriculture, Eastern Nigeria, March-July, 1964; Ucturer, University of Ibadan, 1968-76; snr. Lecturer, 1976-80; Reader, 1980-84; Visiting prof. Head of Department. Soil and Water Management, Bendel State University, Ekpoma, 1982-83; prof. Agronomy, University of Ibadan, since 1984; Head of Department of Agriculture, University of Cross River State, Uyo, 1987-88; visiting Scholar, University of Cross River State, Uyo, 1986-87; became prof. October 1, 1984; Head, Department of Soil Science, University of Calabar, Calabar, 1990-92; Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Calabar, 1992-93; Head, Department of Agronomy, University of Uyo, 1994-96; dir. University of Uyo Consultancy Services, (Uniuyo Consult) since 1996; mm: Committee on Fertilizer Manufacture in Nigeria, 1973; Scientific Adviser to Etc Town Council, Ikot Abasi, 1987-91; presd. Uta Ewa Fishing and Marketing Co-operative Society, Ikot Abasi; 1987-91; ch. Project Planning Committee, Rural and Industrial Deveiopmcnt Fund, Ikot Abasi Local Government Area, 1987-88; mm. Task Force on Soil and Land Use Survey of Akwa Ibom State, 1988-90; ch. Akwa Ibom State Ecological Commission, 1991-92; mm. University of Calabar Teaching Hospital Management Board, 1991-93, West African Examination Council, 1991-93; Committee on National Soil Testing and Fertilizer Demonstration in Nigeria, leader of the team for Akwa Ibom State, 1986-90; Ikot Abasi Deveiopmcnt Advisory Committee, 1994-96; Council of Elders of Akwa Ibom Deveiopmcnt Forum, Educational and Manpower Advisory Committee, OMPADEC, Akwa Ibom State, since 1994; Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Protection Committee, Ikot Abasi Local Government Area, since 1996; President general, Mboho Ikot Abasi, since 1995; v-presd. Soil Science Society of Nigeria; treasurer. Science Association of Nigeria; mm: West African Association, Chemical Society of Nigeria, Nigerian Environmental Society, Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Science in Africa, Soil Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy, International Society of Soil Science, Nigerian Environmental Study/Action Team; Deputy Editor, Nigerian Journal of Soil Science, 1980-92; comm. Agriculture Akwa Ibom State, 1999; prof. University of Uyo, currrently; h. Eastern Nigerian Government Scholar (Secondary and undergraduate); USA Aid for International Development Scholar; Commonwealth Fellowship Award, University of Reading, England, 1974-75. publ: Co-author, Acid Sands of Southern Nigeria. Soil Science Society of Nigeria pp.165, 1980; co-author. The determination of total phosphorus in Nigerian Soils. Nigerian Journal of Science, 5:127-133, 1972; co-author. Phosphorus retention in selected soils from Southern Nigeria, Nigerian Agric Journal, 147-152; co-author. Characteristics of phosphorus absorption by some Nigerian Soils, Soil Science Society Am proc. 36:379-383, 1972; co-author. Phosphorus requirements of five Nigerian Soils by use of phosphate sorption isotherns. Journal, West African Science Association 17:125133, 1972; co-author. Forms and distribution of phosphorus in three Nigerian Soil Profiles along a toposequence. Tropical Agric, Trinidad, 54, 149-156, 1976; co-author. Phosphorus fractions in selected Nigerian soils. Soil Science Society, Am J. 41:1141-1146, 1977; among several others, sc: Senior Staff Club, University of Ibadan; Senior Staff Club, University of Calabar; University of Uyo; Uyo Club, hob: swimming, gardening, reading, off: Faculty of Agriculture, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
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