ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) (Hons.) Degree in Urban and Regional Planning (August, 1987).
Masters of Science (M. Sc.) Degree in Urban and Regional Planning (December, 1991).
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Urban and Regional Planning (December, 1997).
Certificate of Achievement in Advanced Study in Comparative Institutional Analysis and Development, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Department of Political Science, Indiana University, USA, (May 2004).
Member of Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (MNITP).
Member of Town Planners Registration Council of Nigeria (TOPREC)
Visiting Scholar, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, 2003-2004 and March-June, 2006.
Justice of the Peace of Osun State of Nigeria (JP)
Member of Nigerian Association for Public Administration and Management (NAPAM)
Fellow of the Institute of Administrative Management of Nigeria (FIAMN)
Member of International Sociological Association (ISA)
Member of Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA).

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Development Planning, Environmental and Local/Community Development, and Poverty Reduction in Africa:-
My research interest focuses on how to initiate and implement comprehensive development planning that cuts across various sectors of African economy and to conserve environmental resources. This can be achieved by drawing pragmatic lessons from local/community institutions to reconstitute order from the bottom up and thereby lay foundations for the emergence of adaptive self-reliant arrangements in Nigeria and Africa. This, I believe, is the only way to achieve greater self- reliant capabilities in confronting problems and realizing opportunities in the light of diverse contexts in which African people live.

SPECIAL AWARDS:
West African Research Association’s (WARA) Fellowship for the completion of book project, titled, "Polycentricity and Self-Governance in Yorubaland: A Passage to a Democratic Society in Nigeria" at the African Studies Programms and the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, March-June, 2006.

Award of Excellence for Sabbatical Leave for book project, titled, "Polycentricity and Self-Governance in Yorubaland: A Passage to a Democratic Society in Nigeria" at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, 2003-2004 academic session.

TEACHING AREAS:
Urban and Regional Planning.
Community Development
Environmental Studies
Natural Resources (oil and solid minerals) and Environmental Planning

CURRENT POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION: Nil

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
"Polycentric Planning and Community Self-Governance as Panacea to the Niger Delta Crisis." African Journal of Development (AJD). New York University, USA. (Accepted and Forthcoming).
"Coping With Social Deprivation through Self-Governing Institutions in Oil Communities of Nigeria." Africa Today. Volume 55, Number 1 (October 2008), Africa Program, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana State, USA. (Accepted and Forthcoming).
"Community Self-Governance as a Panacea for Environmental and Social Injustice in the Niger-Delta of Nigeria." Akin Alao and Rotimi Taiwo (eds.). New Frontiers in African Studies. African World Press and Red Sea Press. (Accepted and Forthcoming).
"Alternative Planning Models for Development in Africa." Conference Proceedings of the Second Biennial Knowledge Management Africa (KMA) Conference, organised by The Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA) at the Kenyatta International Conference center, Nairobi, Kenya, 17th - 19th July, 2007 (Accepted and Forthcoming).
"Knowledge Generation, Political Actions and African Development: A Polycentric Approach." International Journal of African Renaissance Studies. Multi-, Inter and Transdisciplinarity, ISSN 1818-6878. Volume 2, Number 2, 2007, Pretoria, South Africa: University of South Africa Press and Routledge. pp 217-238.
"Reducing Environmental Degradation and Poverty through Environmental Governance in Nigeria." In S. Padmaja, N.C. Gautam and Mohd. Akhter Ali (eds.) Environmental Impact Assessment Studies, BS Publications, 4-4-309, Giriraj Lane, SultanBazar, Hyderabad, 29 A.P. (Accepted and Forthcoming).
"Coping with Infrastructural Deprivation through Collective Action among Rural People in Nigeria." Nordic Journal of African Studies. Vol. 16(1) 2007, pp. 30-46. (Online – http://www.njas.helsinki.fi).
"Structural Transformation and Polycentric Governance: Complementary Strategy towards Nigeria’s Reform Agenda". Proceedings of the 14th General Assembly of Social Science Academy of Nigeria, 2005, pp. 238-250.
"Rural Roads and Settlements Linkage: An Analysis of Socio-economic Interactions in Rural Area of Ife region, Osun State, Nigeria", Research for Development (Nigeria Institute of Socio-Economic Research – NISER – Journal), Ibadan, Vol. 17, Nos. 1 & 2, December 2003, pp. 1-25.
"University Education, Appropriate Technology and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria: The Missing Link". Proceedings of a Regional Workshop on Promotion of Appropriate Agro-Processing Technologies in West Africa", Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 2002, pp. 69-78.
With R.O. Salawu, "An Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Private Sector Participation (PSP) Initiatives in Solid Waste Management in Mushin Local Government Area, Lagos State", in Dolapo Amole, Ayo Ajayi & Afolabi Okewole (eds.) (2002), Proceedings of a National Conference on The City in Nigeria: Perspectives, Issues, Challenges, and Strategies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, pp. 80-87.
"Effective Management of Solid Waste at The Local Government Level in Lagos Metropolis", Nigeria Journal of Social and Educational Research, A Publication of the Nigerian Association of Social and Educational Research, University of Ado-Ekiti, Ado-Ekiti, 2000, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 34-39.
"Balancing the Equation of Governance at the Grassroots", in Adebayo Adedeji and Bamidele Ayo (eds.): People-Centred Democracy in Nigeria? The Search for Alternative Systems of Governance at the Grassroots, Heinemann Educational Books (Nigeria) Plc., Ibadan, 2000, pp. 171-197.
"The Pattern of Housing Quality in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria", Ife Journal of Environmental Design and Management, Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, (Maiden Issue), 1998, Vol. 1, Nos. 1 & 2, pp. 109 - 120.
"Oil Prospecting, National Integration (Unity) and Sustainable Development in Nigeria", in Obidi, S. S.; Afolabi, E. R. I.; Adedibu, M. A. and Kobiowu, S. V. (1998): Book of Readings on Education, Environment and Sustainable National Development. Cardinal Crest Limited, Ibadan, 1998, pp. 285-296.
"The Triology of Road Development as the Efficacy of Master Planning in Transport Sector in Nigeria", in Ilesanmi, F. A. (ed.): Master Planning Approach to Physical Development: The Nigerian Experience, Paraclete Publishers, Yola, 1998, pp. 102-112.
"Environmental Impact of Gold Mining on the Local Community in Ijesha Region, Osun State, Nigeria", Ife Research Publications in Geography, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 1997, Vol. 6, Nos. 1 & 2, p. 133-138.
With A. Awotona, "The Impact of Road Construction on the Local Environment in Nigeria: A Case of Road Projects in Osun State, Nigeria", in Meyer, Peter B. and Lyons, Thomas S. (eds.) The Small City and Regional Community, Proceedings of Twelfth Conference on the Small City and Regional Community, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A., 1997, pp. 191-202.
"Housing Provision for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled in Nigerian Urban Centres: A Case of Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria", in Bayo Amole (ed.) Proceedings of a National Symposium on The House in Nigeria (history, place, environment and development), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 1997, pp. 254-260.
With Awotona, A., "The Participation of Women in Housing and Community Development in Africa: A Case Study of Nigeria". In Emine M. Komut (ed.): Housing Question of the "Others", Chamber of Architects of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey, 1996, pp. 106-115.
With Olowu, C. A. B., "Urban Governance and Urban Poverty in Nigeria", in A. G. Onibokun and A. Faniran (eds.) Governance and Urban Poverty in Anglophone West Africa, Centre for African Settlement Studies and Development (CASSAD), Monograph Series 4, Ibadan, 1995, pp. 20-42.
"Governance and the Deprived Group: A Case from the Oil Producing Region of Nigeria", Journal of Nigerian Public Administration and Management (NAPAM), Lagos, 1992, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 68-77.

SUMMARY OF PROFILE
As a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Architecture, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria, my research incentives are directed towards Development Planning, Environmental and Local/Community Development, and Poverty Reduction in Africa. Using Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework, my work is concerned with community institutions as the platform and basal point of decision making on the rational utilization and sustainability of environmental resources in meeting the yearning and aspirations of Nigerian and African citizens. The question of how policies on rural and urban development can reduce poverty and enhance citizens’ welfare becomes a central focus. My contributions to the study of Development Planning in Nigeria and Africa as shown in my thirty one (31) publications (in books, journals and published conference proceedings) of which thirteen (13) are foreign and forty six (46) conference papers have been directed towards these research incentives.