Feb. - June 2005

Selected as Respectable Elder Statesman by President Olusegun Obasanjo to participate in the Nigerian National Political Reform Conference, February 2005 to June 2005.

1996 - 1997

Member, Vision 2010 Committee, The Presidency, Abuja

1991 – 1993

Pioneer Chairman, National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), The Presidency, Abuja

1988-95

Pioneer Vice Chancellor, University of Agriculture, Makurdi

1985 – 1993

Member, Presidential Advisory Committee (PAC), The Presidency, Lagos and Abuja

1987

Chief Consultant, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Rural Development and Team Leader, Tariff Study Group and Policy Analysis Capability Development Programme in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture

1986 – 1989

Member, Governing Council of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka

1984 – 1986

First Nigerian Head, Federal Agricultural Co-ordinating Unit (FACU), Federal Ministry of Agriculture, co-ordinating all World Bank assisted Agricultural Development Projects (ADPs) in Nigeria, the largest World Bank Agricultural lending portfolio in Africa

1978 to date

Consultant to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Co-ordinator, Rural Infrastructure Survey Project

1975 – 1983

Member, State Parastatal Boards, Kwara and Benue States

7  years

Staff of Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) system (IFPRI and ISNAR)

1997

Chairman, External Program and Management Review Team, Special Program on African Agricultural Research (SPAAR), The World Bank

1996

Chairman, External Review Panel that reviewed Nigeria’s 18 National Agricultural Research Institutes under the auspices of the World Bank-assisted National Agricultural Research Project (NARP)

1994-98

Member, International Advisory Committee, 2020 Vision on Food, Population and the Environment, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

1991-93

Pioneer Chairman, National Agricultural Development Authority (NALDA), The Presidency, Nigeria,

1988-95

Pioneer Vice Chancellor, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria: 6 Colleges with 6 Deans, 25 Academic Departments with 25 Heads of Departments, 2 Extra Collegiate Institutes with 2 Directors, 4, 000 students; 5 Industrial Unions of Staff (academic and non-academic); 165 academic staff

1985-92

Member, Presidential Advisory Council, The Presidency, Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria

1985

Member, IDRC Panel on Impact Assessment of  CGIAR

1984-86

First Nigerian Head, Federal Agricultural Coordinating Unit with responsibility for coordinating all World Bank-assisted Agricultural Development Projects in Nigeria

1982-97

Consultant to the World bank

1972 to 2003

Lecturer, University of Ibadan (1972-75); Senior Lecturer (1975-77); Reader (1977-81); and Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan (1981-2003)

1972

Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing

1971 to 1988

Consultant to FAO, IFAD, WHO, UNDP, Federal Government of Nigeria, etc.

Feb. - June 2005

Selected as Respectable Elder Statesman by President Olusegun Obasanjo to participate in the Nigerian National Political Reform Conference, February 2005 to June 2005.

1996 - 1997

Member, Vision 2010 Committee, The Presidency, Abuja

1991 – 1993

Pioneer Chairman, National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), The Presidency, Abuja

1988-95

Pioneer Vice Chancellor, University of Agriculture, Makurdi

1985 – 1993

Member, Presidential Advisory Committee (PAC), The Presidency, Lagos and Abuja

1987

Chief Consultant, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Rural Development and Team Leader, Tariff Study Group and Policy Analysis Capability Development Programme in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture

1986 – 1989

Member, Governing Council of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka

1984 – 1986

First Nigerian Head, Federal Agricultural Co-ordinating Unit (FACU), Federal Ministry of Agriculture, co-ordinating all World Bank assisted Agricultural Development Projects (ADPs) in Nigeria, the largest World Bank Agricultural lending portfolio in Africa

1978 to date

Consultant to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Co-ordinator, Rural Infrastructure Survey Project

1975 – 1983

Member, State Parastatal Boards, Kwara and Benue States

7  years

Staff of Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) system (IFPRI and ISNAR)

1997

Chairman, External Program and Management Review Team, Special Program on African Agricultural Research (SPAAR), The World Bank

1996

Chairman, External Review Panel that reviewed Nigeria’s 18 National Agricultural Research Institutes under the auspices of the World Bank-assisted National Agricultural Research Project (NARP)

1994-98

Member, International Advisory Committee, 2020 Vision on Food, Population and the Environment, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

1991-93

Pioneer Chairman, National Agricultural Development Authority (NALDA), The Presidency, Nigeria,

1988-95

Pioneer Vice Chancellor, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria: 6 Colleges with 6 Deans, 25 Academic Departments with 25 Heads of Departments, 2 Extra Collegiate Institutes with 2 Directors, 4, 000 students; 5 Industrial Unions of Staff (academic and non-academic); 165 academic staff

1985-92

Member, Presidential Advisory Council, The Presidency, Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria

1985

Member, IDRC Panel on Impact Assessment of  CGIAR

1984-86

First Nigerian Head, Federal Agricultural Coordinating Unit with responsibility for coordinating all World Bank-assisted Agricultural Development Projects in Nigeria

1982-97

Consultant to the World bank

1972 to 2003

Lecturer, University of Ibadan (1972-75); Senior Lecturer (1975-77); Reader (1977-81); and Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan (1981-2003)

1972

Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing

1971 to 1988

Consultant to FAO, IFAD, WHO, UNDP, Federal Government of Nigeria, etc.