{"id":388,"date":"2017-04-11T03:39:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T03:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nifaas.org.ng\/?page_id=388"},"modified":"2017-06-06T14:24:37","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T14:24:37","slug":"pro","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nifaas.org.ng\/site\/administration\/executives\/pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Relations Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Professor Samson Olusegun APANTAKU<\/strong><\/p>\n

Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development,<\/em><\/p>\n

Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta<\/em><\/p>\n

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Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Apostolic Church Primary School, Igbogi\/Ikoyi Street, Ilesa. (First School Cert. 1970).<\/li>\n
  2. St. Charles Grammar School, Osogbo. (WASC-1975)<\/li>\n
  3. University of Nigeria, Nsukka, BSc (1982)<\/li>\n
  4. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois, MSc Agric. Educ. & Mech. 1990<\/li>\n
  5. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA. PhD Agric. Ext. Educ. 1992<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Work Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n

    *Appointed Lecturer II in 1994 and promoted Professor<\/strong> of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) in 2007.<\/p>\n

    *Two-term Dean<\/strong>, College of Agricultural Management and Rural Development, (FUNAAB) (2009 – 2013).<\/p>\n

    *Visiting Professo<\/strong>r, Department of Agricultural Extension and Economics, Osun State University 2014-2015.<\/p>\n

    *National Secretary<\/strong>, Association of Deans of Agriculture in Nigerian Universities (ADAN) 2012-2013.<\/p>\n

    *Visiting Associate Professor<\/strong>, Kogi State University, Anyigba, Nigeria (2006 \u2013 2007).<\/p>\n

    *Principal<\/strong>, Leventis Foundation Nigeria Agricultural School, Ilesha, Osun State. (1993-1994).<\/p>\n

    *Ag-Resource Person<\/strong>, Ag-Resource Unit, Department of Agricultural Education and Mechanization, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA. (1990 – 1992).<\/p>\n

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    Research and Teaching<\/strong> Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Participatory Agricultural Extension and Research; Group Dynamics; Technology Transfer; Rural Development\/Sociology and Community Development.<\/p>\n

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    External Examiner <\/strong>to Northwest University, Mafikeng Campus, Mmabatho, South Africa; University of Ibadan, Nigeria;, University of Fort Hare, Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa; University of Cape Coast, Ghana; and several other Universities in Nigeria. He has examined over 40 Masters and PhD theses; and assessed 21 candidates for Professorial promotion.<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/strong>Prof. Apantaku has published<\/strong> over 60 Journal articles, 35 Conference Proceedings, 3 Technical Reports in International and Local outlets. He has travelled to most parts of the world.<\/p>\n

    He is also a member: Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria; Rural Sociological Society of Nigeria; African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services; Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services.<\/p>\n

    He is married, has children and lives with his family in Abeokuta, Nigeria<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Professor Samson Olusegun APANTAKU Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta \u00a0 Education Apostolic Church Primary School, Igbogi\/Ikoyi Street, Ilesa. (First School Cert. 1970). St. Charles Grammar School, Osogbo. (WASC-1975) University of Nigeria, Nsukka, BSc (1982) Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois, MSc Agric. Educ. & Mech. 1990 Southern Illinois […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":52,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-388","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","pmpro-has-access"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"cikm","author_link":"https:\/\/nifaas.org.ng\/site\/author\/cikm\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":null,"rttpg_excerpt":"Professor Samson Olusegun APANTAKU Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta \u00a0 Education Apostolic Church Primary School, Igbogi\/Ikoyi Street, Ilesa. (First School Cert. 1970). St. Charles Grammar School, Osogbo. (WASC-1975) University of Nigeria, Nsukka, BSc (1982) Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois, MSc Agric. Educ. & Mech. 1990 Southern Illinois…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nifaas.org.ng\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nifaas.org.ng\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nifaas.org.ng\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nifaas.org.ng\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nifaas.org.ng\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nifaas.org.ng\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":399,"href":"https:\/\/nifaas.org.ng\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/388\/revisions\/399"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nifaas.org.ng\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nifaas.org.ng\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}