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| ProfessorBashiru Ademola RajiFAAS, FSSSN | |
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| File:Ademola Raji.jpgProfessor Bashiru Ademola Raji, the 2nd substantive Vice chancellor of Fountain University | |
| Born | Offa, Kwara, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Citizenship | Nigeria |
| Alma mater | Ahmadu Bello University |
| Occupation(s) | Pedologist Soil scientist Geologist Academics Educational administrator |
| Known for | |
| Term | December 2012 – |
| Predecessor | Professor Bukoye Oloyede |
Bashiru Ademola Raji, FAAS is a Nigerian professor of soil science, Pedologist, geologist, environmental impact assessment expert and incumbent Vice chancellor of Fountain University, Oshogbo. He is the second substantive Vice chancellor of the University. His research interest is in the area of soil survey, Land-use planning, environmental impact assessment of natural resource utilization and Pedology, the study of soils in their natural environment. It deals with Pedogenesis, the science and study of the processes that lead to the formation of soil and first explored by the Russian geologist Vasily Dokuchaev.
Background
Bashiru was born in Offa, a city and Local Government Area located in Kwara State, North-Central Nigeria. He obtained a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degree in Geology before he received a Doctorate degree in soil science from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He later obtained a postgraduate diploma in soil survey from the International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Science (ITC) in Enschede, Netherlands. He began his academic career at Ahmadu Bello University where he became a professor of soil science and served as Dean of student affairs. He served as Assistant Dean of Postgraduate School, Faculty of Agriculture for two years (2003 - 2005) before he was appointment as Dean of student affairs. Prior to this appointment, he was Head of the department of soil science, faculty of agriculture, and the director of academic planning and monitoring unit of the university for two years (2006 - 2008). In 2003, he became a member of Ahmadu Bello University Senate representative of the Governing Board of National Agricultural Extension Research Liaison Services and served in that capacity for two years. He was formerly a visiting professor at the University of Ilorin where he coordinated the department of forest resources management for two years (2013 - 2013). In December 2012, he was appointed as the second substantive Vice chancellor of Fountain University. He succeeded Professor Bukoye Oloyede, the pioneer Vice chancellor of the University.
Scientific contributions
Bashiru is one of Nigeria's most prolific writers in the field of soil science. He has authored over 90 scholarly articles in learned journals as well as books, books chapter, conference abstracts and monograph. He had supervised several undergraduate and postgraduate student. In 2008, he investigated the profile distribution of total and available sulphur and Boron in sandy soils of Nigerian Semi-Arid Savanna. The investigation recommended the use of boronated single supper phosphate and other sulphur-based fertilizers in sandy soil areas. In the same year, he investigated the Kinetics desporption of native phosphorus from soils of varying lithogenic origins in the Nigerian savanna. In 2011, he investigated the Integration of indigenous knowledge and conventional soil science approaches to detailed soil survey in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The investigation suggested that local soil name should be integrated into the soil map legend for sustainable development and improved communication between soil scientists and farmers. He has attended several scientific conferences and has presented posters and abstracts at numerous international conferences including the International Conference on Desertification held in Cape Town, South Africa in 2002 and the 18th World Congress of Soil Science held at Philadelphia, United State of America in 2006. He served as Managing Editor of the Nigerian Journal of Soil research for 7 years (1999-2006) and currently serving as Associate Editor of the Nigerian Journal of Soil and Environmental Research.
Honours and recognition
Raji is a fellow of the African Scientific Institute and fellow of the Soil Science Society of Nigeria. He is the secretary of the Soil Science Society of Nigeria.
See also
References
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