FALEYIMU, Orimoloye Ipoola

ND; B. For & W/L; PGDE; M.Sc.; Ph.D.

Dept of Biological Sciences,

Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Nigeria.

E-mail: ;

Tel: 08072799314, 07063433207

Current Position: Senior Lecturer (Forestry)

Administrative Position: Sub-Dean and Examination Officer, Faculty of Science

Gender: Male

State of Origin: Ondo State, Nigeria

Date of Birth: 14th March, 1972

Local Govt.: Ondo West

Marital Status: Married (with three children)

Research Interest: Forest Resources Management; Ethno-classification and uses

of Forest Plants and Products

Educational Background

Qualifications / Awarding Institution / Location of
Institution / Date
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D. Forest Resources Mgt.) / University of Ibadan / Ibadan, Nigeria / 2010
Postgraduate Diploma
(Education) / National Teachers’
Institute (Affiliated to
UDU, Sokoto) / Kaduna, Nigeria / 2008
Master of Science (M.Sc. Forest Resources Mgt.) / University of Ibadan / Ibadan, Nigeria / 2003
Bachelor of Forestry and
Wildlife Management (B. For & W/L Mgt.) / University of Agriculture / Abeokuta, Nigeria / 2000
National Diploma (Forestry Technology) / Federal College of Forestry / Ibadan, Nigeria / 1994
SSCE / Abadina College,
University of Ibadan / Ibadan, Nigeria / 1992
Pry. Sch. Cert. / Methodist Primary School / Ibadan, Nigeria / 1986

WORKING EXPERIENCE WITH DATES

Establishment Status Date

(a) Ondo State Uni of Sci &Tech, Oktp. Senior Lecturer Dec. 2011 till date

(b) Ondo State Uni of Sci &Tech, Oktp. Lecturer I Jan 2011- Dec. 2011

(d) University of Ibadan Teaching and Research Assistant Mar 2007-Jul 2007

(e) JUBILEE International College

Ojoo Ibadan Teacher Aug 2005-Feb; 2007

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIP 1. Vice-Chancellors’ Award (Professor Okojie) for the

Best Graduating Student (1998/99 Session)

2. Federal Government Scholarship (2003)

3. Bashorun M.K.O. Research Fellowship (2004/2005)

Postgraduate School, University of Ibadan

4. Bashorun M.K.O. Research Fellowship (2005/2006)

Postgraduate School, University of Ibadan

5. University of Ibadan Postgraduate Scholarship (2007)

6. OSUSTECH Research Grant (2012)

7. Commendation letter from OSUSTECH Senate

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES HELD:

Member, OSUSTECH Anti-Corruption Committee (2012 till date)

Sub-Dean (Faculty of Science), OSUSTECH (2013 till date)

Faculty of Science Examination Officer, OSUSTECH (2011 till date)

Secretary, Prospectus Drafting Committee, OSUSTECH (2011 till date)

Member, Time Table Planning Committee, OSUSTECH (2011 till date)

Course Adviser (Faculty of Science’s 100 Level), OSUSTECH (2011-2012)

Seminar Coordinator (ND/HND), Fed. Col of Forestry, Kaduna (2008-2010)

Head of Department (Science), POSIT College, Ibadan (2005-2006)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION: Member, Forestry Association of Nigeria (FAN)

Member, Agricultural Society of Nigeria (ASN)

Member, Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), America

Member, Research and Development Network, Uyo

Member, Nigerian Society of Experimental Biology (NISEB)

COURSES TAUGHT

Code Course Title

BIO 101 - General Biology1

BIO 102 - General Biology1I

BIO 103 - Experimental Biology I

BIO 104 - Experimental Biology II

BIO 123 - Principle of Animal Biology

FRT 201 - Principles of Forestry

SOI 201 - Introduction to Agro Climatology

AEE 201 - Principles of Agricultural Economics

AEE 202 - Introduction to farm Management and Production Economics

CRO 204 - Principles of Crop production

FOR 201 - Introduction to Forest Resources Mgt.

FOT 213 - Forest policy, Law and Administration

FOT 221 - Forest Management

FOT 312 - Advance Forest Management

FOT 322 - Agro forestry

FOT 121 - Forest Botany

FOR 202 - Afforestation

BOT 403 - Nigerian Vegetation

ACADEMIC PROJECTS, DISSERTATION AND THESIS

1. Status of Forest Policy Implementation in South-West Nigeria (Ph.D. Thesis), University of Ibadan, Ibadan. April, 2010. Pp 271

Socio-Economic Assessment of Wood Artifacts Products in Oyo State, Nigeria. M.Sc. Dissertation,

University of Ibadan, Ibadan. July, 2003. Pp 103

Biosprospecting: Investigating the indigenous uses of forest plant seeds and seed oil potentials of

Monodora myristica (Gaertn.) Dunal in Ogun State, Nigeria. B.Forestry and Wildlife Mgt.,

University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria. October, 1999. Pp 72

4. Attitude of secondary school students to forestry as a profession (case study: Igabi Local Government Area, Kaduna, Kaduna State). Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE). National Teachers’

Institute, Kaduna. June, 2009. Pp 37

The effects of different ratio of river sand, top soil and cowdung on the growth of Parkia biglobosa

(Keay) seedlings. National Diploma (Forestry Technology), Federal College of forestry, Ibadan.

September, 1994. Pp 45

PEERED REVIEWED JOURNALS

INTERNATIONAL/FOREIGN JOURNALS

1. Faleyimu, O.I and Agbeja B.O (2004): Socio-Economic Assessment of Wood Artifacts Products in Oyo State, Nigeria. Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment. WFL Publisher, Helsinki, Finland. www.world-food.net. 2 (1): 347-354.

2. Faleyimu, O.I and Oluwalana, S.A (2008): Medicinal Value of Forest Plant Seeds in Ogun State, Nigeria. World Journal of Biological Research. Published by ISPROMS, Universite du Corte D’ivoire. www.interscholar.org/wjbr. 1 (2): 1-6.

3. Faleyimu, O.I and Oluwalana,S.A (2008): Proximate analysis of Monodora myristica (Gaertn.) Dunal (African Nutmeg) in Ogun state Nigerian. World Journal of Biological Research. Published by ISPROMS, Universite du Corte D’ivoire. www.interscholar.org/wjbr. 1 (2), 1-7.

4. Faleyimu, O.I and Akinyemi, O (2009): Herbal approach to the treatment of diabetes. Journal of

Hainan Medical College, China. Published by Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of

China. www.en.cnki.com.cn/journal_en/E-E000-HNYY2009. 15 (10):1508-1511.

5. Faleyimu, O.I; Adamu, Y and Osiyemi, O.A (2009): Herbal approach to the treatment of tuberculosis in Kaduna South Local Government, Kaduna State. International Journal of Sustainable Development. Published by Pan-African Journal, Ghana. 3 (2): 40-43.

6. Faleyimu, O.I; Faleyimu, T.O and Osiyemi, O.A (2010): Attitude of primary school pupils to Farming (Case study: Ighoho community, Oyo state, Nigeria). International Journal of Research in Education. Published by Pan-African Journal, Ghana. 2 (5): 110-114.

7. Faleyimu, O.I and Akinyemi, O (2010): Herbal approach to the problem of erectile dysfunction: A

case study of Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Egyptian Journal of Biology.

Published by the Egyptian British Biological Society

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~plzfg/ebbsoc/ejb. 12: 103-107.

8. Arowosoge O.G.E and Faleyimu O.I (2011): Assessment of Household Energy Utilized for Cooking in Ado-Ekiti Metropolitan Area of Ekiti State, Nigeria. International Journal of Academic Research. Azerbaijan. www.ijar.lit.az/en.php?go=july2011 3: (4): 151-155.

9. Faleyimu O.I and Arowosoge O.G.E (2011): Status of Forest Policy Implementation in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, Australia.

www.ajbasweb.com/ajbas/2011/August-2011/995-1001.pdf 5(8): 995-1001.

10. Faleyimu,O.I, Ijeomah, H.M.and Oso, A.O. (2011). Medicinal Utilization of roots of forest plants in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Journal of Agriculture and Social Research, South Africa. www.ajol.info/journals/jasr. 11 (2):51 - 65.

11. Faleyimu, O.I and Agbeja, B.O (2012): Constraints to Forest Policy Implementation in the

Southwest Nigeria: Causes, Consequences and Cure. Journal of Resources and Environment. Published by Scientific & Academic Publishing, USA. http://www.sapub.org. 2(2): 37-44.

12. O Ogunremi, J.B Ogunremi, O.I Faleyimu (2012): Relevance and Benefits Of Agricultural Youth

Empowerment Programme to Participating Youth in Osun State, Nigeria. Asian Journal of Social

Sciences & Humanities (AJSSH). Published by Leena & Luna International (Pvt) Limited, Oyama,

Japan. http://ajsc.leena-luna.co.jp/ajscvol1n2.php. 1 (2): 33-38.

13. O.I. Faleyimu and A.O. Oso, (2012): Medicinal Utilization of Herbs For The Treatment Of Erectile

Dysfunction In Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Asian Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences (AJSC). Published by Leena & Luna International (Pvt) Limited, Oyama, Japan. http://ajsc.leena-luna.co.jp/ajscvol1n2.php. 1(2): 15-25

14. Faleyimu, O.I and Oyebade, B.A (2012): Land Tenure Motivations For Sustainable Forest

Conservation in Southwest Nigeria. Journal of Agriculture and Social Research (JASR), South Africa. www.ajol.info/journals/jasr. 12 (1): 89-98.

15. Faleyimu, O.I and Arowosoge O.G (2012): Forest Administration: Panacea for Forest Policy Implementation in Kaduna State. International Journal of Applied Science and Technology. Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA. www.ijastnet.com 2 (8):119-123.

16. Faleyimu, O.I. (2013): The Declining Contribution of Forestry to the Gross Domestic Product of Nigeria: Causes and Cure. Journal of Resources and Environment. Published by Scientific and Academic Publishing, USA. http://www.sapub.org. 3(4): 83-86

17. O.I Faleyimu, B.O Agbeja and O. Akinyemi (2013): State of Forest Regeneration in South-west Nigeria. African Journal of Agricultural Research. Published by Academic Journals. www.academicjournals.org/AJAR. 8(26): 3381-3383.

18. Faleyimu, O.I (2014): Public Perceptions of Urban Forests in Okitipupa Nigeria: Implication for Environmental Conservation. Global Journal of Science Frontier, USA. (In Press).

LOCAL JOURNALS

19. Faleyimu, O.I (2006): Critique of Forestry Staff in the South western Nigeria. Obeche Journal. Published by the Dept. of Forest Resources Mgt., University of Ibadan. 25 (1): 55-57.

20. Faleyimu, O.I and Oluwalana,S.A (2008): Efficacy of Medicinal Forest Plant Seeds in Ogun State, Nigeria. Obeche Journal. Published by the Dept. of Forest Resources Mgt., University of Ibadan. 26 (1): 63-67.

21. Akinyemi,O,. Faleyimu, O.I and Agbeja,B.O (2008): Effective Administrative Measure: The Bedrock of Sustainable Forestry Development (Case Study: South- western Nigeria). International Journal of Development Studies. 3(3): 52-57.

22. Faleyimu,O.I, Ijeomah, H.M and Agbeja, B.O (2008): Energy Consumption Pattern and its Implication on Forest Ecosystems. A Case Study of Orogun Community, Ibadan Oyo State. Obeche Journal. Published by the Dept. of Forest Resources Mgt., University of Ibadan. 26 (2): 6-11.

23. Faleyimu, O.I and Agbeja,B.O and Akinyemi,O,. (2008): Problems of Effective Forest Policy Implementation: The base of Environmental Degradation (Case Study: South-western Nigeria).

Journal of Environmental Research and Policies. 3(3): 53-62.

24. Sodimu, A.I, Faleyimu, O.I, Olorukooba, M.M and Sanusi, O.A (2008): Medicinal Use of Parkia biglobosa (Locust beans) in Kaduna State, Nigeria. International Journal of Development in Medical Sciences. 1(1&2): 20-25.

25. Olumuyiwa, S.A, Akinyemi, O, Adejoba, O.R, Sodimu, A.I and Faleyimu, O.I (2009): Vocational Education: the ideal option for poverty alleviation and sustainable development in Nigeria. International Journal of educational Research and administration. 6 (2): 43-49.

26. Sodimu,A.I, Faleyimu, O.I, Bello, M.I and Akande, M.T (2009): Medicinal uses of Moringa oleifera in Tafa Local Government area, Niger State. Journal of Scientific and Industrial Studies.

7(4): 46- 48.

27. Faleyimu, O.I, Faleyimu, T.O and Suleman, R.A (2009): Attitude of secondary school students to

forestry as a profession in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state, Nigeria. Journal of

Sociology, Psychology and Anthropology in Practice. 1(1/2): 18-29.

28. Faleyimu, O.I; Adamu, Y and Akinyemi, O (2009): Survey of forest plants used in treatment of

tuberculosis in Kaduna South Local Government, Kaduna, State. Biological and Environmental

Science Journal for the Tropics. Published by the Dept. of Biological Science, Bayero University,

Kano. 6 (4): 1-4.

29. Faleyimu, O.I and Osiyemi, O.A (2009): Herbal approach to the treatment of excessive labour

during child birth (Case Study: Igboho, Oyo State, Nigeria). Biological and Environmental Science

Journal for the Tropics. Published by the Dept. of Biological Science, Bayero University, Kano.

6 (4): 80-83.

30. Faleyimu, O.I; Agbeja, B.O and Suleman, R.A (2009): Labour capacity of forest service institutions in Souh-West of Nigeria. Journal of Environmental Issues and Agriculture in Developing Countries. 1(1):98-111.

31. Faleyimu, O.I; Agbeja,B.O and Akinyemi, O (2010): Revenue generation in the state forest service in Southwest Nigeria. African Journal of General Agriculture. Published by African Scientist, Ilorin. www.asopah.org/journals/ajga/ajga6/ajga640810124.pdf 6 (4): 249-254.

32. Faleyimu, O.I; Ahmad, I.H and Akinyemi, O (2009): Herbal Approach to the Treatment of Chicken pox: A Case study of Giwa Local Government, Kaduna State, Nigeria. International Journal of Biomedical and Health Sciences. Published by African Studies on Population and Health. http://www.asopah.org. 6 (1): 13-18.

33. Faleyimu, O.I, Akinyemi, O. and Adejoba, O.R (2009): Herbal solution to the treatment of

Tuberculosis infection in Kaduna Souh Local Government Area, Kaduna State. Journal of

Environmental Extension. Published by the Dept. of Agricultural Extension and Rural

Development, University of Ibadan. www.ajol.info/index.php/jext/article/view. 8: 33-37.

34. Faleyimu, O.I; Akinyemi, O and Idris (2010): Survey of forest plants used in traditional treatment of typhoid fever in chikun local government area, Kaduna state. International Journal of Biomedical and Health Sciences. Published by African Studies on Population and Health. http://www.asopah.org. 6(1): 75-81.

35. Faleyimu, O.I, Mohammed, A.A and Akinyemi, O. (2010): Efficacy of Forest plants in the treatment of diabetes in Birnin Gwari Lcoal Government Area, Kaduna State, Nigeria. International Journal of Biomedical and Health Sciences. Published by African Studies on Population and Health. http://www.asopah.org. 6 (1): 83-90.

36. Faleyimu, O.I and Akinyemi, O (2010): The role of trees in soil and nutrient conservation. African

Journal of General Agriculture. Published by African Scientist.

www.asopah.org/journals/ajga/ajga6/ajga620510034.pdf6 (2): 77-82.

37. Faleyimu, O.I, Akinyemi,O and Agbeja,B.O (2010): Incentives for forestry development in the South-West Nigeria. African Journal of General Agriculture. Published by African Scientist, Ilorin.

http://www.klobexjournal.org/at_science.php. 6(2): 67-76.

38. Faleyimu, O.I; Ahmad, I.H and Osiyemi, O.A. (2010): Herbal Approach to the Treatment of Measles: A Case study of Giwa Local Government, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Journal of Forestry Research and Management. Published by Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria. 7: 15-22.

39. Ogunwole, J.I, Olachene, A.E and Faleyimu, O. I (2012): Impact of Climate change on Food security. African Journal of Agricultural Research and Development. 5 (1): 95-98.

40. Faleyimu, O.I; Agbeja B.O and Akinyemi, O (2012): Institutional Arrangement to Forestry

Development in the South-western Nigeria. Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and the Social Sciences. UNIBEN. www.ajol.info/index.php/joafss/article/view/83976 10 (1): 153-164.

41. Ariyo, O.C., Oluwalana. S.A., Faleyimu, O.I. and Ariyo, M.O. (2012): Assessment of Vegetation

Structural Diversity and Similarity Index of IITA Forest Reserve in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

A Journal of Agriculture Food and Development, Agrosearch, UNILORIN. 12 (2): 135–157

Http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/agrosh.v12i2.3

42. Fatoba T.A., Faleyimu, O.I and Adebayo, A.J. (2012): Effect of Increasing Aqueous Root Extract of Moringa oleifera on Sperm Production of Albino Rats. A Journal of Agriculture Food and

Development, Agrosearch , UNILORIN. 13 (1): 29–36. Http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/agrosh.v13i1.3

CONTRIBUTION TO CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

43. Faleyimu, O.I and Agbeja, B.O (2010): Forest Policies and Implementations in Nigeria. In (eds) H.M Ijeomah and A.A Aiyeloja “Practical Issues in Forest and Wildlife Resources management” Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, University of Port Harcourt. Pp 153-171