| 词条 | Francis Idachaba |
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| name = Francis Idachaba | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Francis Sulemanu Idachaba | birth_date = 4 December 1943 | birth_place = Kogi State Nigeria | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2014|08|15|1943|12|04}} | othername = | nationality = Nigerian | citizenship = Nigerian | ethnicity = | occupation = {{flatlist|
| parents = | relatives = | yearsactive = | known for = | awards = NNOM and OFR | website = }}Francis Idachaba, NNOM, OFR (4 December 1943 – 15 August 2014)[1] was a Nigerian professor of agricultural economics, chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian National Merit Award and vice chancellor of Kogi State University.[1] He was the first vice chancellor of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, a position he held from 1988 to 1995.[2] Early lifeFrancis Sulemanu Idachaba was born on 4 December 1943, at Idah, a city in Kogi State, north-central Nigeria.[3] He attended Qua Iboe Mission Primary School in Idah before he was admitted in 1956 to Provincial Secondary School, Okene, where he obtained the West African School Certificate in 1961.[4] He proceeded to the University of Ibadan, where he received a bachelor's degree in economics.[5] He later attended the University of Chicago, where in 1969 he received a master's degree in economics. In 1972 he received a doctorate degree in agricultural economics from Michigan State University. In 1981, he became a Fulbright professor of agricultural economics at the University of Ibadan.[6] CareerHe started his academic career as an Assistant Professor in Michigan State University in 1972. As a scholar, Professor Idachaba ranked among Nigeria’s most eminent men of letters. He obtained a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Ibadan in 1967 and an M.A. in the same discipline from the University of Chicago in 1969. After obtaining his doctoral degree in Agricultural Economics from Michigan State University in 1972, he commenced a most exciting and productive career as a lecturer, researcher and consultant in universities and research centres in Nigeria, the United States, Canada, the Hague, the Netherlands and several African countries. The agricultural economist rose to become a Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Ibadan in 1981. His output as an intellectual included six published books and over 72 academic papers on diverse issues of agricultural development. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, from 1988 to 1995 and also served as vice-chancellor of Kogi State University between 2005 and 2008. He advocated that government should declare agriculture an infant industry and that triangular alliances be formed between government, industry and universities to solve national problems. He was the founder of the Igala Education Foundation in 2001 and F. S. Idachaba Foundation for Research and Scholarship in 2003.[7][8] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/a-genius-who-laboured-on-just-the-technical-side-line-/188844/|title=A Genius Who Laboured on 'Just The Technical Side-line'|work=Thisdaylive|accessdate=6 June 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713232113/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/a-genius-who-laboured-on-just-the-technical-side-line-/188844/|archivedate=13 July 2015|df=}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Idachaba, Francis}}{{Nigeria-bio-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://leadership.ng/features/382147/late-prof-idachaba-good-man|title=Late Prof Idachaba: A Good Man Was Here |work=Leadership News|accessdate=6 June 2015}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://thenationonlineng.net/new/francis-idachaba-1943-2014/|title=Francis Idachaba (1943–2014)|work=The Nation|accessdate=6 June 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/06/05/an-incorruptible-professor/|title=An Incorruptible Professor|work=P.M. NEWS Nigeria|accessdate=6 June 2015}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://nnma.gov.ng/users/francis-s-idachaba-(nnom)-1943--2014/722496441|title=Prof. Francis S. Idachaba (NNOM) - Nigerian National Merit Award|work=NNOM|accessdate=6 June 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://royaltimes.net/gov-wada-mourns-prof-idachaba/prof-francis-idachaba/|title=Prof Francis Idachaba |work=Royal Times|accessdate=6 June 2015}} 7. ^"About the Founder", Igala Education Foundation. 8. ^Ahuraka Yusuf Isah, [https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/sunday/index.php/tribute/17922-drawing-the-curtain-on-professor-idachaba-1943-2014 "Drawing the curtain on Professor Idachaba (1943–2014)"], Daily Trust, 24 August 2014. 7 : 1943 births|2014 deaths|Nigerian economists|Nigerian academics|People from Kogi State|Recipients of the Nigerian National Order of Merit Award|Recipients of the Order of the Federal Republic |
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