Management Team
PROF. UDO HERBERT
Professor Udo Herbert holds B.Agric. (Animal Science) (UNN), M.Sc. Animal Science and Ph.D. Animal Physiology (UI) degrees. He pioneered research on the construction and evaluation of an artificial vagina for collecting rabbit semen in Nigeria. His research focus is on assisted reproductive technologies and reproductive management of farm animals. Professor Herbert was National President of the Nigerian Society for Animal Production and Nigeria’s Representative in the Standing Committee of the International Congress on Animal Reproduction
Dr. Mrs. B.O. Akinfolarin
Dr. Mrs Olabisi Akinfolarin holds a B. Agric (Animal Science) from Obafemi Awolowo University, an M.Sc and a Ph.D in Animal Science from the University of Ibadan. A long-standing member of the Animal Science Association of Nigeria (ASAN) since 2010 and a Registered Animal Scientist since 2011. She started her career at the Lagos State Agricultural Development Authority as an Animal Scientist/Subject Matter Specialist, Livestock, extending livestock information and farming systems research/teaching at the Fortnightly Training Meetings and On-Farm Adaptive Research of the Research Extension Farmers Inputs Linkage System (REFILS). she has been involved in Federal/State Government/International Development Fund (IDF) projects viz National Programme for Food Security (NPFS) at the pilot and expanded phases, and Commercial Agriculture Development Project serving as Commercialization and Business Development Officer. She also participated in the World Bank Supervision Missions on IDF projects, with extensive field experience with a robust knowledge of Livestock Extension.
Dr. Akinfolarin was a Director in the Department of Education and Liaison of the Institute and has been a management staff since 2011. She pioneered the organization and execution of the Institute’s resource verification visits to universities in 2011, being the secretary of accreditation teams to various universities from 2011 to 2015. She organized and coordinated the Institute’s Mandatory Continuing Professional Education (MCPE) training for all registered members of the Institute from 2011 to date. A pioneer coordinator and implementor of the nationwide Graduate Animal Scientists (GAS) and Registered Animal Scientists (RAS) examinations. From 2011, she has coordinated the meetings of Deans/Heads of Departments of Animal Science, and Directors of Livestock/Animal Husbandry Departments in the Federal and State Ministries of Agriculture during the Institute’s annual conference.
She supervised and coordinated the development of the curriculum and syllabus of training for the Postgraduate Diploma and Fellowship programmes of the Institute’s Postgraduate College of Animal Science; also supervised the development of the e-learning course materials for seven Postgraduate Diploma programmes to aid the effective take-off of the college.
She was the Registrar/Chief Executive Officer in an acting capacity from April 01, 2016, to July 19, 2016, after the exit of the pioneer Registrar, during the period of interregnum before the appointment of the 2nd CEO.
Dr. Musa Jimoh Yusuf
Dr M.J Yusuf is the Director, Finance and Account
Mr Fitzgibon Ukambo Ekpo
Mr. Fitzgibon Ekpo, an indigene of Nsit Ubium in Akwa Ibom state was born on March 9, 1970 in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
He is a graduate of animal science from university of Calabar (B. Agric., Animal Science) and University of Uyo (M. Sc., Animal Production and Management).
Mr. Ekpo started his working career with the Akwa Ibom state agricultural development programme in 2000 as an extension officer and later a subject matter specialist, (sms) (livestock) saddled with the responsibility of training farmers, extension agents and block extension supervisors on modern innovative techniques of animal agriculture. Mr. Ekpo remained an SMS team leader from 2002 to 2011.
He joined the Nigerian Institute of Animal Science in 2011 as a Chief Animal Scientist and was deployed to south- south zone as the zonal development officer. He coordinated / executed the activities of the institute in the zone from 2011 to 2019.
He was promoted to an Assistant Director in 2015 and later Deputy Director in 2019. In 2020, he was transferred to Abuja and started as head, Research and Extension Department, Abuja.
Mr Olufemi Adebayo Atunbi
Atunbi has over two decades of work experience in public and private sector on agricultural management, production, poverty alleviation and development practice. He studied Animal Science at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife where he bagged B,Agric. (Animal Science) in 1993. He obtained M.Sc. Animal Science from the same University in 2007. He was a pioneer member of Global Masters in Development Practice (GMDP) progamme at the University of Ibadan in 2010 and was awarded Masters in Development Practice (MDP) in 2012. He also has a Certificate in Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Development Practice, Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York.
Mr. Atunbi worked in Songhai Project, Porto-Novo, Republic of Benin, from 1996 to 1999 where he contributed meaningfully to development of the Centre. While at Songhai, he was in charge of the hatchery unit and also oversee broiler production. He led the Songhai team in 1998 to evaluate Ghana Country Forestation Programme(CFI) facilitated by the American Peace Corps. He resigned from Songhai project in 1999 and joined Oyo State Local Government Service where he rose to the position of Director of Agriculture. While at the Local Government Service, he made an immense impact at ensuring peaceful coexistence between farmers and Fulani herdsmen in all the Local government he served. He participated in Second National Fadama Development Programme (FADAMA II).
Mr. Atunbi transferred his service to the Nigerian Institute of Animal Science, in November, 2015 where he started as Deputy Director/Head, Inspectorate and Compliance Department from 2015-2024.
Dr Babatunde Fola Adebayo
Dr Babatunde Fola ADEBAYO was born March 19th, 1974 to the family Engr. and Mrs Ayoade Adebayo of Saka’s compound, Iwo, Iwo Local Government of Osun State. He had his elementary education at C.A.C Primary School, Jebba, Kwara State and A.U.D Primary School, Iwo, Osun State from 1979 to 1982, and from 1982 to 1984, respectively. He proceeded to Iwo Grammar School, Iwo in 1984 where he concluded his secondary education in 1989. He was admitted to Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology in 1991 where he obtained his OND (Upper Credit) in Animal Health and Production Technology in 1994. He proceeded to the University of Ibadan to study Animal Science from where he graduated with Second Class Upper Division in 2001. Immediately after his National Youth Service in 2002, he returned to the University of Ibadan for his Masters Degree in Animal Science which he successfully completed in 2004 with a Ph.D grade. He went back to the University of Ibadan in 2014 for his Ph.D programme at the Department of Animal Science on a part-time basis. He concluded the programme with a successful defense of his thesis in June, 2021.
Dr Adebayo is a Registered Animal Scientist (RAS) with the Nigerian Institute of Animal Science. He is also a member of Animal Science Association of Nigeria (ASAN),
Dr Babatunde Fola Adebayo was the Head, Department of Training and Internship from 2019 to 2024.
Mr Galadima Ditcha
Mr Galadima is the Director Regulatory Affairs Department
Educational qualification
1. MTECH ANIMAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT (MAU YOLA)
2. Back ANIMAL SCIENCE (UNIMAID)
marital status: MARRIED WITH THREE BLESSED CHILDREN
state of origin: TARABA STATE.
WORKING EXPERIENCE: 24 YEARS working experience
Mr Dauda Pela
Dauda Mbursa Pela joined the services of the Nigerian Institute of Animal Science in 2011 as Assistant Chief Animal Scientist- after a brief career as a Lending & Admin. An officer with the defunct Nigerian Agricultural Cooperative & Rural Development Bank (NACRDB) Ltd, now Bank of Agriculture (BOA) Ltd and has served as a Senior Member of staff and also in Senior positions in different locations across three geographical zones of the nation before his deployment to the Research and Extension Department in the Institute’s Head Office in 2025. He started his career as the pioneer Head of the Unit, Curriculum Development of the Institute and later as Team Lead, Membership registration and other matters in the Department of Regulatory Affairs, during 2011-2013.
He was later deployed to the South-West Zonal Office Ibadan and North-West Zonal Office Kaduna respectively to support the Zonal Management teams therein in successfully carrying out the objective mandates of the Institute in the years 2013 through 2020.
From years 2020 –2024, Mr. Pela also served as the Pioneer College Co-ordinator; NIAS Post-Graduate College of Animal Science, Kaduna and the defunct North-West Zonal Office II, Sokoto.
He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Animal Science (B.Sc.) from the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID),1996, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree from Robert Gordon University (RGU), Aberdeen, Scotland,2010.
He is a Registered Animal Scientist (RAS), a 2012, Member of, the Chartered Institute of Operations Managers of Nigeria,2012, Member of, the Chartered Institute of Administration,2020.
Mr Pela is a family man and proudly hailed from the missionary village/town of Garkida, Gombi Local Government Area, Adamawa State.
