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 is 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.